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Toyota's Sexy Stand-In Forklift

The BT Staxio looks like the designers gave a damn

By Rain Noe - May 30

in Tools & Craft

Here's a Toyota you'll never see on the road: This easy-on-the-eyes BT Staxio, a stand-in forklift (a/k/a "reach truck") by Toyota Material Handling Europe.

Powered by Li-ion batteries, the Staxio was designed for operator comfort with a sit/stand seat and ergonomic controls. It was also designed to be as slim as possible, the better to fit down narrow aisles. It can stack up to a height of 5.4m (17.7').

There's a double-stacker version fitted out with a second pair of forks, allowing an operator to transport two pallets at once. Each pair can carry one metric ton (1,000kg / 2,204 lbs).

For some reason these are European-market only. It's either a regulatory thing, or maybe American warehouse managers prefer ugly equipment.

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Ryan Cee

5 months ago

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Region exclusivity is probably due to pallet dimension standards.

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  I used to use a forklift of the same basic design in Canada, so it's nothing to do with the function/size or anything, but the one I used was decidedly less pretty.
  
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    Standard EU pallets are narrower than US/NA.
    
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