Shipping and receiving duties in a typical warehouse can be difficult and labor intensive at any point during the year. When the temperatures outside begin to climb though, the temperatures inside of warehouses tend to climb as well making the summer months particularly stressful for warehouse workers.
Large warehouses that move a high volume of material need to have the proper equipment on hand to ensure both worker productivity and worker safety. Manually hauling heavy carts across expansive warehouses can easily lead to musculoskeletal injuries throughout the year but doing so during periods of excessive heat leads to additional health risks.
Employees required to manually move stock need to take additional breaks during periods of excessive heat in order to avoid overexertion. Additional breaks can help to keep employees safe but the practice isn’t very conducive to keeping up with customer demand. Employers who want to keep employees safe and to fulfill as many orders as possible need to provide employees with equipment that will increase efficiency and reduce strain.
The tow tractor from DJ Products is an ideal piece of equipment to increase employee efficiency in a warehouse environment. The tow tractor is a ride on unit capable of transporting the employee and a heavy load of material across a large warehouse at a rate of up to three miles per hour. With the help of a tow tractor employees can quickly pull materials from all corners of the warehouse for a pending order with out any of the stress normally associated with shipping duties.
The tow tractor runs on a powerful battery that can operate continuously for up to sixteen hours. This means that this versatile machine can handle two full shifts of high volume shipping and receiving without needing to be recharged. In order to keep up with the competition distribution centers need healthy employees that are highly productive. Adding a piece of equipment like the tow tractor can instantly increase the safety and productivity in any high volume warehouse or distribution environment.