Carriages and Carriage Parts - There are 4 sizes of hook type fork carriages rated by the blade carriage lifting capability. Hook type blade carriages have been the same.
The carriage bar spacing utilized for Class 1 is something like thirteen inches and the Class 1 carriage is rated to carry cargo as much as 2000lbs. The Class 2 carriage is rated to carry 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 particular 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 twenty five inches.
Pin mounted blades vary by the amount of offset between the fork and the tine eye. Various makers would differ the carriages for pin type forks. Carriage capacity will be established by the carriage pin size and by the tine size.
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