Electric tow tractors from Material Handling Specialists provide safe and cost-effective efficiency to your operations. Often referred to as electric tow vehicles, these tow tractors can be customized to meet your needs with a variety of available configurations and options. Whether you need an electric tow vehicle as a cart tugger, personnel carrier, stock chaser, or a custom application, we can help select or customize the right industrial tow vehicle for you.
Top Features of Electric Tow Tractors
- Can pull between 2,000 lbs and 8,000 lbs depending upon configuration
- Available as a stand-up tugger or sit down industrial tow vehicles
- Sturdy construction with long run-times
- Compact designs with tight turning radius for ease of movement in narrow environments
- High visibility colors with strobe lights, back up alarms and other safety features
- Durable tires and superior braking
- Variety of deck size options available to fit your cargo and materials
Electric tow tractors are used in a variety of applications and environments. With an electric tow vehicle, you can pull industrial carts and trailers easily and safely, whether they are single carts or trained together. Electric tow vehicles are also ofter times less expensive than forklifts and are a better choice for the horizontal movement of materials. MHS can help you select the proper electric tow tractor by determining what weight capacities your electric tow tractor needs to handle and whether you want the operator to stand up or sit down during operation.
Popular Electric Tow Tractors
Electric Stock Chasers
Navigate your warehouse with ease. Perfect for manufacturing and distribution applications, these versatile stock chasers have a narrow design to navigate cramped aisles and include features such as an integrated ladder into the back rest, a dual-tire front fork, comfort matting, adjustable beck rests, and an ergonomic stand-up design. The raised deck makes stock picking more efficient and optional upgrades can be configured depending on your needs. Electric stock chasers can carry cargo on their deck and can also pull towable carts, making them a valuable lean product for your operations.
Burden Carriers
These electric flatbed carts help move the heaviest of loads with their ability to carry cargo on the deck/bed as well as their ability to tow industrial trailers or towable carts. We can help customize electric burden carriers in a variety of ways, including stand-up or sit-down configurations, various ranges of deck and tow weight capacities, bucket or bench seats, and other options. With an electric burden carrier tug, you can maintain productivity with long run-times and reduce maintenance needs with high-performance batteries that keep you moving shift after shift.