International Paper in Kenton, Ohio manufactures large roll paper stock for cup assembly.  The paper rolls weigh in at 3500 lbs each.  To increase warehouse efficiency forklift drivers stack the rolls in groups of 5.  Each stack weighs 17,500 lbs and the racks in the plant have a top shelf which is 16' high.

At National Gypsum's Atlanta manufacturing plant, 4'x8' and 4'x10' sheets of wallboard are bundled and stored in the warehouse for shipment.  When the driver picks up a bundle, the forks can scratch or gouge the bottom sheet if the forks are not level.  When this happens, the operator has to drive the load back to the assembly station, unpack the bundle, replace the damaged piece and repack.  The cumulative time lost by the drivers each month caused by this type of mistake can be great.  After using Fork Level for a few days, the plant manager recommended it to other National Gypsum plants.  Fork Level is now in use at 8 other facilities.

Full Sail Brewing Company, in Hood River, Oregon, brews, packages and ships beer to a large number of retail outlets throughout the United States. Every day, thousands of cases of beer are palletized, stacked, moved, and shipped from the facility. Full Sail has 7 forklift trucks in almost constant operation, in both their packaging division and shipping. Fork Level helps prevent accidental puncture of a case of beer, which is messy and time-consuming to make right, as the broken bottles are always on the bottom of a pallet which must then have the shrink-wrap removed, cases unstacked and restacked, not to mention the cost of the inventory itself. It just takes one misplaced fork to pay for a Fork Level several times over.