MIL-PRF-32542 (AF-184), PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION: TRUCK, FORKLIFT, 4,000 AND 6,200 LB. CAPACITY, FRONT/SIDE LOADING, NON-PNEUMATIC, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (19-OCT-2016)

MIL-PRF-32542 (AF-184), PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION: TRUCK, FORKLIFT, 4,000 AND 6,200 LB. CAPACITY, FRONT/SIDE LOADING, NON-PNEUMATIC, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (19-OCT-2016)., This specification covers a front/side loading, sit-down rider, diesel-engine-driven, counter-balanced forklift truck. The truck will have a telescopic mast, front wheel drive, power steering, hydraulic brakes, solid pneumatic tires, and an overhead guard. Front/side loading trucks described herein are intended to operate in minimum and very narrow aisles with pallets and long loads when they are stacking, unstacking, and moving cargo in and around warehouses, loading platforms, and docks within the military supply system; also for moving cargo in and out of transport carriers such as highway trailers and vans, cargo containers, railroad cars, and cargo vessels. Diesel powered trucks will be operated in and out of earth covered ammunition storage facilities and in other uses where internal combustion powered trucks are operated. These solid fill pneumatic tired trucks are also intended for operation over paved, semi-prepared and other hard surfaces for short distances.