Safe Ways To Use Your Forklift To Open Box Cars
Both of our Box Car Door Openers (Easy-Slide and Aldor) meet OSHA’s “de minimus” exception to the ban against using forklift blades directly to open box car doors.
Easy-Slide (patent #8,568,078) is designed for the dockless rail sidings where access to the car door is through a doorway.
Welded-steel frame fits over paired fork blade up to 5″ wide (wider blades may be accommodated with custom fitting but may incur an additional charge). The swinging arm and backward and forward movements of the forklift allows the driver to open and close the door though the doorway.
Aldor is designed for traditional open docks where there is a clear run alongside the box car. The track can run outside or within a building.
Aldor is available in two models. Both reach out to maximum 48″ gap between dock edge and side of car.
4020-14 Aluminum is a fixed length. Fits fork blades up to 7″ wide (wider blades may be accommodated with custom fitting but may incur an additional charge).
4020-02 Steel is adjustable in 6″ increments. Fits fork blades up to 5″ wide (wider blades may be accommodated with custom fitting but may incur an additional charge).