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Voss Equipment is your expert partner in the material handling business. For over 80 years, we've prided ourselves on our commitment to our customers, our employees, and our community. On this page, you can stay current on everything that’s happening with us: specials, announcements, industry news, and more.

Battery Watering Tips and Tricks

The battery is the heart of the forklift. Are you looking to maximize and extend the lifespan of your forklift batteries? Make sure to water your forklift batteries. In this edition of the Voss Equipment blog, get tips and tricks for how to water your forklift batteries.

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Voss Equipment Battery Washing Services

The battery is the heart of the forklift. Are you looking to maximize and extend the lifespan of your forklift batteries? Proper and regular battery washing are essential for extending the life of your forklift batteries and preventing damage to your forklift. In this edition of the Voss Equipment blog, let’s take a look at why we wash batteries, and the battery washing services offered by Voss.

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5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Batteries

Are you looking to extend and maximize the lifespan of your forklift batteries? With the right amount of care and maintenance, most lead acid forklift batteries provide around 2000 charge cycles, which translates to about 5 years of service life. However, with improper care and maintenance, operators are looking at a much shorter battery lifespan.

Here at Voss Equipment, we’re committed to helping you make the most out of your equipment all while lowering your overall operational costs. In this edition of the Voss Equipment blog, we’re looking at 5 ways to get the most out of your forklift batteries, maximizing your investment well beyond the expected lifespan.

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5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Batteries

Yale Turret Trucks & Order Pickers for Narrow Aisles

Earlier this summer, we published a blog about how minimizing aisle width can actually help you free up more space in your warehouse. However, if you plan to minimize aisle width, you need to have the right equipment designed to maneuver through narrow spaces.

In this edition of the Voss Equipment blog, let’s zoom in and look at some of Yale’s equipment designed specifically to work within very narrow aisles: turret trucks and order pickers.

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Minimizing Aisle Width to Maximize Storage Space

Is your warehouse space feeling cramped and crowded, and are you looking to optimize your current layout? Earlier this spring, we dove into 5 ways to optimize your warehouse space, which all work together to help free up and uncover square footage you didn’t know you had. Today, we’re taking a deep dive into another warehouse optimizing hack: minimizing aisle width.

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How to Choose the Right Pallet Racking System

As you organize your warehouse space for optimal storage capacity, you’ll want to consider the type of pallet racking storage system that best suits your storage needs and space. In this edition of the Voss Equipment blog, let’s take a look at the different types of pallet rack systems.

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A warehouse utilizing a system of pick modules, pallet racking, mezzanines, and conveyors.

5 Tips for Optimizing Your Warehouse Space

Spring is here and many of us are in the process of revamping our spaces. Is your warehouse feeling cramped, overstocked, and poorly organized, or are you designing your next warehouse space? Whether you’re spring cleaning or looking to build from the ground up, here at Voss Equipment, we’ve got the technical and design expertise to help you make the most of your warehouse space–all while improving your operation’s safety and efficiency. 

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Forklift Maintenance Plan Guide

One of the most critical long-term values of planned maintenance is that it will save you money. One main contributing factor is avoiding repair costs and downtime, catching issues early before they become problems. But there are others, as explained here:

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The six best applications for robotic lift trucks

Robotic lift trucks (RLTs) are growing in popularity for applications in warehousing and manufacturing and with good reason.

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Leading the Charge in Electrification

Recently, Toyota Materials Handling announced it will be ceasing production of many Internal Combustion Engine lift truck models with LPG and gasoline fuel systems due to a delay in attaining 2021 U.S. emissions certifications.

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