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In the beginning of the nineteen fifties, Henry Le Grande Lull from the Lull Manufacturing Company originally designed the sideloader forklift. These early models were requested from the US Air Force. The first idea was patented for commercial application but it was not made until Lull Manufacturing was taken over by the Baker Raulang Company during 1959. It was Baker Raulang who put the design into production. Afterward, the name was changed to Baker Traveloader. During the late 1950s, the side-loaders were launched in Europe. The early units were made by Italian manufacturer Fiora and the afterwards B-P Battioni e Pagani who pioneered the equipment's utilization in timber yards.
Side-loaders differ a bit from counterbalance, forward-traveling forklifts in that they have their forks situated on the side of the machine. The operator drives the machinery sitting in a cabin similar to a traditional forklift. The loading, unloading and lifting functions are done by the mast located at the driver's right-hand side. The cargo is typically transported lying on a wooden or metal deck. This helps to reduce stress, distortion and damage to the cargo. Recent innovations to the side-loader design have integrated a large variety of lifting accessories being developed.
The utilization of side-loaders rather than the reach-stackers or conventional forklifts: safer operating conditions, enhanced visibility, and the ability to utilize available space more effectively as well as faster traveling speeds.
In order to maintain safety, having an equally distributed cargo is helpful to prevent lack of vehicle stability, and excessive tilting. A cargo which is even helps to avoid unacceptable vehicle axle loading, and unacceptable load concentrations.
The eccentricity of the center of gravity varies, with the distribution of load within the container. It is very important that the designers of containers and handling equipment take this into account during the engineering process. For example, when 60% of the load by mass is distributed in 50% of the length of the container measured from one end of the equipment, the eccentricity corresponds to 5 percent.
