Lithium battery pallet trucks are fully powered (electric drive and electric lift) trucks fitted with lithium-ion batteries instead of traditional lead-acid. The payoff is opportunity charging — you can top up during breaks rather than swapping batteries — plus longer runtime, faster charging and far lower maintenance, with no topping-up of acid and no dedicated charging room.
The GPC VULCAN Fully Powered Pallet Truck with Lithium Battery takes the walk-behind powered truck — electric travel and lift on a tiller-controlled unit — and pairs it with a Li-ion pack. For multi-shift operations and busy goods-in/dispatch areas, lithium keeps the truck working across shifts without the downtime a lead-acid battery needs to recharge and cool.
Lithium suits sites running powered trucks intensively, where charging downtime is the constraint; for lighter or intermittent use, a standard powered or manual truck may be more economical. As with any powered truck, operators should be trained under PUWER before use.
See the full powered pallet trucks and the wider pallet trucks range, or read manual vs electric pallet trucks.
