Talk:Sidelifter

Straddle carrier/containerlift confusion

I am confused.

To my understanding, a straddle carrier is a machine used only in portside operations. It is not roadgoing, and is used for the stacking, unstacking, loading and unloading of containers within a portside container environment.

A containerlift (also sidelifter or swinglift) is a road going truck (usually semi-trailer) that is described in the first paragraph of the article. Ian peters 12:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree

I agree also. There should be a seperate page for Container King's Sidepicker and others

I agree a straddle are a very specialised crane not comparable to a containerlift.

Agreed. I attempted to split it, but the page seems to use the two names interchangably and I can't quite differentiate them. --Dean Earley 23:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

As an article user, I agree as well. Please, someone, do it! 63.167.255.200 21:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. A straddle carrier is a machine used only in port terminal operations or intermodal yard operations. It is not road going, and is used for the stacking, unstacking, loading and unloading of containers within a container yard or port terminal environment.

A containerlift (also sidelifter trailer or sidelifter or swinglift-which is a brand name-) is a road going truck (usually semi-trailer) that is described in the first paragraph of the article. (Cranesfreak 15:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC))

Have added some alternative "names" or references for this equipment. Have also removed the expert input required reference. The content is correct although could do with more historical detail to be added. container_moving 00:59, 9 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg.muirsmeath (talk • contribs)

External links

A review of the external links to the article seem to show that none of them meet the relevant style guideline, as follows:

• In each case the principal purpose of the linked site was to sell products or services (EL point 5);
• While containing some nice images, none of the links provided a unique resource of information not otherwise available in the article (EL point 1); and
• The entire section was essentially a "list of links to manufacturers, suppliers or customers" (EL point 14).

As the removal of an entire section is a substantial change I have posted this here to seek any other views. Happy to discuss if there is opposition to the removal. Euryalus (talk) 03:21, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

An external link probably unsuitable for the article, but funny enough that I couldn't resist putting it here on the talk page: Video of incorrect operation of a sidelifter. --Groyolo (talk) 01:25, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Backlifter

Backlifters (not sure on term) are not described at alternatives. these lift a container unto a truck using a hook (platform is first moved up, hook is moved out and connected, and then pulled up —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.182.165.108 (talk) 14:45, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

These are referred to as Hydraulic hooklift hoists which are for lifting skips, intermodal containers or other similar bins.123.100.148.110 (talk) 23:42, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Image

Added this image

A sidelifter transferring a container

Dont remove and cgi image —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.182.165.108 (talk) 15:00, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

References

some references added. more to come I expect. Greg.muirsmeath (talk) 00:07, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

History seems to have started much earlier

There is a photo that questions the fact that the Sieloader was only invented in 1960. It appears that similar designs existed on an experimental basis before WW2. So at least the idea is older:

https://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14785 2A04:4540:660E:A800:CCB8:9FD9:D38A:5EB (talk) 15:29, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

More can be found here:

https://lightmoor.co.uk/books/archive-issue-122/ARCH122 2A04:4540:660C:7200:4514:5287:6C62:DE6A (talk) 19:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)