Baoli EP 20-N04: 2,000 kg electric pallet truck for truck and ramp operation

If there's one place in the warehouse where swearing is the most, it's the inside of the trailer.

The space is narrow, dark and thirteen and a half meters long. The floor is not perfectly level and is not always at the same height as the ramp. There is no turning — the machine enters, takes the pallet and exits backwards. And all that is repeated thirty-three times, as many euro pallets fit in one trailer.

Baoli EP 20-N04 is an electric pallet truck from the N series that was made for just that job: carrying capacity 2,000 kg and construction intended for loading and unloading from the vehicle.

Content:

• Why working in a vehicle is a special case
• 2,000 kg: why exactly that load capacity
• Steering in an arc of 190°
• Lifting up to 250 mm and going over the ramp
• Power steering and 24 V battery
• The entire N series: 1,600, 2,000 and 2,500 kg
• Who is it intended for?
• Technical specifications
• Price and offer

Why working in a vehicle is a special case

Most of the pallets are chosen according to their carrying capacity and the length of the pitches. For working in a truck, these are the least important data.

Inside the trailer, the machine is limited by three things that are rarely asked for in the catalog:

• Passage width. There is very little space left between two rows of pallets. Every centimeter of the machine is a centimeter less to maneuver.
• Inability to turn. The operator enters forward and exits backward, or vice versa — so steering must be precise in both directions, from the same position.
• Transfer from the ramp to the vehicle. The ramp and trailer floor are rarely at the same height. This threshold is crossed with a full load, several times an hour.

A pallet truck that works great in the hall can be awkward right there. That's why the N series exists as a separate selection.

2,000 kg: why exactly that load capacity

Two tons is a load capacity that covers practically every pallet that is loaded into a truck in distribution: drinks, cans, packaging, building materials in bags, paper.

With pallet trucks, there are no complications with lifting height and residual capacity, because the load is lifted only a few centimeters from the floor — but the selection rule remains the same as with larger machines: it is chosen according to the heaviest palette, not according to the average. If a 1,900 kg pallet goes through once a week, a 1,600 kg machine is not the answer.

If your loads are lighter and the space is narrower, there is one in the same series EP 16-N01 with a more compact chassis, intended for narrow spaces. For heavier than two tons there is EP 25-N02 with 2,500 kg.

Steering in an arc of 190°

Information that looks like a small thing on paper, but is the most important in the trailer: the steering arm moves in an arc of 190 degrees.

It's more than a semicircle. Practically, it means that the operator can control the machine both when standing to the side, behind it, and when pushing it in front of him — without changing the grip or going around the machine. In a space where there is no room for a person to move, it is the difference between work and torture.

Another effect is safety: the operator can guide the machine standing to the side, out of the line of motion of the load. When backing out of the trailer, this is the only smart position.

Lifting up to 250 mm and going over the ramp

The series does the heavy lifting up to about 250 mm, so slightly more than the usual 200 mm for classic pallets. Those five centimeters are not there to put the pallet on the rack - but to cross the threshold with a full load.

When the ramp and the trailer floor are not aligned, or when crossing the bridge of the ramp, the longer travel of the forks means that the pallet does not get stuck and that the machine does not rest with all its weight on the crossing. The same applies on uneven concrete in front of the hall and when entering a vehicle standing at a slight angle.

Along with that comes a piece of advice that has nothing to do with the machine: check the load capacity of the trailer floor. A fully loaded electric pallet truck carries significant weight over a small number of wheels, and not all trailers are designed for the machine to enter.

Power steering and 24 V battery

The entire N series has power steering. With two-ton pallets, it's not comfort, but precision: the machine is guided with an easy movement, so it corrects itself in a narrow passage without sudden jolts that knock the goods off the adjacent pallet.

Machines work on 24 V system, and the battery capacity is selected according to the work mode — the series offers different capacities, from smaller ones for one-shift work to larger ones for intensive work.

The rule for choosing the capacity is the same as for all our machines: count by the worst day of the month, not the average. For loading, that day is usually when three trucks arrive in a row. You can find more about the selection, charging and battery life on the page batteries for forklifts.

The entire N series: 1,600, 2,000 and 2,500 kg

All three machines share the same logic: servo steering, steering arc of 190°, lifting up to about 250 mm and 24 V drive. The load capacity and dimensions are chosen according to the space in which it is being worked on.

Who is it intended for?

EP 20-N04 is the right choice for:

• Loading and unloading of trucks and trailers — the job the series was made for.
• Ramp work, where the threshold is crossed with a full load.
• Distribution and wholesale — many pallets, always on the move, always in a tight spot.
• Load up to two tons in a space where a front-end forklift cannot enter.

Not the right choice if the goods are lifted onto the rack — the pallet lifter only rises a few centimeters, so watch for the racks electric stackers. It's not for long routes through the hall either: there, a machine with a standing platform, like EP 20-111. If the connections are short and the scope is small, hand pallet truck does the same job for significantly less money.

If you're not sure which category you're in, start with the guide Pallet truck, stacker or forklift?

Technical specifications

Villa dimensions, dimensions and exact battery capacity depend on the configuration — an overview of the entire offer is on the page pallets, and other electric models on electric pallet trucks.

Price and offer

The price depends on the chosen configuration — length of villas, battery capacity and equipment — so we give it on request, along with a specific proposal for your way of working.

To propose an accurate model, we need three pieces of information: what is the heaviest pallet, how many pallets go through loading per day i is it entered into the vehicle or is it only done from the ramp. The third piece of information usually decides.

Prices are published in euros without VAT and refer to registered economic entities; payment is made in dinar equivalent at the middle exchange rate of the NBS on the day of payment. It goes with the machine guarantee for legal entities lasting 12 months*, with service and spare parts provided.

Send it request for quotation, call 021/6040-505 (Monday–Saturday, 7:00–15:00) or write to info@viljuskari-jovic.rs.

* The guarantee is contracted in accordance with the valid laws of the Republic of Serbia.