![]() But if I'm right, then I suppose I will have to continue gritting my teeth everytime I hear one of many of our local media people say 'counterbalance'.Ī bit of a lose/lose proposition, it would seem. Most forklifts weigh twice as much as their weight capacity. That term refers to the heavy battery that powers the machine and other weights in the vehicle’s rear, which helps ensure that the forklift remains balanced. So, learned members, what's the scoop? Are the two interchangeable or not? If you're 'counterbalancing' something, aren't you simply balancing it? Then why not just say so? The most common lift truck used in warehouses is a counterbalance forklift (or counterbalanced forklift). So if you are a hunter, you can have a maximum of 2 kinetics and 2 energy or 3 energy and 1 kinetic. Re: Fixed vs Adjustable counter balance fluid heads In reply to jeffon I have a Davis & Sanford FM18 head which doesn't have any counter balance, and it's rather annoying to lock the position or hold the pan arm perfectly still. (<-I'll ask about that concept of double periods within and outside of quotations in another thread.) To me, it's almost as if 'counterbalance' shouldn't even be a word, or that it should be considered slang. The kinetic counterbalance mods go to the chest and hunter cloak and the energy counterbalance mods go to the arms, legs and hunter cloak. Everytime I hear it, I reflexively cringe, thinking "Why didn't they just say 'balance'? It means the same thing.". I hear 'counterbalance' being used constantly in news broadcasts and the like, and to me it sounds redundant-like saying 'balance balance'. ![]() As a verb counterbalance is to apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight. I've searched the forums and various definitions and am still stumped. As nouns the difference between counterbalance and counterbalancer is that counterbalance is (literally) a weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance while counterbalancer is one who, or that which, counterbalances. In a nutshell, don't 'balance' and 'counterbalance' express the same thing?
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