Talk:Sidelift

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[edit] 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))