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Lift plan before a critical lift — template

The fields you fill in before a heavy or critical lift

2026-06-14·4 min reading

A lift plan gathers the information you need to have in place before a heavy or critical lift: the load's weight and dimensions, centre of gravity/load centre, desired lift height, residual capacity read off the load chart, the ground surface, clearance height and securing of the goods.

Introduction

For a critical or heavy lift, it pays to plan rather than improvise. Fill in the fields below so you know whether the forklift can handle the lift — and always read off the permitted load on the load chart for the actual combination of load centre and lift height.

Fields in the lift plan

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