CASELLA Wines has commissioned the 15t payload Toyota 4.FD150 forklift, said to be the first large-capacity Toyota forklift with a 20-40 container handler.
Casella Wines purchasing officer David Bastianon says the company ordered the Toyota 4.FD150 forklift to increase safety and efficiency.
"We ship an average of 50 containers of wine per day, mainly 20ft containers," Mr Bastianon said.
"The new Toyota forklift means greater ease of handling and the ability to stack empty containers three-high, compared with two-high with the previous eight-tonne payload Toyota forklift.”
According to Casella Wines, each container when loaded holds 1100 cartons or about 10,000L of wine, for a total daily output of approximately 2.5mL from Casella Wines.
The wine exporter claims it has one of the fastest wine bottling lines in the world, capable of processing 36,000 bottles per hour.
The new Toyota 4-FD150 takes the Casella Wines’ material handling fleet to nearly 80 Toyota forklifts, of which 95% are 2.5-tonne payload Toyota FG25 models.
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