Pallet stackers or stacker trucks can be found in various forms. Both manual and hydraulic varieties are popular and can be found for sale online right here. Manual stackers can be winch wound and are the cheapest option to lift the palleted loads. Hydraulic pallet stackers are pumped via a handle or foot pump to increase hydraulic pressure to raise the forks and can handle heavier loads.
Lifting Gear Direct can supply manual stacker trucks and hydraulic pallet stackers to suit a range of applications.
Pallet stacker trucks are best thought of as a piece of lifting equipment somewhere between a forklift truck and a pallet truck. They are designed with palletized loads in mind and enable easy transportation and lifting the load to heights that a standard pallet truck can't. They take up minimal space, unlike a forklift truck and are very much the cheaper option for both purchase and maintenance.
Pallet stacker trucks are typically used in warehouses and distribution centres but can be utilised in many areas where loading vehicles, or stacking and storing palleted objects are frequent occurrences.
Manual pallet stackers are moved around manually by pushing or pulling the truck as well as lifting the load manually although with the help of gears and chain or hydraulics, depending on the type chosen.
If the winch pallet stacker type is chosen the forks together with the load are simply wound up. The winding handle connects to a winch and by manually turning the handle the winch will turn the gears to pull through the chain which in turn will raise the forks and the load.
With the hydraulic type, the handle or foot operated pump is pumped to increase the hydraulic pressure and consequently raise the load. These stacker trucks are moved around manually.
Lifting Gear Direct are able to supply a wide range of stacker trucks from the load moving equipment category. You will find a selection of both the winch type and the hydraulic type. We also have and all electric stacker truck should you require an easier to use option with minimal manual effort.
The pallet stacker trucks come in a range of lifting heights and safe working loads so browse the collection to find your perfect pallet stacker .
A pallet stacker is a type of pallet truck to lift and move palletised loads, however the key difference is that a stacker can lift loaded pallets to higher levers to help with stacking and vehicle loading.
Hydraulic pumps are used to lift and lower the forks on a pallet stacker truck.