Electric pallet trucks are electrically operated forklifts used for transporting one or many pallets at a time. These are quite useful for businesses like warehouses where containers have to be moved from one place to another.

Electric pallet trucks are complex machines; both in respect of their design and how they’re used. Hence, they can be operated only by an experienced worker. Electric pallet trucks come in two variants—walk-behind and stand on.

The walk-behind pallet truck is a battery operated version of a manual pallet truck. The entire process of lifting the fork and moving it around is completely mechanized. Just a press of a button will help to raise or lower the forklift. A bigger version of the walk-behind pallet truck is the stand on pallet truck. There is a platform behind the walk-behind truck that allows a worker to stand on and operate the pallet truck. Stand-on pallet trucks are most suitable for large warehouses where goods have to be moved across a large area.

Here are the major benefits of an electric pallet truck.

Reduces strain and minimizes the risk of injury
Workers get tired and also face the risk of injuries when manually transporting pallets. The power-assisted lifting by electric pallet trucks helps to reduce the strain on the muscles and also lowers the risk of any injuries.

Speeds up warehouse operations
Being electrically powered, these pallet trucks are able to move fast across the warehouse floor. The workers also have to apply minimum effort. This helps to speed up the operations and increase the volume of work that can be done in a day, thus improving worker productivity.

Scores high on efficiency and easy to operate
All a worker needs to know is how to operate the controls. Just a push of a button is needed to effortlessly raise and lower the forklift and move the pallet truck around. This leads to increased efficiency on the warehouse floor. Higher efficiency increases your profitability.

Electrically powered
Manual intervention is minimal when operating pallet trucks. Apart from operating the controls, a worker need not put any effort in moving either the pallets or the truck. All raising, lifting and moving around of the pallet truck is electrically powered.

So, if you’re involved in the business of transporting goods, buying an electric pallet truck is a worthwhile investment.