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BITA Guidance Notes

BITA’s Guidance Notes are detailed technical publications clarifying specific and crucial aspects of fork-lift truck operation. Created by members of the BITA Technical Policy Committee, chaired by BITA Consultant Bob Hine, BITA’s Guidance Notes epitomise the Association’s unique and highly valuable role as an interface between international standards-setting bodies and the industrial truck companies and users that must act upon their decisions.

BITA Guidance Notes are provided FREE to BITA members in two guises:

as online PDF files via the Members' Only login
as printed paper copies on request to the BITA office

Non-members may purchase copies in the BITA Store

Current BITA Guidance Notes

GN 9	90° Stacking aisle widths
GN15	Fork lift truck leaf chains maintenance and inspection
GN19	Engine rating specifications for use in literature
GN26	Testing steering kick-back for 4 wheeled industrial counterbalanced trucks
GN28	Thorough examination & safety inspections of industrial lift trucks
GN29	Truck control levers
GN40	Handling of single suspended loads by rider controlled counterbalanced & reach trucks
GN43	Integral attachments for industrial lift trucks
GN44	Rough terrain high lift telescopic handlers training guidance
GN45	Double deep stacking and stability tests and rating
GN49	Engineers working at heights
GN50	Tyre tread wear
GN51	Specification for indicator lights for container handling and piggy-back operations
GN52	Industrial trucks – floor surfaces and gradients
GN53	Double deep stacking operations
GN54	Specification for longitudinal load moment indicators for variable reach trucks
GN55	Compliance with the machinery directive and application of the CE Mark
GN56	Drive-In and drive-through racking
GN57	Industrial trucks on public roads
GN60	Operator restraint + HSE information sheet ‘Fitting & use of restraining systems on lift trucks.’
GN61	Planning & Management of Construction Sites for the Safe Use of Rough Terrain Telescopic Handlers
GN62	Maintenance, inspection & repair of fork arms & attachments
GN63	Solid Tyre Fitting Guidance

How To Buy

All publications are available to purchase online in the BITA Store, or by calling BITA’s office on 01344 628300.

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