HANDLING HEAVY WOOD AND LUMBER LOADS
Lumber yards embracing new forklift technologies.
Heavy Wood and Lumber Loads
TURN YOUR LUMBER YARD HEADACHES INTO OPPORTUNITIES
Your lumber operation faces major hurdles as you try to meet both demand and service expectations while protecting your bottom line.
Luckily, Hyster is ready to provide top-tier material handling solutions for lumber yards and sawmills in the wood industry, with tough forklifts that can enhance your fleet efficiency and reduce downtime. These heavy duty forklift solutions offer a variety of power sources to help you with your sustainability and environmental goals, a robust telemetry solution to support your operation success, and a great number of ergonomic features to help improve forklift operator productivity.
Need help finding the right solution? Connect with our lumber yard experts.
Challenges
HEAVY CONSOLIDATION IN THE WOOD AND LUMBER INDUSTRY
Access to materials, shrinking profit margins and tightening regulation continues to drive the wave of consolidation in the lumber industry.
- Right-size your lumber fleet and extend the useful life of equipment
- Drive efficiency and lower operating costs with forklift telematics
- Deploy a balanced combination of lift trucks to handle a variety of tasks
LUMBER YARDS AND SAWMILLS ARE TOUGH ENVIRONMENTS
Dust, dirt, wood chips, rough terrain and outdoor weather conditions can push your materials handling equipment and operators to their limit.
How are you going to keep handling timber and wood efficiently?
- Maximize productivity with forklifts designed for the demands of handling raw lumber or other finished wood product
- Help prevent damage to finished materials (OSB) with lumber specific lift truck features, like rubber coated forks, mud guards or lumber stabilizers based on your unique needs
- Defend against dust and debris with forklift equipped with a reverse fan solution to help protect internal components and reduce the frequency of cleanouts
LABOR RETENTION IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
Even the most successful companies struggle with recruiting and retaining qualified talent in a tough working environment. Navigating high staff turnover and a limited pool of suitably qualified candidates requires a strong focus on operator needs.
How are you going to reduce turnover?
- Support operator comfort with advanced ergonomic lift truck solutions
- Keep your team engaged by implementing continuous training and development programs
- Help forklift operators to work efficiently and productively all shift by minimizing equipment downtime
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MATERIAL HANDLING
You face the challenge of meeting strong demand for quality timber products while minimizing adverse effects on the environment and human health.
How will you minimize the impact?
- Develop a recycling plan for by-products of your timber operation
- Embrace alternative power sources like lithium-ion and thin plate pure lead (TPPL) to power your forklift fleets
- Keep internal combustion engine (ICE) emissions in check using materials handling equipment that meets EPA requirements and offer high fuel efficiency
LUMBER YARD SAFETY
Working in a lumber yard or sawmill can be one of the most dangerous occupations.
How can you help keep your employees safe and reduce incidents?
- Establish a culture of safety starting at the top and adopted by all
- Consider stability systems to help support operator confidence when handling long planks or oversized unpalletized loads
- Use telematics to track lift truck access and provide operator training updates
- Enhance visibility and operator protection with next generation equipment, like a fully enclosed and air-conditioned cab that prioritizes excellent all-around visibility
DOMINATE AND EXCEL
WITH INDUSTRIAL FORKLIFTS
FOR LUMBER YARDS
PROVEN APPROACHES TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY
Innovations to help reduce downtime and improve safety – ultimately lowering your operating costs.
INCREASE SAFETY THROUGH INNOVATION
Your operations are always evolving and so are the material handling solutions designed to help keep your employees safe and reduce incidents.
USE YOUR DATA TO CUT OPERATING COSTS
Discover how telemetry and fleet management can help increase uptime and lower total cost of ownership of your lift trucks.
POWER UP COST SAVINGS AND PERFORMANCE
With the industry’s widest range of power sources from a variety of brands, you can get the very best solution available in today’s market to maximize your operations.
RETHINK YOUR LIFT TRUCK POWER
A forklift power source affects an operation’s productivity, labor retention, maintenance costs, sustainability and so much more. Is yours truly optimal?
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