| Pedal that Forklift |
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| Written by Joshua Liberles | |||||
| Wednesday, 02 January 2008 | |||||
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Just imagine warehouse workers relying on their own power to schlep boxes of sundry products around. Well, apparently there are companies in Japan who have foregone traditional forklifts in favor of these human-powered contraptions. Pedal-power drives the rig and a hand crank raises and lowers the forklift. The maximum payload is only about 30kg (about 66 pounds), but for a facility with lighter-weight loads that's looking to green-up its act, this could be just the ticket. Forklifts are typically electric-powered, so they're actually fairly eco already. Of course human-power would be even lower on the carbon-emitting spectrum. And just think of the difference in physiques between these machines' operators and the typical, sedentary lift drivers. Via Momentum Planet. Comments (2)
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Many moons ago I worked part time for Pratt&Whitney Aircraft {now United Technologys]. They used many three wheeled bicycles with a large basket in front that could easily carry 60 pounds, although usually lighter loads. At my regular job The stand up model electric fork truck driver was slim and quite energetic. That seems to reaffirm a statment I read online that standing up keeps your weight down. |
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