Patent ID: 6398480
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
A counterbalanced lift truck (1) including a vehicle body (2) which has at least one rear wheel (3) and a lift fame for a load-carrying means (8) mounted to the vehicle body and including at least one wheel bearing means (10) which mounts two front wheels (11) disposed in the vicinity of the lift frame, the front wheels define, independent of a picked-up load on the load-carrying means a front supporting point for the counterbalanced lift truck, wherein the wheel bearing means (10) has a shifting device (12, 12a) interacting with the vehicle body (2), which selectively shifts the wheel bearing means with respect to the vehicle body in the vehicle longitudinal direction while varying the distance between the front wheels and the rear wheel and the distance between a centre of gravity of the load (9) disposed on the load-carrying means and the front wheel, and wherein control means are provided for actuating the shifting device during operation of the lift truck.