The leaves are turning, there’s that familiar nip in the air, and we’re knee deep in football season.  All that means it’s sweater-weather, and it’s time to think about taking a good look at your forklift before it gets too cold. Once Summer’s scorch subsides, start looking at your forklift and you can begin with our engine and...

We often get calls from young people who ask us how they can become a forklift operator.  While it seems like an easy question, there are certain requirements that make the answer a little complicated.  We’re going to try to unsnarl the details here: First, you have to be 18 and have your high school diploma.  That’s the simplest...

Nothing lasts forever, and there are definite signs to look for to determine if your forklift is nearing the end of the road. After some years, all forklifts will start to have trouble. At a certain point, continuing to drive the same lift into the ground will stop making financial sense. It’s actually easy to tell when an aging forklift is...

It goes without saying that the internet has changed nearly every aspect of the way companies do business. From commerce, information and communication there is nearly no aspect of your business that hasn’t been affected by technology. Function of your facility can be monitored remotely via the internet, and you can receive notifications,...

  You have lots of questions about forklifts! Let’s try to answer some of them: Q: Atlantic Forklift Services sells used lifts.  Are they inspected before you put them back on the market? A: Absolutely. Our technicians and mechanics give all the used forklifts that find their way to us a thorough inspection and we repair and...

                  We talk a lot about safety and procedure when you’re behind the wheel of a forklift and with good reason- but the steps that need to be take on board a truck don’t end once the driver engages the drive train. Approaching and lifting a load have...

                Awhile back, we spent some time busting some widely-help forklift myths- things that people swear are true but just aren’t.  Let’s take a few more minutes and put some other forklift myths to rest.   MYTH:  OSHA requires forklift operators to carry...

Like any piece of equipment you rely on, your aerial lifts require regular inspections, and regularly.             Aerial lifts also have their own set of unique safety requirements, and let’s start this review here.             OSHA defines an aerial lift, simply, as a vehicle used to lift someone in the air. We’re...

What if we told you that some of the best safety advice you can get about forklift operation has nothing to do with the forklift itself? It’s true.  Safety begins with what happens on the forklift, of course, but it ends in the space not occupied by the lift. Start by paying close attention to the environment around you. The biggest...

There’s a lot of talk these days about climate change and what we can do as an industry to contribute to the effort to reverse its effects, but there could be something in it for you as well. Obviously, the fuel forklifts use is the easiest target when it comes to decreasing your facility’s carbon footprint starting with your...