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Walkie Pallet Stackers
Benefits of Walkie Pallet Stackers: Improve Safety & Productivity

Moving and stacking pallets doesn’t always require a ride-on forklift truck. Discover the benefits of using walkie pallet stackers to improve productivity and safety in your warehouse.

Why the Right Seat Matters
Prioritizing Forklift Operator Comfort: Why the Right Seat Matters

Behind every productive warehouse, construction site, or distribution center is a skilled forklift operator doing essential, demanding work.

Modular and Prefab Construction
Added Space Solution: Modular and Prefab Construction

Is your business running out of room? Need to reorganize your facility but want to avoid the disruption and expense of a full-scale construction project?

When to replace your forklift
When to replace, retain, relocate, or retire a forklift

Are you getting the most out of your forklift fleet? Have you evaluated whether each machine is a worthwhile investment? Could you be over- or under-equipped for your operational needs?

Battery Charging Areas
Optimizing Battery Charging Areas for Safety and Efficiency

Battery charging areas or rooms have certain requirements and the location can help or hinder traffic flow and productivity.

Cutting Cleaning Costs
Smart Strategies for Cutting Costs on Industrial Floor Cleaning

Managers are always looking for ways to reduce costs while keeping their facilities clean and safe, but that can be expensive.

The cost of a forklift
How much does a forklift cost?

It’s time to add a forklift to your fleet. Maybe it’s a replacement for an existing truck that’s outlived its usefulness. Or maybe your operation has evolved and requires more capacity or different capabilities.

Choosing Correct Forks
How to Choose the Right Fork for Your Equipment

The forks on your forklift may seem like a minor detail, but they play a significant role in the overall performance of your equipment.

Forklift Chain Inspection
Don't Overlook Forklift Chain Inspections

Forklift chains, powered by hydraulic pressure, handle massive weight every day. These chains are critical to your forklift’s performance and safety, so regular inspection is essential to prevent excessive wear or failure.

Forklift Fuel Types
Pick Your Power Source: Electric, LP or Diesel

Electric, LP or diesel, oh my! Which type of forklift should you buy?

Floor cleaning brushes and pads
Floor cleaning brushes and pads. Choose the best for your floors

A helpful guide to brushes, brooms and floor pads for floor cleaning equipment.

Choosing Floor Cleaning Equipment
How to Choose the Right Industrial Floor Cleaning Equipment

Do you need a walk-behind scrubber or a rider? Or does the size of your facility require a ride-on sweeper/scrubber combo unit? Should you rent first? Or Purchase?

The Cost of Forklifts
How Much are your Forklifts Costing You?

Your forklifts have costs associated with operation and it's important that you know how much each one costs you per hour of operation.

Optimizing Your Fleet
Fleet Management and Optimizing Your Lift Truck Fleet

Fleet management refers to the collection, analysis and use of critical equipment data to improve productivity and reduce costs. Fleet management programs, such as Morrison's free Maintenance Logistics:MX online program, keep a fleet running efficiently, on time, and within budget.

Lift Truck Tire Wear
The Costly Effect of Excessive Tire Wear on Lift Trucks

Just as athletes rely on the right gear for peak performance, or an artist the right brushes, equipping your lift truck with proper tires is crucial for the longevity and efficiency of your equipment.

Forklift Seats and Seat Belts
A new seat costs less than an EMPTY seat!

Forklift seats take a beating—and so do your operators! Let’s talk about when, why & how to replace forklift seats.

Safety Culture
Creating a Culture of Safety in Material Handling

The National Safety Council has designated June as National Safety Month—the annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. June 11, 2024 was National Forklift Safety Day.

Forklift Safety
Every Worker Deserves to Make it Home Safe – Every Day

The National Safety Council has designated June as National Safety Month--the annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. And, June 11, 2024 is National Forklift Safety Day.

Renting Forklifts
Renting forklifts is the perfect solution!

When outfitting your operation with expensive machinery such as forklifts, there are times and circumstances when renting instead of purchasing just makes good business sense.

Battery Maintenance
Maintenance guidelines to extend the life of forklift batteries

Here are some maintenance guidelines to keep your electric forklift's lead acid batteries performing and lasting as they should.

Downtime
How does equipment downtime affect your business?

There is no upside to downtime. Downtime can have varied negative impacts depending on the industry, especially in areas heavily reliant on material handling equipment like forklifts. See if these line up in your experience:

Guide to brushes and brooms
A helpful guide to brushes and brooms for floor cleaning equipment.

A helpful guide to brushes and brooms for floor cleaning equipment.

Ergonomics and productivity
Boost Forklift Productivity by Optimizing Operator Comfort

In today’s demanding warehouses, getting more output from your existing forklift fleet has high value. Surprisingly, something as simple as upgrading the operator seat or control design provides immense impact on safety, downtime, and productivity.

Optimize Equipment Performance
Optimize Your Material Handling Equipment Performance

Running a smooth warehouse operation relies on having reliable, high-performing material handling equipment. But keeping your fleet of forklifts running at peak efficiency can be challenging.

Winter Forklift Operation
A guide to safe winter forklift operation

Get ready to take on Old Man Winter and send him packing! This comprehensive article will help you prep your people and equipment to conquer icy temps, slippery surfaces, brutal winds, and limited visibility.

Managing Warehouse for Success
What a warehouse manager needs to succeed

A well-organized and efficiently run warehouse is essential to the success of many operations. From manufacturing plants to retail outlets to distribution centers, there’s a lot riding on the shoulders of those who manage warehouses.

Maximizing Forklift Tire Life
How to Maximize the Life of your Forklift Tires

Let’s talk about how to stretch your budget and get the most life out of your forklift tires as possible.

The truth about forklift tires
The truth about forklift tires

Good tires can make or break your forklift. Literally.

Recharge Refuel
How to safely recharge or refuel a forklift

Forklifts are important machines that help move things in warehouses and other places. They can run on either batteries or fuels like LPG or diesel. In this blog post, we will learn how to safely recharge or refuel a forklift.

Forklift Loads
Safely Stack and Lift Forklift Loads: A Guide to Your Personal Safety

If you work in a warehouse or distribution facility, you are familiar with pallet racks used for organizing and storing products and the forklifts used for stacking pallets on racks or removing them for delivery to other areas.

industrial-cleaning-equipment
Reduce Labor Cost with Industrial Cleaning Equipment

When you look at the image above, do you get the feeling "cleaning is in progress"? Not so much, right? And, in a large plant, warehouse, or retail space, manual methods of cleaning are not just ineffective--they are inefficient!  

Maximizing Vertical Space
Growing Up: Maximizing your vertical storage space

If you own a business that is growing, you may be facing the challenge of needing more space. Expanding your building or moving to a larger space can be expensive, inconvenient, and disruptive to your operations. However, there is a solution that is often overlooked: maximizing your vertical storage space. By adding a mezzanine floor to your building, you can create an intermediate level between the main floors, adding affordable and customizable storage space. In this article, we will explore the benefits of mezzanines and how they can help you maximize your vertical storage space. We will also introduce you to Morrison, a company that can help you with professional design and installation services for mezzanine systems.

Man vs Machine
Man vs The Machines!

Manual versus mechanical floor cleaning. Which is better?

Safe Sweeper Scrubber Operation
Effective Sweeper/Scrubber Operator Training is Essential for Safety

Investing in industrial floor cleaning machines can provide significant benefits, such as improved cleaning efficiency, time savings, and reduced slip and fall accidents. However, training your operators in the safe and proper use of this equipment is critical in achieving these benefits and maximizing your investment.

Optimizing Warehouse Storage
Optimizing Your Warehouse Storage: Tips for Streamlining Your Space

Efficient warehouse storage is essential to the success of any business that deals with inventory management

Lift Tables
Lift Tables: an ergonomic solution for preventing worker injuries

Any industrial environment is full of heavy items that need to be moved up, down and sideways. Maybe it’s a pallet loaded with finished goods that needs to be raised off the floor for shrink wrapping. Maybe it’s components that need to be loaded into a machine for assembly. Or maybe it’s a large product that’s being worked on.

Lithium Ion Batteries
Are lithium-ion (Li-ion) powered forklifts right for your operation?

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are creating a fundamental change in the material handling industry. The longer runtimes, longer lifespan, fast charge capability, and reduced cost of ownership make adoption of lithium-ion power a clear decision.

Forklifts in construction
Forklifts in the construction industry

When you think about material handling equipment in the construction industry, forklifts may not be the first thing that springs to mind. Front end loaders, back hoes, and conveyors may be what you think of right off the bat.

Narrow and very narrow aisle
Running out of space?

Are you running out of space in your current warehouse or distribution center? Have you considered moving up?

Forklift batteries don’t die alone
Forklift batteries don’t die alone! They take vital components with them.

Does that headline scare you? Well, it should if you rely on electric forklifts. Yikes!

Agriculture
Material handling equipment in agriculture

Most folks don’t associate forklifts with farming. Tractors and combines, sure. Forklifts and other material handling equipment, not so much.

But as the need for increased speed and efficiency in agriculture has grown, modern material handling solutions have replaced tractors on farms of all types. Supplies and seed are regularly delivered on pallets, so forklifts are quickly becoming a staple of the modern American farm. Farmers looking to expand or who want to store more seed, produce, or supplies need the extra oomph that a lift truck brings. 

Why and when to replace forklift tires
Why and when to replace forklift tires

Forklift tires are essential to your equipment’s safe operation. Worn tires can cause accidents and harm forklift operators. Let’s review the why and when of forklift tire replacement.

Different Types of Forklift Tires
The different types of forklift tires and how/where to use them

Your forklift’s tires impact the efficiency of the forklift’s operation. A review of the types and applications of forklift tires is provided in this article.

TCO of industrial floor equipment
What is the Total Cost of Ownership for industrial sweepers and scrubbers?

This blog post will show you how to measure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) when considering the most cost-effective floor cleaning method.

Understanding Forklift Tires
Can I put pneumatic tires on a cushion tire forklift?

A forklift’s tires are its foundation. The truck’s weight, the weight of the load, plus the weight of the operator all rest on the tires. Beyond carrying weight, tires provide a solid, stable base for the forklift and are the vehicle’s only shock absorption and suspension system.

Forklift safety month
National Forklift Safety Month

Let’s all celebrate National Forklift Safety Day by staying safe every day!

Plant Safety
Sweepers, Scrubbers and the Steps to Safer Manufacturing Facilities

What clean floors have to do with Six Sigma, 5S, lean manufacturing and National Safety Month.

Sweepers and scrubbers
Do you need a sweeper/scrubber or a scrubber/sweeper?

Sweeper/Scrubbers and Scrubber/Sweepers sound the same, and they are similar in some ways, but there are some distinct differences you might not know!

Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
How can you help prevent slips, trips, and falls in your facility?

Accidents happen. Slips, trips, and falls are among the most common industrial accidents. The National Floor Safety Institute says that slips and falls are the leading cause of workers’ compensation claims and the top cause of occupational injury for people 55+. Workers may be out around 12 days. Medical costs average $17,200 to $27,500. We all want to avoid that!

What operators need to know
What your operators need to know

Your operators have a lot of control over how the equipment is used and cared for, so it makes sense to train them thoroughly. 

How to use rentals to expand your fleet
Do you need your forklift fleet to be more flexible?

When is a short-term rental a good business decision?

Floor scrubber maintenance
How and when do I maintain my floor scrubber?

It’s simple. When you invest in a piece of equipment, you want it to perform. With a floor scrubber or sweeper/scrubber that means clean, dry floors. No unsightly streaks. No dirt left behind. No wet patches that could cause slips or falls.

Benefits of maintaining warehouse floors
The benefits of maintaining warehouse floors

Did you know that keeping your facility’s floors clean has a direct and daily impact on reducing downtime due to accidents, minimizing damage to equipment, improving efficiency and productivity?

 

Forklifts on the Farm
Forklifts Down on the Farm

Farming is hard work - unpredictable weather, volatile market, physical demands, and the unpredictability of livestock and crops. Most farmers embrace technology that makes their job easier and depend on the lifting power of forklift trucks.

The right forklift for your lumberyard
Selecting the right forklift for your lumberyard

This blog post will focus on the lumberyard environment and examine factors to consider when purchasing forklifts.

Save money on floor cleaning
9 Tips for saving money on floor cleaning

Most managers are looking for ways to save money while maintaining cleaning effectiveness. This blog article will provide tips for saving money on industrial floor cleaning.

Forklift Leases
Is a forklift lease right for you?

When your operation needs to add a forklift, one of the earliest decisions you’ll face is “should I buy, rent or lease?” This post will focus on the lease versus buy decision and explain the advantages of the primary types of leases. 

Questions about Floor Cleaning
Do You Have Questions about Floor Cleaning?

As a manager, you probably have some questions about floor cleaning. As a leading supplier of industrial floor cleaning equipment, we have answers. What follows are some of the questions we often get asked. We hope the answers help you.

The cost of downtime
What does forklift downtime cost?

Downtime is a dirty word. We hate it. YOU, hate it. It is more than an “inconvenience”—it is expensive. Let’s discuss how you can avoid downtime as much as possible and keep your business—and your forklifts—moving forward.

The Museum of Clean
Welcome to the era of intelligent floorcare

We’ve come a long way, baby! From scrubbing floors on our hands and knees with old wooden buckets and blocky, wood brushes, to hand cranked vacuums to dust blowing, noisy nightmares that weighed a ton—look at us now! 

Why is my floor still wet
Why is my floor still wet?! Trouble-shooting the scrubber vacuum system

Is your auto scrubber leaving wet streaks behind? Are you having to follow with a mop? Are you concerned about slips and falls because your scrubber dryer is not drying properly? Let’s look at some possible solutions!

Choosing the Right Forklift Tire
Choose the right forklift tires for performance, safety, and efficiency

Forklift tires do more than roll your lift truck around your facility. They also impact operator health, the efficiency of the forklift, and accident prevention.  This article will review the types of forklift tires, the environments each is suited for, and how the right tire selection, use, and replacement can impact your operation.

Extending the life of your equipment
Avoid shortcuts to get the maximum ROI from your floor cleaning equipment

Extending the life of floor cleaning equipment.

Squeegees
Squeegees: Where the Rubber Meets the Road!

Get the best possible performance and longevity from your scrubber’s squeegee blades.

Selecting and Caring for Scrub Brushes
The Nitty Gritty on Scrub Brushes

A helpful guide to buying, replacing and caring for brushes on your industrial scrubber.

Sweeper Brooms
Sweeper Brooms: First Buy the Best, Then Make Them Last

A helpful guide to buying, replacing and caring for industrial sweeper scrubber brooms.

Forklift Battery Technology
What you need to know about forklift battery technologies

In this article we compare forklift battery types by looking at power and energy, charging, maintenance, safety and more.

Carrying the Load
Carrying the Load: Basic Concepts

How much lift capacity do I need in a forklift? Join us for a discussion where we consider a load's shape, size, and weight distribution and how they influence the forklift's ability to handle the load.