Corrections

Last updated: 19 September 2026.

This site publishes several thousand individual specification values, each transcribed from a manufacturer document by a person. Transcription errors happen, manufacturers revise data sheets, and our own reasoning in a guide can be wrong. This page explains what we treat as an error, how to tell us about one, and what we do next.

What counts as a correction

We treat the following as errors to be fixed, not as matters of opinion:

  • A specification that does not match its source document. If our page says 3,250 mm and the manufacturer’s sheet says 3,300 mm, we are wrong.
  • A figure attributed to the wrong document, model or variant. A number that is correct for the diesel version and shown on the electric one is an error even though the number exists somewhere.
  • A superseded figure we have not caught. Where a manufacturer has republished a sheet and we are still showing the old value without saying so.
  • A regulatory or standards claim that misstates the source. If we say OSHA 1910.178 requires something it does not require, that is an error regardless of whether the advice is sensible.
  • A calculation that does not do what the page says it does — a calculator whose output does not follow from its stated formula and inputs.
  • A broken or wrong link, or a source link that no longer shows what we cited it for.

The following are not corrections, though we still want to hear them: disagreement with an opinion in a guide, a request that we rank a model differently, or a request to add a model we have not covered yet. Those go through the contact page as feedback.

How to report one

Use the contact page. The report is easiest to act on if it includes:

  • the page address,
  • the figure or sentence you believe is wrong,
  • what it should say, and
  • the document that shows it — a manufacturer specification sheet, a VDI 2198 data sheet, or the regulation itself.

A report without a source is still useful and we will check it ourselves; it just takes longer. We do not need you to prove your case before we look.

What we do

We check the claim against the original document, not against another website. If we are wrong, we fix it. If the source itself has changed, we update to the current document and change the source date on the page. If we cannot resolve it — two manufacturer documents that disagree, for instance — we say so on the page rather than picking the one we prefer.

We aim to acknowledge a report within three working days and to have checked it within ten. A specification error that affects a figure someone might act on — a capacity, a lift height, a load centre — is corrected as soon as it is confirmed, ahead of anything else in the queue.

How a correction is shown

Corrections to a specification are made in the database, so every page that draws on that figure — the model page, the comparison pages, the filtered lists — updates together. The source and date shown on the model page change with it. We do not leave a stale figure anywhere to preserve an old page.

Where a correction changes the substance of a guide or article — not a typo, but something that would have led a reader to a different conclusion — we note it at the foot of that page with the date and what changed. Quietly editing a page and leaving no trace of what it used to say is the thing this policy exists to prevent.

Corrections issued so far

29 October 2026 — Mast-height/load comparison: Review identified an invented universal height-derating rule, unsupported model/load-centre examples and counterweight advice, and three links to unavailable calculator routes. This revision removes the unsubstantiated calculators and repeated FAQ claims and uses the exact truck’s manufacturer rating/chart as the authority. The relevant site tools estimate load-centre capacity, operating costs and aisle space; they do not certify arbitrary-height loads or per-lift energy.

  • 28 October 2026 — Daily inspection frequency and inspection checklist: Review identified incorrect federal inspection intervals, written-record duties and training advice. The applicable rules are 1910.178(q)(7) and (l); OSHA separately explains that the daily examination need not be documented. The checklist also contained an unsupported tire-pressure formula and maximum-height test procedure; neither should be used.
  • 28 October 2026 — Privacy policy: Review identified an incomplete explanation of cross-site advertising cookies and personalized-ad choices.

When corrections are made, they will be listed here with the date, the page and what changed.

If a figure matters to a decision

Check it against the data plate on the individual truck and the manufacturer’s current documentation before you act on it. That is true even when we are right: rated capacity depends on the mast, forks and attachments actually fitted, and no database can know what is bolted to the machine in front of you. The methodology page sets out the limits of what we publish.

29 October 2026: further safety-content corrections

Fourteen additional articles were corrected after review found unsupported equipment formulas, inaccurate regulatory attributions and repeated answers. The affected subjects and articles are listed below. Unsupported interactive calculations and diagrams were withdrawn; the revised pages identify their sources and limits rather than substituting new universal operating values.

The corrections do not certify an individual machine, floor or operating procedure. Exact equipment documentation and the applicable site requirements remain necessary.