Lift truck makers offer online tools to help buyers calculate the benefits of AC power systems, narrow aisle lift trucks and other features. Lift truck makers offer online tools to help buyers calculate the benefits of AC power systems, narrow aisle lift trucks and other features.
The Web site for electric lift truck maker Raymond now features three online calculators designed to help materials handling professionals make better informed lift truck purchases.

Lift truck users can visit www.raymondcorp.com/solutions and type their own operations data into the following calculators:

ACR Calculator: Provides estimated cost savings related to battery costs and changing times by switching from a DC-powered reach truck to a reach‑fork truck equipped with an AC power system.

Space Utilization Guide: Demonstrates how to "maximize the cube" by determining the number of additional pallets that can be stored by switching to narrow aisle and very narrow aisle lift trucks.

Reach Truck Performance Calculator: Calculates the pallets moved per hour and cost per pallet moved to determine the productivity of reach-fork trucks in a facility.

Also available on the Raymond Web site are an uptime/reliability guide and a cost of ownership calculator. The uptime guide helps users estimate the cost of unscheduled maintenance by calculating total uptime per lift truck, while the cost of ownership calculator estimates the total cost of operating a lift truck fleet to help manage maintenance costs.

Lift truck maker Jungheinrich also offers a cost of ownership calculator at www.lift-truck-cost-tool.com. Jungheinrich says it designed the tool to help prospective customers see the cost advantages of owning an AC electric truck over DC electric or fuel-powered models.