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Side-loaders were initially made in the beginning of the 1950s by Henry Le Grande Lull from the Lull Manufacturing Company. These units were designed in response to a request from the United States Air Force. The first concept was patented for commercial application but it was not developed until Lull Manufacturing was taken over by the Baker Raulang Company in the year 1959. It was Baker Raulang who put the design into production. Later, the name was changed to Baker Traveloader. During the latter part of the nineteen fifties, the side-loaders were introduced to Europe. The beginning models were made by Italian manufacturer Fiora and the afterwards B-P Battioni e Pagani who pioneered the machine's utilization in timber yards.
The side-loader is a little different from the counterbalanced forklift, because the conventional forward-traveling forklifts have front facing forks while the side-loader has side facing forks. The operator however will drive inside a cabin like those utilized in standard forklifts. The lifting, loading, and unloading functions are performed by the mast located at the right-hand side of the driver. The cargo is typically transported lying on a wooden or metal deck. This helps to decrease distortion, stress and damage to the cargo. New innovations to the side-loader design have integrated a huge variety of lifting accessories being developed.
The utilization of side-loaders instead of the reach-stackers or conventional forklifts: enhanced visibility, safer operating conditions, and faster traveling speeds as well as the ability to use available space more effectively.
To be able to maintain safety, having an equally distributed cargo is beneficial to prevent excessive tilting, and lack of vehicle stability. A cargo which is even helps to avoid unacceptable vehicle axle loading, and unacceptable load concentrations.
The eccentricity of the center of gravity differs, with the distribution of load in the container. It is extremely important that the designers of handling machinery and containers take this into consideration in the engineering process. Like for example, when sixty percent of the load by mass is distributed in fifty percent of the container length measured from one end of the machine, the eccentricity corresponds to five percent.
