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This article <\/a>explains how and why battery weight needs to be taken into consideration when looking at forklift performance. Two batteries may be the same physical size, but if their weights are different they will not perform the same. This is especially relevant when swapping batteries, and even batteries by the same manufacturer can have different weights. This only reinforces the importance of checking the data plate to find out the proper battery weight for the lift truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article explains how and why battery weight needs to be taken into consideration when looking at forklift performance. Two batteries may be the same physical size, but if their weights are different they will not perform the same. This is especially relevant when swapping batteries, and even batteries by the same manufacturer can have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[356],"class_list":["post-960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forklift-parts","tag-battery-weight"],"yoast_head":"\nDon't Overlook Battery Weight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Provides a link to an article on why battery weight affects forklift performance. 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