Slick tyre replacement

The company has evolved from only servicing forklifts to become a specialised supplier and service partner for lifting equipment, including that for PSA Antwerp’s operations the Port of Antwerp.  This recently included supplying three Sany reachstackers.  At the same time, the company offered PSA a free test of the ‘Just Easy Gripper 2160’.

Although being capable of being used on other port handling equipment, to test the ability of the machine Jeroen Mertens suggested using it on a straddle carrier.  “A straddle carrier was the hardest test we could find, as the bolts and the tight space around the tyres can be a little tricky to handle,” he said.

Fitted to a forklift truck, it took the operator just 40 seconds to pick-up a tyre, placed it over the axle and fit it on the bolts, ready for the nuts to be fastened, which took a couple of minutes to complete the job.