Forklifts run in the worst conditions of any vehicle in the fleet and are scheduled on engine or battery hours, not distance. Mast chains stretch under load, and a chain or fork failure drops a load into an occupied space.
The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.
Forklifts run in the worst conditions of any vehicle in the fleet and are scheduled on engine or battery hours, not distance. Mast chains stretch under load, and a chain or fork failure drops a load into an occupied space.
Cracked forks and stretched chains that fail while lifting, hydraulic leaks that create slip hazards, and trucks that stay in service because nobody has hour-meter data to say otherwise.
Every 250 operating hours or quarterly. Measure chain stretch against the service limit — chains are replaced on measurement, never on appearance.
This procedure — and every other PM for your industry — is already built into ChatterFix. Pick your industry and it lands on the right equipment, on the right interval, in about three minutes.