R 408.12103
R 408.12103 Definitions; A to C.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 408.12103
Rule 2103. (1) "Attachment" means a device, other than conventional forks or load
backrest extension, mounted permanently or removed on the elevating mechanism of a
truck for handling the load. Popular attachments are fork extensions, clamps, rotating
devices, side shifters, load stabilizers, rams, and booms.
(2)
"Cantilever
truck"
means
a
self-loading
counter-balanced
or
non-
counterbalanced truck equipped with cantilever load engaging means. (Appendix A.
Figure 1)
(3) "Capacity" when referring to trucks, means the following:
(a) The capacity of a truck equipped with a load carriage and forks, or with
attachments, is the maximum weight in pounds, at a specified load center which the
truck, based on the strength of its various components and applicable stability, can lift to
the maximum elevation of the load engaging means. Alternate capacities may be
established at the same specified load center and at less than maximum elevation of the
load engaging means.
(b) The capacity of a truck equipped with a platform is the maximum weight in
pounds, at a specified load center which the truck, based on the strength of its various
components, can lift to the maximum elevation of the load engaging means.
(4) "Carriage" means a support structure for forks or attachment, generally roller
mounted, traveling vertically within the mast of a cantilever truck.
(5) "Center-control truck" means a truck in which the operator's control position is
located near the longitudinal center of the truck.
(6) "Counterbalanced truck" means a truck equipped with load engaging means
wherein all the load during normal transporting is external to the polygon formed by the
wheel contacts. (Appendix A, Figure 1.)