Side Tilt Carriage - There are 4 sizings of hook type blade carriages rated by the fork carriage hoisting capacity. Hook type blade carriages have been the same.
The carriage bar spacing utilized for Class 1 is more or less 13 inches and the Class 1 carriage is rated to hold loads as much as 2000lbs. The Class 2 carriage is rated to hold loads as much as 5,500lbs with carriage bar spacing of 16 inches. Class III carriages are rated for loads as much as 10,000 lbs. The carriage bar spacing for this class is twenty inches. Class IV carriages are rated for loads up to 15,500 lbs. The carriage bar spacing used for this capacity is 25 inches.
Pin mounted forks differ by the amount of offset between the blade and the blade eye. Different makers will vary the carriages for pin type tines. Carriage capacity will be determined by the carriage pin size and by the fork size.
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