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During the beginning of the nineteen fifties, Henry Le Grande Lull from the Lull Manufacturing Company originally designed the sideloader forklift. These early units were requested from the United States Air Force. The original idea was patented for commercial utilization but it was not developed until Lull Manufacturing was taken over in the year 1959 by the Baker Raulang Company. It was Baker Raulang who put the design into production. Afterward, the name was changed to Baker Traveloader. In the latter part of the 1950s, the side-loaders were introduced to Europe. The early units were made by Italian manufacturer Fiora and the afterwards B-P Battioni e Pagani who pioneered the machine's use within timber yards.
Side-loaders differ a little from counterbalance, forward-traveling forklifts in that they have their forks situated on the side of the machinery. The operator drives the machinery sitting inside a cabin like a conventional forklift. The lifting, loading, and unloading functions are performed by the mast situated at the driver's right-hand side. The load is usually transported lying on a metal or wooden deck. This helps to lessen stress, distortion and damage to the cargo. New innovations to the side-loader design have integrated a large variety of lifting accessories being developed.
Some of the benefits of using side-loaders over reach-stackers or traditional forklifts comprise: better visibility, safer operating conditions, and faster traveling speeds as well as the ability to use available space more effectively.
In order to maintain safety, having an evenly distributed load is helpful to prevent excessive tilting, and lack of vehicle stability. A load that is even helps to prevent unacceptable load concentrations, and unacceptable vehicle axle loading.
With the load distribution within the container, the eccentricity of the center of gravity differs. It is very important that the designers of containers and handling machinery consider during the engineering process. For instance, when sixty percent of the load by mass is distributed in 50% of the container length measured from one end of the machine, the eccentricity corresponds to five percent.
