8-2 Lift Truck Maintenance
Lift Truck Maintenance
Regular maintenance and care of your lift truck is not only important
for full and efficient truck life - it is essential for your safety. The
importance of maintaining your lift truck in a safe operating condition
by servicing it regularly and, when necessary, repairing it promptly
cannot be emphasized too strongly. Experience has shown that lift
trucks can cause injury if improperly used or maintained. In the
interest of promoting safety, several current industry and government
safety standards specify that any powered industrial truck not in safe
operating condition be removed from service and that all repairs be
made by trained and authorized persons.
To assist you in keeping your lift truck in service and in good
operating condition, this section outlines maintenance procedures
that should be done at regular intervals. This planned approach is
considered essential to the life and safe performance of your truck.
It is your responsibility to be alert for any indication that your truck
may need service and have it attended to promptly. You play an
important part in maintenance. Only you can make sure that your lift
truck regularly receives the care it needs.
Lift trucks may become hazardous if maintenance is
neglected.
Planned Maintenance
As outlined previously, you should always make a safety inspection
of your lift truck before operating it. The purpose of this daily
examination is to check for any obvious damage and maintenance
problems, and to have minor adjustments and repairs made to
correct any unsafe condition.
In addition to the daily inspection, CLARK recommends that you set
up and follow a periodic planned maintenance (PM) and inspection
program. PM inspections should only be performed by a trained and
authorized fork lift mechanic. Performed on a regular basis, the
program provides thorough inspections and checks on the safe
operating condition of your lift truck. The need for major adjustments,
repairs, or replacements is found and corrections made as required,
not after failure has occurred. The specific schedule (frequency) for
these PM inspections depends on the conditions of your particular
application and lift truck usage.
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