Forklift (Earth-5875)

A forklift (also called lift truck, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. Many of them are used by civilians for day-to-day work, manufactured by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation.

Design details
The S-2 Weyland-Yutani Cargo Transporter is a model of forklift designed by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in 2538 to replace their antiquate S-1 models. Simple and utilitarian in design, it includes its own safety sensor as a response to the many accidents the S-1 provoked, and which gave numerous lawsuits and headaches against Weyland-Yutani on Earth, Tribute, and Skopje. This model is powered by propane, and was widely used for transporting boxes and crates within 5 tons.

The S-3 Weyland-Yutani Cargo Transporter was the planned sucessor to the S-2 series, and was under development at the Weyland-Yutani Factory Complex 09 in Voi, Kenya, on Earth, before its destruction.

Operational history
S-2 forklifts were used en masse by farming communities on Reach, such as Visegrád.

During the Battle of Earth, the S-2 series were used by the UNSC Marine Corps stationed at Crow's Nest to organize many items. Many of them were abandoned at the Weyland-Yutani Factory Complex 09 during the Covenant's occupation of the factory.

During the colonial rebuilding efforts of humanity after the end of the First Contact War, the SL series of forklifts were introduced to enormous success.