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During the start of the 1950's, Henry Le Grande Lull from the Lull Manufacturing Company originally designed the sideloader forklift. These early units were requested from the US Air Force. The original idea was patented for commercial application but it was not developed until Lull Manufacturing was taken over by the Baker Raulang Company during the year 1959. It was Baker Raulang who produced the design. Afterward, the name was changed to Baker Traveloader. In the late nineteen fifties, the side-loaders were launched in Europe. The beginning models were made by Italian manufacturer Fiora and the afterwards B-P Battioni e Pagani who pioneered the equipment's use within timber yards.
The side-loader is a bit different from the counterbalanced forklift, because the traditional forward-traveling forklifts have front facing forks whilst the side-loader has side facing forks. The operator though will drive inside a cabin similar to those utilized in traditional forklifts. The lifting, loading, and unloading functions are done by the mast located at the driver's right-hand side. The cargo is usually transported lying on a wooden or metal deck. This helps to decrease stress, distortion and damage to the cargo. Recent innovations to the side-loader design have incorporated a large variety of lifting accessories being developed.
The use of side-loaders as opposed to the reach-stackers or standard forklifts: better visibility, safer operating conditions, and the ability to utilize available space more effectively as well as faster traveling speeds.
Having an equally distributed load it is beneficial to prevent lack of vehicle stability, and excessive tilting, in order to maintain safety. An even load helps to avoid unacceptable vehicle axle loading, and unacceptable load concentrations.
With the load distribution in the container, the eccentricity of the center of gravity varies. It is extremely essential that the designers of containers and handling equipment consider during the engineering process. Like for example, when 60 percent of the load by mass is distributed in 50% of the length of the container measured from one end of the machinery, the eccentricity corresponds to 5%.
