Managing a warehouse with limited space? It can be challenging to grow your business. But with narrow aisle forklifts, you can maximize storage capacity within your existing footprint. By enabling you to reduce the width of your aisles, very narrow aisle (VNA) forklifts can increase inventory, improve order picking efficiency, and shift your productivity into overdrive. All within your current facility.
MORE STORAGE
Add more storage capacity to your existing warehouse with efficient space utilization
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
Pick more orders and move materials in less time
FAST DELIVERY
Get new narrow aisle forklifts fast thanks to industry-best lead times
TYPES OF VERY NARROW AISLE FORKLIFTS
REACH TRUCKS
Designed to reach the highest levels of storage while easily navigating tight spaces, our reach trucks are an ideal solution for high-density warehouses. Equipped with an extendable mast, reach trucks give you the ability to access hard-to-reach pallets with stability and safety in narrow aisles.
PANTOGRAPH REACH TRUCKS
Pantograph reach trucks feature a unique scissor mechanism that allows the truck forks to extend and retract without moving the entire body of the unit. Commonly used in double-deep racking layouts, they offer excellent maneuverability in narrow aisles and can reach deeper into racking than standard moving mast reach trucks.
ORDER PICKERS
Due to their compact design and precise control, VNA order pickers enable operators to pick items directly off shelves, making them a great choice for warehouses with large amounts of small-item orders. With both low-level and high-level order pickers available at industry-best lead times, we can help you find the right order picking solution.
TURRET TRUCKS
Turret trucks push the upper limits of efficiency thanks to a rotating turret head that can pick pallets without needing to turn the entire lift truck. This makes turret trucks advantageous in high-volume warehouses, as they can operate in the narrowest of aisles at extremely high speeds.
ARTICULATED FORKLIFTS
If you’re looking for versatility, articulated forklifts combine many of the benefits offered by other very narrow aisle forklifts into a single piece of equipment. With our ARTIX articulated forklifts that can operate indoors and outdoors, you can eliminate double handling, speed up your dock-to-stock processes, and maximize your storage space by shrinking your aisle widths.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT VERY NARROW AISLE FORKLIFT
Selecting the right very narrow aisle forklift for your warehouse depends on a number of factors, including aisle widths, lift capacities, pallet racking height, operating environment, and much more. Our team of narrow aisle warehouse experts can help you find a tailored solution specific to your business that will improve your productivity, efficiency, and bottom line. And thanks to some of the shortest lead times in the industry, we can get very narrow aisle forklifts into your hands fast. So you can hit your goals this year.
ELEVATE YOUR WAREHOUSE TODAY
Ready to find out how Equipment Depot can help you improve productivity and maximize storage space? Share your current challenges with us and one of our dedicated narrow aisle specialists will work with you to secure the narrow aisle equipment you need to support your customers and elevate your warehouse.
REQUEST INFOFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: What is the best forklift for a narrow aisle warehouse?
A: The best forklift for a narrow aisle warehouse depends on your specific application, but very narrow aisle forklifts such as turret trucks, order pickers, reach trucks and articulated forklifts are all designed to excel in tight spaces. These specialized forklifts are better options for narrow aisles than standard 3-wheel and 4-wheel forklift trucks.
Q: What are narrow aisle forklifts?
A: Narrow aisle forklifts are designed to operate in confined warehouse spaces, maximizing storage capacity and efficiency. They include very narrow aisle (VNA) forklifts, such as turret trucks, reach trucks, order pickers and articulated forklifts, which can navigate aisles as narrow as 5.5 feet (1.65 meters).
Q: What is the minimum width for a forklift aisle?
A: The minimum width for a forklift aisle varies based on the type of forklift you are using, but very narrow aisle forklifts can operate in aisles as narrow as 4.2 feet (50 inches).
