Masonry Magazine November 1962 Page. 5
This month MASONRY devotes a section to modern masonry's need for special mechanized equipment. The next four pages hit on some of the high points of one such piece of equipment, the fork lift truck, and show how mason contractors are using them for faster, more efficient job operations.
The Mason Contractor's Need to Mechanize
modern masonry the increasing need for speed and ion calls for special mechanized equipment. Today's gdesign consists of more curtain walls, pattern new screen wall effects, and other decorative fea- not previously demanded of masonry. In turn, y demands new equipment to achieve these effects petition with other types of building construction.
In the competitive fray hopped the fork lift truck. Manufacturers of the fork lift have brought to their pro- wealth of experience from the construction field. This knowhow has resulted in complete lines of lift whose innumerable versions are adaptable to the of the mason contractor.
With the fork lift truck they have been successful in izing such job stoppers as mud, snow and other conditions. Extensive experimentation in the field scussions with mason contractors have led to fork cks of amazing versatility. For instance, one manu- r's fork lift model permits passage through a ten-foot with the load elevated up to 7 feet and expansion capacity up to 20 feet, with other models proportionately designed to a full lift of 30 feet. Other manufacturers have evolved lifts with seemingly endless finesse: They can place masonry materials with cleancut corners and un- marred faces at point-of-work on high rise jobs.
Lift truck manufacturers have earned the reputation of lowest maintenance cost and highest retained value. They have done this through exclusive engineering plus the use of standard parts that are casily replaced.
Lift trucks are of rugged construction and job engin- eered to provide the mason contractor with the specific equipment he needs to compete successfully and profit- ably in modern construction.
The following section features the fork lift truck, show- ing its versatility in a host of situations. Mason contractors desiring more detailed information on how the fork lift mechanizes the moving of materials are encouraged to contact the manufacturers listed below. MASONRY here highlights some of its more dramatic applications.
MANUFACTURERS HEREIN LISTED WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ON MECHANIZING THE MOVING OF MATERIALS
mp Sales Corp., 2500 Rose- Blvd., El Monte, Calif.
national Harvester Co., 180 higan Ave., Chicago 1, III.
Engineering Co., Inc., 3045 ay 13, St. Paul 11, Minn.
Kwik-Mix Co., 235 West Grand Avenue, Port Washington, Wisc.
Prime-Mover., Muscatine, lowa.
American Road Equipment Co., Omaha, Nebraska.
J. I. Case Company, Industrial Division, Racine, Wisconsin.
Whiteman Manufacturing Com- pany, 13020 Pierce Street, Pacoi- ma, California.
West Brick Buggy Corp., 4310 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, Ohio.
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