Module 9 - Material Handling Trade Terms

Sometimes reffered to as a Georgia buggy, a wheeled device used when a concrete pour is in a place that a concrete delivery truck or pump cannot reach.

• Concrete Mule

• Fall Zone

• Freight Elevator

• Hand Truck

When lifting, the area having a diameter twice the height of the object being lifted.

• Concrete Mule

• Fall Zone

• Freight Elevator

• Hand Truck

An elevator used to transport materials from floor to floor.

• Concrete Mule

• Fall Zone

• Freight Elevator

• Hand Truck

Also known as dollies, hand trucks are two-wheeled carts that are used to transport large, heavy loads, such as gas cylinders or drums.

• Concrete Mule

• Fall Zone

• Freight Elevator

• Hand Truck

A vehicle with a power-operated pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load to be lifted and moved.

• Industrial Forklift

• Jack

• Load

• Material carts

Portable device used for raising heavy objects by means of force applied with a lever, screw, or hydraulic press.

• Industrial Forklift

• Jack

• Load

• Material carts

The quantity of materials able to be carried,transported,or relocated at one time by a machine, vehicle, peice of equipment, or person.

• Industrial Forklift

• Jack

• Load

• Material carts

Four-wheeled device used to transport materials around a job site.

• Industrial Forklift

• Jack

• Load

• Material carts

Also known as a pallet truck, a device used to lift and move heavy or stacked pallets.

• Pallet Jack

• Pipe mule

• Pipe transport

• Powered wheelbarrow

Sometimes reffered to as a tunnel buggy, a two-wheeled device used to transport medium-length pieces of pipe, tubing, or scaffolding.

• Pallet Jack

• Pipe mule

• Pipe transport

• Powered wheelbarrow