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Side-loaders were initially designed during the beginning of the 1950s by Henry Le Grande Lull from the Lull Manufacturing Company. These models were made in response to a request from the US Air Force. The initial concept was patented for commercial application but it was not developed until Lull Manufacturing was taken over during the year 1959 by the Baker Raulang Company. It was Baker Raulang who produced the design. Later, the name was changed to Baker Traveloader. During the latter part of the nineteen fifties, the side-loaders were introduced to Europe. The early units were designed by Italian manufacturer Fiora and the afterwards B-P Battioni e Pagani who pioneered the equipment's use within timber yards.
The side-loader is a bit different from the counterbalanced forklift, since the conventional forward-traveling forklifts have front facing forks while the side-loader has side facing forks. The operator though will drive in a cabin similar to those used in standard forklifts. The lifting, loading, and unloading functions are performed by the mast situated at the right-hand side of the driver. The load is typically transported lying on a metal or wooden deck. This helps to lessen stress, distortion and damage to the cargo. Recent innovations to the side-loader design have integrated a huge variety of lifting accessories being developed.
Some of the advantages of using side-loaders over reach-stackers or standard forklifts consist of: improved visibility, safer operating conditions, and the ability to utilize available space more effectively as well as faster traveling speeds.
In order to maintain safety, having an evenly distributed load is helpful to avoid excessive tilting, and lack of vehicle stability. An even load helps to avoid unacceptable vehicle axle loading, and unacceptable load concentrations.
With the load distribution within the container, the eccentricity of the center of gravity differs. It is very important that the designers of handling equipment and containers consider in the engineering process. Like for example, when sixty percent of the load by mass is distributed in 50% of the length of the container measured from one end of the machinery, the eccentricity corresponds to 5%.
