Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.12103 - Definitions; A to C

Rule 2103.

(1) "Attachment" means a device, other than conventional forks or load backrest extension, mounted permanently or removed on the elevating mechanism of a truck for handling the load. Popular attachments are fork extensions, clamps, rotating devices, side shifters, load stabilizers, rams, and booms.

(2) "Cantilever truck" means a self-loading counter-balanced or non-counterbalanced truck equipped with cantilever load engaging means. (Appendix A. Figure 1)

(3) "Capacity" when referring to trucks, means the following:

(a) The capacity of a truck equipped with a load carriage and forks, or with attachments, is the maximum weight in pounds, at a specified load center which the truck, based on the strength of its various components and applicable stability, can lift to the maximum elevation of the load engaging means. Alternate capacities may be established at the same specified load center and at less than maximum elevation of the load engaging means.

(b) The capacity of a truck equipped with a platform is the maximum weight in pounds, at a specified load center which the truck, based on the strength of its various components, can lift to the maximum elevation of the load engaging means.

(4) "Carriage" means a support structure for forks or attachment, generally roller mounted, traveling vertically within the mast of a cantilever truck.

(5) "Center-control truck" means a truck in which the operator's control position is located near the longitudinal center of the truck.

(6) "Counterbalanced truck" means a truck equipped with load engaging means wherein all the load during normal transporting is external to the polygon formed by the wheel contacts. (Appendix A, Figure 1.)

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.12103

1979 AC; 1998-2000 AACS; 2016 MR 16, Eff. 8/17/2016