forklift truck![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Motorized cart for lifting and moving pallets to stack them or load them onto a truck.
frame ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Forklift truck’s metal structure.
crosshead ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Upper pulley of the hydraulic cylinder around which the chain turns to manipulate the carriage.
overhead guard ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Metal framework that protects the operator and the cab against falling goods.
mast operating lever ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Lever controlled by the operator to move the carriage along the masts.
hydraulic system ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device using pressurized fluid to operate the carriage.
engine compartment ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Electric motor or combustion engine that supplies the power to propel the truck and operate the fork.
fork ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Instrument made up of two arms that is inserted into a pallet’s entry to lift it.
fork arm ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part at a right angle that is attached to the carriage and, with its twin, makes up the fork.
carriage ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Component that supports the fork arms and slides along the masts.
lifting chain ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Chain that lifts and lowers the carriage along the masts.
mast ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Post along which the carriage slides using a hydraulic system.