On Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:12:51 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Still in common use today. Nickel and lithium batteries are lighter
and smaller (and more fragile and MUCH more expensive -) and lift
trucks require ballast anyway, so light weight is, if anything, a
disadvantage.


Common fork lift trucks do need the ballast. The lift trucks we had did
not. They only lifted the load a few inches off the floor. The load
forks had wheels on them so they were suported and not the teeter tot
arangement like a fork lift that raises the load many feet above ground.

The driver was in front and drove them like a truck with the load
behind. All wheels stayed on the floor at all time. A light weight
battery would be good for those lifts. They were more like a pallet
jack with a motor and seat.



Basically a "tow-motor" or light duty tug then.
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