And what ever happened to hubcaps?
the levers are for the fork blades, the forklift should have another switch for foward and reverse. they are automatic
different mfgrs use different sticks. some have a clutch pedal, some have 2 brake pedals. why don't you ask someone that normally uses the fork?
The 2014 LS Chevrolet Sonic Hatchback has hubcaps!
Nothing really uses hubcaps anymore it is really sort of an extinct term and there are still some dinosaurs trying to pedal them and the term. Reality is most cars since the dawn of the 20th century have had wheel covers on them. Hubcaps are just those small caps used on the old steel wheels. Anyone in this century knows the difference and has changed with the times selling wheel covers.
First we need some definitions so its not apples and oranges here. The perennial (classic) hub cap from pre-WW2 to the 80's and on was metallic decorative, covered the entire steel wheel rim out to the OD almost, was pried off with tire tool and installed with rubber mallet and were collected and swapped around.and would race down the highway when they became dislodged hitting a bump or curb. The wheel cover came along more or less with the eighties and covered mainly only the hub (grease cap and axle) and were held on by screws and speed nuts. These were often lost or damaged or the screws/nuts lost when garage personnel would repair, replace, remount tires. Some times they would have an OD hubcap like rim that pounded on like a hub cap. These evolved into somewhat larger units with elimination of the outer rings. These were all molded plastic. Along with OBD2 came the transition in the 20noughts to the wagon wheel type spoked wheels (steel rims becoming a special order so never used option), primarily molded aluminum and decorative in their own right once you get past the the wagon wheel affect. The coverless wheel was/is a response to need for suspended weight savings in order to meet gov't fuel economy mandates.and brake cooling to compensate for similar lightening of brake components. Recently, as some have come to realize the aesthetic appeal of the old hub caps as opposed to wagon wheels, some wheels styled to camouflage spokes or even to carry caps have reappeared. Whether or not that will become a trend depends on whether or not people tend to remain complacent about spoked wheel styling, or with the very substantial nuisance and expense factor when it comes to cleaning and maintaining them.
