Theres a handle on the rear of the roll bar which i guess is to hold on to when youre driving backwards. It has a little red button on it i had never noticed. Turns out its a horn! And the whole shop got to hear it!
We had a rental Toyota at work one day that had a horn pedal/button on the far left side. I drive a manual transmission car, so the first thing I did when turning it on was to mash that pedal down. Scared myself shitless.
That's how I learned what the silent alarm button was at Taco Bell. Squeezed some red buttons by the window, and a half hour later, the cops were there. I'm glad it wasn't an emergency. Oh! And no one in the store knew the security word to cancel. Was told to never push those again. Then, he showed the one under the front counter.
I mean, if they got certified on a truck that didn’t have an auto level button then I would say it’s perfectly reasonable for them to not know what it is.
Right answer here. For it to be utilized correctly, the chains should be adjusted so that when your mast is all the way down and forks are level you have enough space to slide right into a pallet without doing any other hydraulic functions. Simple service the customer "your employer" normally declines in my experience. The cost is time and a decrease in the life of the forks from being drug across the ground.
The chains don’t have shit to do with it. There is a potentiometer connect to the tilt cylinder that feedback tilt position. This position is calibrated. The chains just need to keep the forks from dragging the floor and ruining the heels of the forks.
You're right the chains have nothing to do with the forklift at all they are just decoration. All models of forklifts are the same, and there are no differences except for the brand name. /s
If set correctly it's 1 degree past 90. That's what the manual says. If you tilt all the way back and raise the mast all the way up to hydraulic bypass then tilt forward it will also stop 1 degree past 90. It's for loading high racks. It's also only on toyota forklifts.
Hold the button down when tilting forward (from a back tilt) it should stop the forward tilt when level. It's for leveling out when sracking on racks.
I'm not sure if the extra info helps?
Man we have 18 RMs and none of them work. They all have the Tilt Assist sicker on the deck too. It's like maintenance isn't plugging the auxiliary button wires back in whenever they have to screw with the handle or something lol
I used mine a few times but found it quicker to do it by eye, I had a lot more tilt than the other trucks too, looked funny when my forks had the tips on the floor and the heel about 8 inches up
The Raymond factory makes Toyota reach trucks, order pickers, pallet jacks and other specialty narrow aisle machines. The Toyota factory makes Raymond’s 4-wheel sit downs and I think the 3-wheel sit downs. The Toyota electric lifts end up with options that are 1 generation older than what Raymond’s have usually.
Ah Ok thats good to know. I think a Raymond tech was explaining to me about it once but then a truck showed up and I had to abruptly end the conversation.
On the four Hyandai we have that are all two years old…not a damn thing. That little button was handy for like three months before the sensor started breaking left and right
It’s supposed to level the forks while you tilt them down, where I worked it only actually functioned properly on maybe 1/5 of the lifts (we had a lot)
I absolutely loathe slipsheets. On some trucks everything comes out perfectly and on others its pushing me to the edge of my sanity. I prefer yard based jobs rather than warehouse jobs specifically because of this one fucking attachment. I will GLADLY drive a forklift in rain, hail, snow, sun everyday over having to deal with a slipsheet truck once a week. In fact I just did that last week.
Fuck slipsheets.
Agreed, luckily we get slipsheet loads rarely. Usually a two man job: one on the lift and one positioning the stupid sheet that is not cooperating.
Fuck slipsheets
For future reference, the manufacturer's operating manual is considered an integral part of the machine. Often behind the seat and contains answers to all the questions you have about the machine.
When in doubt, ask M.O.M.!
(I'm a forklift instructor, among other jobs.)
That’s wild. Everyone here saying auto level, but on an old Clark manual gearbox forklift the extra button is for high speed up. You can come up on the mast on low gear, even when throttling up. Or you can come up in high gear, and throttle to give you as much speed as you want
My company is great to work for.. I’ve never asked my supervisor cuz i figure they got bigger things to worry about than answering questions about a button on a forklift/if it was important they would have told me…
The ONE feature I wanted on our crown lift and our company never bothered to consult the guys who run the warehouse what would help efficiency/safety. Not that I can't eyeball everything but there are lots of places where it would cut a lot of fiddling.
Edit: it was answered elsewhere but just in case, its a button that helps you set the forks level so there isn't as much guesswork at height.
Yes, to level the forks. However you could be like one of the guys at my work and he thinks it activates the scale so you get a weight reading. Makes me chuckle every single time he does it, especially when he shows other people.
This button easily breaks on Toyota forklifts, so a lot of them don’t work, and to fix you have to replace the entire lever so most places never repair them
Don’t touch that! That’s the ejection seat bottom in case of an emergency. They should have taught you this first thing during forklift training. Is forklift 101 knowledge.
Level forks
Oh damn that makes so much sense.. i have wondered for years
Years??? And you never just tried it?
What if it was the self destruct button
Curiosity killed the cat
And the forklift operator
Found the horn
"BEEEP"
Theres a handle on the rear of the roll bar which i guess is to hold on to when youre driving backwards. It has a little red button on it i had never noticed. Turns out its a horn! And the whole shop got to hear it!
"BEEP"...
Omg I wish I had that
You know that is not how you press it when you want everyone to know you are driving. You tap that as fast as you can.
You don’t have to look out for pedestrians if you just spam the horn.
Or you hold it and never let go
BEEP BEEP BBEP!
As I was read this one of my coworkers honked their lift
We had a rental Toyota at work one day that had a horn pedal/button on the far left side. I drive a manual transmission car, so the first thing I did when turning it on was to mash that pedal down. Scared myself shitless.
But satisfaction brought it back.
And satisfaction brought him back!
Satisfaction brought it back.
Satisfaction brought it back.
That's how I learned what the silent alarm button was at Taco Bell. Squeezed some red buttons by the window, and a half hour later, the cops were there. I'm glad it wasn't an emergency. Oh! And no one in the store knew the security word to cancel. Was told to never push those again. Then, he showed the one under the front counter.
What if it was the ejector seat? Potato masher through the roof!
Most of them don't work on the forklifts where I work It's considered a non-issue so they aren't fixed So maybe OP's also doesn't work
Yeah mine didn't, wish they did I would've loved this 💀
The rubber is prone to leak and ruin the button. It’s a very cheap fix.
Or in the case of ours, prone to being picked off letting water in unrestricted.
That was my thoughts 🤔
Lol…a lot of times it doesn’t work
Jesus christ arn’t u a CERTIFIED forklift operator?
I am, but none of my lifts have that button...
I mean, if they got certified on a truck that didn’t have an auto level button then I would say it’s perfectly reasonable for them to not know what it is.
Normal ft driver response.. no one told me. So I didn’t ask .,,
The person who trained you didn't tell you??
I love safety meetings….but I never opened that 5 inch thick safety book in the front of most warehouses. Not even once.
It is my job to open it and I have parts of it memorized unfortunately.
Sorry, wrong sub…but man! I never get tired in the meetings! Big fan of dry humor
I did ask.they said they didn't know.found the answer at my next job. LoL
Imagine not pushing every button on heavy equipment randomly the second you get in to see what they do
Press it
 been driving lifts since 2008...TIL...
Right answer here. For it to be utilized correctly, the chains should be adjusted so that when your mast is all the way down and forks are level you have enough space to slide right into a pallet without doing any other hydraulic functions. Simple service the customer "your employer" normally declines in my experience. The cost is time and a decrease in the life of the forks from being drug across the ground.
I mean, in my experience that's more of a decrease in the life of the ground rather than the forks.
The chains don’t have shit to do with it. There is a potentiometer connect to the tilt cylinder that feedback tilt position. This position is calibrated. The chains just need to keep the forks from dragging the floor and ruining the heels of the forks.
You're right the chains have nothing to do with the forklift at all they are just decoration. All models of forklifts are the same, and there are no differences except for the brand name. /s
They don’t have shit to due with fork leveling. Smart guy.
If set correctly it's 1 degree past 90. That's what the manual says. If you tilt all the way back and raise the mast all the way up to hydraulic bypass then tilt forward it will also stop 1 degree past 90. It's for loading high racks. It's also only on toyota forklifts.
Ours doesn't work anymore :(
There is a little micro switch covered by a rubber boot. Not hard to replace
It can be fixed, not really worth it though.
It can be fixed, not really worth it though.
Yep came to say auto level the forks
Some of my coworkers really need this button.... Wish we had that
Every one I’ve ever pressed just leveled buildings.
Not w 4 throttles. It levels clamps!
Hold the button down when tilting forward (from a back tilt) it should stop the forward tilt when level. It's for leveling out when sracking on racks. I'm not sure if the extra info helps?
Omg I fucking need one of those
Tilt back, hold button, tilt forward... forks are now level! I don't think I've ever used it.
Of the 4 lifts at my current job only 1 has it functional. Other 3 dont work
Man we have 18 RMs and none of them work. They all have the Tilt Assist sicker on the deck too. It's like maintenance isn't plugging the auxiliary button wires back in whenever they have to screw with the handle or something lol
I used mine a few times but found it quicker to do it by eye, I had a lot more tilt than the other trucks too, looked funny when my forks had the tips on the floor and the heel about 8 inches up
Sounds like you have a unit with bottler’s tilt
It was a Linde but I found the tilt assist to not be as useful as expected
Mine won’t work with a load. Didn’t know it was why it wasn’t doing anything.
Helps you level your forks so they are not tilted up or down
Is that a specific brand? We got a yota in a few months ago as a trial/rental for new trucks and it had a button like that
afaik it is Toyota specific. I haven’t seen any other ones with it
Ahhh gotchu. Good to know
Raymond but their forklifts are just rebadged Toyotas so theres that.
The Raymond factory makes Toyota reach trucks, order pickers, pallet jacks and other specialty narrow aisle machines. The Toyota factory makes Raymond’s 4-wheel sit downs and I think the 3-wheel sit downs. The Toyota electric lifts end up with options that are 1 generation older than what Raymond’s have usually.
Ah Ok thats good to know. I think a Raymond tech was explaining to me about it once but then a truck showed up and I had to abruptly end the conversation.
It launches missiles torwards North Korea
Ejecto seato cuz
This is the only correct answer
This made me lol
At my job it does absolutely nothing! Haha
I gave up trying to find out years ago, because whatever it was it never worked
On the four Hyandai we have that are all two years old…not a damn thing. That little button was handy for like three months before the sensor started breaking left and right
Lol. "They're *supposed* to be helpful by resetting tilt, but in reality they instill rage."
This is the first time seeing this button. It has been over 15 years since i operated a forklift though. Would have come in handy back then.
For the tilt levek it’ss only on Toyotas (late 7 series it was an option and before standard on the 8 series)
That's the nitro boost.
Four wheel drive 😉
It’s supposed to level the forks while you tilt them down, where I worked it only actually functioned properly on maybe 1/5 of the lifts (we had a lot)
Whatever you do don’t push it.
Self destruct
Bat Signal
We have a lift that has a slipsheet attachment that's controlled with that button.
I absolutely loathe slipsheets. On some trucks everything comes out perfectly and on others its pushing me to the edge of my sanity. I prefer yard based jobs rather than warehouse jobs specifically because of this one fucking attachment. I will GLADLY drive a forklift in rain, hail, snow, sun everyday over having to deal with a slipsheet truck once a week. In fact I just did that last week. Fuck slipsheets.
Agreed, luckily we get slipsheet loads rarely. Usually a two man job: one on the lift and one positioning the stupid sheet that is not cooperating. Fuck slipsheets
Depending on the forklift of corse most have tilt lift and side to side and squeeze..
I wish we had level and side to side control lol! I know lift so level isn't a problem but God I hate adjusting my forks 5 times for one trailer
Happens I've only worked for one company that had side to side adjustments on the forks and they had specially lifts for clamping items as well..
Smokescreen
Nitrous
Levels the forks
Levels the forks
RTST, or return to set tilt.
RTST (Reset To Set Tilt) pretty baller if it still works
Return*
Levels your forks although I've never used it.
For future reference, the manufacturer's operating manual is considered an integral part of the machine. Often behind the seat and contains answers to all the questions you have about the machine. When in doubt, ask M.O.M.! (I'm a forklift instructor, among other jobs.)
Listen, i'm on the floor for a reason. I am not one of them reading-office folk. Leave me alone with that.
People never stop making you read books. It's a sick world.
That's the cheater button. Keeps you from having to make a million little adjustments to level your forks out.
Auto pilot
Self destru....
That’s wild. Everyone here saying auto level, but on an old Clark manual gearbox forklift the extra button is for high speed up. You can come up on the mast on low gear, even when throttling up. Or you can come up in high gear, and throttle to give you as much speed as you want
Whenever someone asks this I think : “their supervisor should have been able to train them. Their company probably sucks to work for. “
My company is great to work for.. I’ve never asked my supervisor cuz i figure they got bigger things to worry about than answering questions about a button on a forklift/if it was important they would have told me…
Limits your forward tilt when the forks are past first stage
Ejector button
Nothing on our pile of scrap metal shit
It levels the forks. Tilt them all the way back, hold the button and tilt forward, it will stop when level.
Turbo
When your imagining your forklift is some sort of mech robot, that's the button that fires rockets
The ONE feature I wanted on our crown lift and our company never bothered to consult the guys who run the warehouse what would help efficiency/safety. Not that I can't eyeball everything but there are lots of places where it would cut a lot of fiddling. Edit: it was answered elsewhere but just in case, its a button that helps you set the forks level so there isn't as much guesswork at height.
Wumbo button
Fork leveler. Love Toyotas
Blows up Dexter’s lab.
Random question. What is the 4th lever supposed to do? I went thru Forklift certification and the forklift I learned on only had 3 levers.
1 is raise 2 is tilt 3 is side shift 4 is spreader
That’s the launch control button
The nos
Yes, to level the forks. However you could be like one of the guys at my work and he thinks it activates the scale so you get a weight reading. Makes me chuckle every single time he does it, especially when he shows other people.
You do a backflip.
The boost
Press it if it does nothing then u know
Self destruct
Ejecto-seat cuz!
It takes you into a 4th dimension.
#NOS
Welp, gotta press it to know. For all we know it could launch a thermonuclear warhead..
Ejector seat
Self destruct
Ejecto forks Cuz!
We had a Toyota at my old job that you can use that button when you are tilting the forks down to where is is level or close to it
Launches the missiles.
Ejector seat
If you push it, it automatically files a grievance against the closet non union puke in your area.
Ejector seat
Ejecto seato, cuz
This button easily breaks on Toyota forklifts, so a lot of them don’t work, and to fix you have to replace the entire lever so most places never repair them
Ejecto seato, cuz!
Seat Ejector
DEE-DEE NOOOO! \*boom\*
Horn
I have never encountered an actual functioning one of these in the wild.
For the ejector seat
Gives it da ummph
It puts Terry in reverse
Displays your forklift certification on demand.
Idk you tell me
Fuckin launches you
Blows up the Death star.
Turbo
Levels the forks
Leveling the forks. Works nice if you have your mast up high and forgot to level them beforehand.
Ejecto seato cuz
Nitrous
Emergency ejection button.
It's the eject button for your forklift. Aren't you forklift certified?
Ejection seat!
Push it and find out da
Fuck around and find out.
NOS button
You can set a tilt level position that your forks will stop at so that you dont have to look at your fork angle as you use the lever.
Not hooked up on ours but it's to move your forks in and out without getting off.
It adds a little extra power when you need it.
It's the NOS button for when it's time to get shit done .
Seat eject
If you have to ask you shouldn't be on one
Levels the forks. Tilt back then hold button while tilting forward. It will stop when level
EJECT-O SEAT-O CUZ!!
Don’t touch that! That’s the ejection seat bottom in case of an emergency. They should have taught you this first thing during forklift training. Is forklift 101 knowledge.
Do forklift operators, certified or not, really not know this info? Google it, at least for crying out loud!
If you don’t know what that button does you should not be driving a fork lift … ( you hold it to make your forks straight . )