Patent ID: 7165652

Claim:
A fork-lift reach truck having an extraction mast which is adapted to be displaced, by means of a mast drive, towards and away from a driving portion of the fork-lift truck on a horizontal guide, a load-carrying means which is mounted on a side shift, a side shift guide which is supported by the extraction mast in a height-adjustable way and is adapted to be actuated by means of a lifting and lowering drive, which guides the side shift in a laterally movable way, and a side shift drive, and an electric control and regulation device for the respective drives which is connected to operating members for the lifting and lowering modes, the mast extraction mode, and the side shift mode, characterized in that an analog sensor ( 30 ) detecting the position of the side shift ( 20 ) is provided the position signal of which is sent to the control and regulation device ( 34 ), and that the control and regulation device ( 34 ) is connected to a separate operating member for the side shift ( 20 ) or the operating member for the side shift is configured in such a way that actuating it causes the side shift ( 20 ) to be automatically moved to a predetermined position, preferably a middle position.