Ekuqaleni kuka-2026, umthengi osebenza kwiprojekthi yentaba ekude wandicela ukuba ndifumane i-forklift yeetoni ezi-5. Kwavakala njengesicelo esiqhelekileyo, de ndajonga iifoto zesayithi. Umhlaba wawungekho konkrithi. Yayiyintlalutye, udaka kunye nomhlaba ogudileyo. Kwakukho ithambeka eline-15-degree phakathi kwendawo yokothula kunye neyadi yokugcina, kwaye isiza sasijongene nexesha elide lemvula. Ndema ndaxelela umthengi ukuba kufuneka sithethe malunga nomhlaba ngaphambi kokuba sithethe ngexabiso.
Loo ncoko yatshintsha indlela endikhetha ngayo iiforklift zomsebenzi wangaphandle.
Umthengi walawula iprojekthi yendlela yasemaphandleni kummandla weentaba waseMzantsi Melika. Babeneziko elincinane lobonelelo emazantsi entaba. Veki nganye, iilori ezintlanu okanye ezintandathu zazifika ziphethe iingxowa zesamente, imibhobho yentsimbi namaplanga, malunga neetoni ezili-15 ukuya kwezingama-20 ilori nganye. Abasebenzi kwafuneka bothule iilori, bahambise izinto kwindawo yokugcina izinto, baze kamva bathwale imithwalo engamakhulu aliqela eemitha ukuya kwiindawo zokusebenza.
Owona mthwalo unzima wawuyi-1,000 ukuya kwi-1,500 kg. Umthamo wemihla ngemihla uphelele wawuziitoni ezingama-20 ukuya kwezingama-30. Umgama wokuhamba wawufikelela kwiimitha ezingama-500 ngaphezulu kwegrabile kwaye umdaka upakishwe.
Oko kuvakala njengomsebenzi kuyo nayiphi na i-forklift. Kodwa iimeko ezintathu zakwenza kwahluka. Iyadi yajika yaludaka emva kwemvula. Ukuthambeka kwe-15-degree kwafuneka kunyuswe ngalo lonke uhambo oluthweleyo. Kwaye umqhubi wayenamava asisiseko, ngoko ke umatshini wawungenakuxhomekeka kubuchule bokuqhuba obugqibeleleyo.
Xa ndikhangela loo miqathango ngokuchasene ne-forklift yendawo yokugcina impahla, ndabona iingxaki ezine. Amatayara amancinci kunye nokukhutshwa komhlaba ophantsi kwakuthetha ukuba i-chassis yayiza kubetha amatye kunye nemizila, kwaye amatayara ayeza kuzika eludakeni. Amavili-amavili amabini athetha ukuba umatshini uzakujikeleza kwaye utyibilike kwithambeka elimanzi. Ixesha elide lemvula lalithetha ukuba udaka lwaluyimeko yemihla ngemihla, kungekhona ngaphandle. Kwaye umatshini ohlala ubambekile unokulibazisa lonke ikhonkco lokubonelela.
Ndixelele umthengi ngokunyanisekileyo: i-forklift eqhelekileyo inokusebenza iiveki ezimbini, emva koko uchithe iiveki ezimbini ezizayo ukulungiswa. Ayisosisombululo eso. Umthengi wayefuna i-forklift yomhlaba erhabaxa eyakhelwe iimeko zangaphandle, kwaye siye sahamba ngokukhetha kunye.
Umthamo weza kuqala, kodwa hayi ngenxa yesizathu esilindelwe ngabantu abaninzi. Sakhetha i-5,000 kg, kungekhona ngenxa yokuba umthwalo ngamnye unobunzima beetoni ezi-5, kodwa ngenxa yokuba umthengi wayefuna umda kunye nokuzinza. I-bundle ye-1.5-toni kumatshini weetoni ezi-5 ishiya umda obanzi wokhuseleko, kwaye ubunzima obongezelelweyo bugcina umatshini uzinzile kumhlaba orhabaxa.
Ezine-zokuqhuba kwamavili kwakulandelayo. Kwigrabile exekekileyo kunye ne-15{5}iqondo lokuthambeka, ukutsala kugqiba yonke into. Ngawo onke amavili aqhubayo, i-forklift iqhubeka ihamba ngodaka olumanzi kunye negrabile ekhululekile. Oomatshini ababini{{6}abaqhuba ngamavili baphulukana nokutsaleka ngethuba ivili lijikeleza okanye ukunyuswa kwangemva. Kule ndawo, i-4 wheel drive forklift yayingeyona nto inqabileyo. Yayingumahluko phakathi kokuhamba nokuhlala ubambekile.
Amatayara yaba yinxalenye yokwala ukulalanisa. Eli tayara kuphela kwenxalenye yomatshini echukumisa umhlaba, yaye apha umhlaba wawuludaka negrabile. Sikhethe amavili omoya{2}endlela anokunyathela nzulu. Amavili abanzi asasaza ubunzima ukuze umatshini ungatshoni ngokulula, kwaye ukunyathela okunzulu kubambe umphezulu xa ukhwela.
Ukucocwa komhlaba kwakubalulekile kanye. Iyadi yayinemizila, amatye kunye neengcambu zemithi. Umatshini ophantsi uya kubetha i-chassis kuwo wonke umqobo. Siye sakhetha malunga ne-300 mm yococeko ukuze indawo engaphantsi ikwazi ukudlula koko iforklift yendawo yokugcina impahla ingenako.
Ekugqibeleni, sijonge amandla e-injini kunye nokuzinza. Isiza sasinamathambeka kunye neentsuku zokuhamba ezinde, ngoko ke injini yayifuna itorque eyaneleyo ukuze inyuke ilayishe ngokupheleleyo kwaye iqhube imini yonke ngaphandle koxinzelelo. Yaye ngenxa yokuba ukhuseleko lubaluleke ngaphezu kwesantya kwinduli, sakhetha umatshini onomqolo obanzi wamavili, indawo ephantsi yomxhuzulane, nemasti ethambekayo ukuze imithwalo ihlale ikwindawo ethambekileyo.
Lo matshini wafika ngexesha elomileyo. Ukothula yayiluvavanyo lokuqala. Ilori ene-flatbed eyayidla ngokuthatha imini yonke isenza umsebenzi wezandla ngoku yathatha malunga neeyure ezimbini. Umphakamo weemitha ezi-3 ucoca ibhedi yelori ngokulula.
Ithambeka yayilelona vavanyo. Nge-1,500 kg ye-cement bundle kwiifoloko, i-forklift yenyuka i-15-degree slope kwi-gear ephantsi ngaphandle kokuhamba. Umqhubi wandixelela kamva ukuba umzuzu wayibona inyuka nomthwalo opheleleyo, wayeka ukuthandabuza umatshini.
Lathi lakuqala ixesha lemvula, iyadi yajika yaludaka. Oomatshini ababezanywe ngumthengi ngaphambili babengakwazi ukuhamba kolo daka. Le forklift yaqhubeka isebenza. Yatshona kancinane kwezona ndawo zithambileyo, kodwa amatayara abanzi ayigcina ishukuma, yaye abasebenzi bafunda ukuphepha ezona ndawo zimbi. Lo matshini wawusebenza iiyure ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo ngosuku, iintsuku ezintandathu ngeveki, yaye kwiinyanga ezintathu zokuqala awuzange wophuke nakanye.
Siye sazifumana iingxaki, yaye sazisombulula kunye.
Okokuqala, kwindawo enodaka emazantsi ethambeka, iforklift yaphulukana nokutsala okomzuzwana. Simisela uxinzelelo lwetayara kwindawo ethambileyo-yokusetwa komhlaba ukuze amatayara anwenwe banzi, kwaye saqeqesha umsebenzisi ukuba asebenzise isantya esisezantsi-kuluhlu lwesantya eludakeni ukuze amavili angajiki. Emva koko, isiqwenga esifanayo asizange sibe yingxaki kwakhona. Ndifunde ukuba umatshini usisiqingatha kuphela sesisombululo. Indlela emiswe ngayo kwaye iqhutywe ngayo sesinye isiqingatha.
Okwesibini, umthengi unexhala malunga nesondlo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwiziko lenkonzo. Ndahamba nabo kwiindawo zokulungisa ngaphambi kokuziswa. Ufikelelo lwe-injini luqondile, sanikezela ngekhithi yezixhobo ezisecaleni kwiminyaka emibini yokuqala, kwaye sathumela ishedyuli yokulungisa ngolwimi lwabo. Umkhandi wabo wayephethe inkonzo yesiqhelo.
Okwesithathu, kwakukho iindleko. I-forklift yendawo erhabaxa ixabisa ngaphezulu kwesiqhelo, kwaye andizange ndenze ngathi ngenye indlela. Kodwa sathelekisa iindleko zokwenene. I-forklift ithathe indawo yexesha le-crane eqeshiweyo, uninzi lokuphatha ngesandla, kunye nexesha lokunciphisa koomatshini ababezamile ngaphambili. Xa sidibanisa ezo zongiso kunye, ixabiso lilonke lobunini laliphantsi. Emva kwesizini yokuqala, umthengi waodola umatshini wesibini wesiza esikufutshane.
Bendihlala ndicinga ukuba ukuphakamisa amandla yinto yokuqala ekufuneka umthengi ayiqwalasele. Emva kwale projekthi, ndiye ndabona ukuba umhlaba uhlala ugqiba ukuba iforklift inokwenza umsebenzi kwaphela.
Ngoku ndihlola umhlaba kuqala, emva koko ithambeka, emva koko imithwalo, emva koko iiyure zokusebenza, ngoko ukugcinwa kunye nokhuseleko. I-forklift yomgangatho othe tyaba wefektri inokukhethwa ikakhulu kumthamo. I-forklift yeprojekthi yeentaba kufuneka ikhethwe kwindawo yokuqala, kunye nomthamo okwesibini.
I-forklift efanelekileyo ayisoloko inamandla aphezulu. Yiyo ehambelana nendawo yokwenyani yokusebenza. Ukuba uthenga i-forklift yendawo yokwakha, ifama, okanye nawuphi na umsebenzi wangaphandle, qala ngeemeko zomhlaba, kungekhona i-spec sheet.
