The Self Dumping Hopper Forklift Attachment
As it comes off the factory floor, the forklift is perfect for carrying all kinds of wide, flat goods. It is useless, however, for carrying small items. For those, the best forklift attachment is a container attachment like the self dumping hopper.
There are so many applications for these container attachments, many warehouses and factories have several on hand. Some of these will be put to use every day, while others will be stored out of the way until they are needed. 
A comparison of typical working environments illustrates this. Outside each of them, there are several large waste receptacles. Throughout the day, workers inside are creating a lot of waste. In one factory, they might improvise by filling boxes with waste and carrying them out by hand and dumping them into the waste receptacles.
That solution works in a small workshop with just a few employees and minimal waste. However, if a warehouse or factory is large enough to need a forklift, it is also large enough to need at least one forklift attachment for disposing of waste. The best attachment for this purpose is the self dumping hopper.
A forklift is a significant investment in dollars. Aside from the cost of the machine itself, the premises it operates in will be relatively large and the amounts of materials being handled will be correspondingly large. It stands to reason, then, that the amount of waste being produced will also be relatively large. Yet, if the forklift is being utilized to its potential, the management should not need to hire as great a percentage of extra staff.
It only makes sense, then, to make another small investment in a self dumping hopper. In spite of this, many businesses try to get by without one. This is a mistake. If you add up the man hours wasted in manually moving small containers of waste each day, it adds up to hundreds of hours per year at a minimum. If a forklift attachment that costs less than $1000 and lasts for years can save your business over a thousand dollars in a single year, it makes financial sense to have one.
When there is a forklift attachment like a poly hopper inside the premises, the waste can be emptied into it without disrupting the workflow. When it is full, the forklift operator simply drives the hopper outside to the waste area and dumps the load. He doesn't even have to get out of the cab. The job is done in minutes and in many cases it only has to be done once per day.
This example can be extended to many other workplace applications. The bottom line is that every business that has a forklift should also consider what forklift attachment or attachments they need to further increase productivity and save on labor costs. In a tight economy, everything counts.
Forklift Accessories has been in the materials handling business long enough to know just about everything there is to know. Many large companies turn to the Forklift Accessories division of Bahrns Equipment Inc., for expert advice about forklifts, forklift attachments and their other workplace needs. They trust them because this company has built its business on a foundation of knowledge and integrity.
