Materials Handling Blog Covering Topics and Tips on Industrial Equipment and Warehouse Safety

Essential Tips for Efficient Stock Picking

Businesses face constant pressure to reduce labor costs within their supply chain, yet with customers placing more orders in small quantities, solving this challenge is often easier said than done. A great place to start, without question, is to streamline the order/stock picking process, wherever…

Maximizing Your Loading Dock Efficiency & Safety

Posted in Instructional, Materials Handling, News & Press, Products

You and your customers invest a great deal of time and effort to get goods to and from a loading dock. That fact makes it essential that the loading dock is equipped and maintained in a manner that allows it to maximize, and not hinder,…

Types of Lift Trucks: Choose the Right Lift Truck for Your Business

Posted in Forklifts, Materials Handling, News & Press, Products

Looking for a new lift truck for your business? In your search you may have noticed all the various types of lift trucks available for sale. Which begs the question, which one is right for my business? Lift trucks, also known as powered industrial trucks…

4 Types of Materials Handling Equipment

Posted in Materials Handling

Material handling equipment is any tool used to aid in the movement, protection, storage, and control of materials and products. The equipment used to do so can be broken down into four main categories. Each category has a wide variety of useful equipment that makes…

Heavy Equipment Safety Tips

Posted in Instructional, News & Press

Like anyone who works around heavy equipment, you know that having a healthy respect for these tools is not negotiable. No doubt you’ve heard a few horror stories about people who were careless with heavy equipment and paid the price for it, and chances are…

Dock Ramps 101

Posted in Materials Handling, Products, Safety Equipment, Warehouse

If your business is doing a lot of shipping and receiving, a loading dock ramp can help increase both efficiency and safety. Dock ramps act as a liaison between your warehouse and vehicles, making up for differences in height, and filling the gap between truck…

Meet Koke’s Heavy Duty Snow Plow Attachment

Posted in Forklift Attachments

Is your warehouse or construction site ready for winter? Put down the snowplow catalogue and get to know the Koke, Inc. Snobucket. Snobucket is a snow plow attachment that works with your forklifts, skid steers, pay loaders, and tractors. The Snobucket attaches to your existing…

Is it Time to Replace Your Forklift Forks?

Posted in Forklift Attachments, Forklifts, Instructional

There is a lot riding on your forklift forks – literally and figuratively. If they break or malfunction while carrying a heavy load, not only can it lead to loss of product, but it can cause damage to property or the forklift itself. It can…

Proper Safety Techniques for Operating a Self Dumping Hopper

Posted in Forklifts, Instructional, Materials Handling

Self dumping hoppers have built-in fork pockets that allow forklift operators to easily store and transport bulk materials. These low-cost units are designed to be perfectly balanced, so that they roll forward when they are dumping their contents and return automatically to the upright position…

Dock Bumpers 101

Posted in Products, Safety Equipment

Dock bumpers are essential to protecting your dock, building, trailers and employees. The impact force of a backing truck can range from 100,000 to 300,000 lbs., potentially causing structural damage to your building and causing injury. Dock bumpers provide durable, economical protection against damage and…