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Side-loaders were initially designed in the start of the 1950s by Henry Le Grande Lull from the Lull Manufacturing Company. These models were designed in response to a request from the US Air Force. The original concept was patented for commercial use but it was not developed until Lull Manufacturing was taken over by the Baker Raulang Company during 1959. It was Baker Raulang who put the design into production. Later, the name was changed to Baker Traveloader. During the latter part of the 1950s, the side-loaders were introduced to Europe. The early units were made by Italian manufacturer Fiora and the afterwards B-P Battioni e Pagani who pioneered the machine's use within timber yards.
The side-loader is a little different from the counterbalanced forklift, because the conventional forward-traveling forklifts have front facing forks while the side-loader has side facing forks. The operator though will drive inside a cabin similar to those utilized in standard forklifts. The unloading, lifting and loading functions are done by the mast situated at the driver's right-hand side. The load is usually transported lying on a metal or wooden deck. This helps to decrease stress, distortion and damage to the load. Recent innovations to the side-loader design have integrated a huge variety of lifting accessories being developed.
The utilization of side-loaders rather than the reach-stackers or conventional forklifts: enhanced visibility, safer operating conditions, and the ability to use available space more effectively as well as faster traveling speeds.
To be able to maintain safety, having an equally distributed load is helpful to prevent lack of vehicle stability, and excessive tilting. An even load helps to avoid unacceptable load concentrations, and unacceptable vehicle axle loading.
With the load distribution within the container, the eccentricity of the center of gravity differs. It is very essential that the designers of handling machines and containers consider during the engineering process. Like for example, when 60% of the load by mass is distributed in fifty percent of the container length measured from one end of the machine, the eccentricity corresponds to 5%.
