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Figure 5.35 Straddle reach truck

(Figure 5.38). There are two basic side-loader designs. Either the entire mast moves on a set of tracks transversely across the vehicle, or the forks project from a fixed mast on a pantograph. Aisle width requirements are less than for straddle trucks and reach trucks. A typical aisle would be 6½ feet wide, rail or wire-guided. Side load ers generally can access loads up to 40 feet high.

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