Supplemental jog and/or twist grip or other drive motor speed walk along controllers for walkie/rider pallet trucks

A supplemental control for a walk along materials handling vehicle including load carrying forks, a steerable wheel, a steerable wheel brake coupled to said wheel, a steering arm coupled to said wheel for steering said wheel and also being movable through an arc including a driving arc interposed between a substantially vertical braking position and a substantially horizontal braking position, a handle on said steering arm for control of said vehicle, a deadman mechanism for said steerable wheel brake to move said steering arm into said vertical braking position to brake said vehicle when said handle is released and a coast mechanism for selectively disabling said deadman mechanism, said supplemental control comprising:

• at least one supplemental controller mounted on said vehicle adjacent a base end of said load carrying forks, said at least one supplemental controller being actuated to move said vehicle when said coast mechanism is activated;
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• at least one coast release switch mounted on said vehicle adjacent a base end of said load carrying forks, said coast release switch being actuated to release said coast mechanism to apply said steerable wheel brake.

A supplemental control for a walk along materials handling vehicle comprising:

• at least one drive motor speed controller positioned adjacent a base end of load carrying forks of said vehicle, said at least one drive motor speed controller being actuated to move said vehicle when a coast mechanism of said vehicle is activated;
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• at least one coast release switch positioned adjacent said base end of said load carrying forks, said at least one coast release switch being actuated to release said coast mechanism and thereby apply a steerable wheel brake.

A supplemental control for a walk along materials handling vehicle comprising:

• at least one jog switch positioned adjacent a base end of load carrying forks of said vehicle, said at least one jog switch being actuated to move said vehicle when a coast mechanism of said vehicle is activated;
• and
• at least one coast release switch positioned adjacent said base end of said load carrying forks, said at least one coast release switch being actuated to release said coast mechanism and thereby apply a steerable wheel brake.

A supplemental control for a walk along materials handling vehicle comprising:

• at least one twist grip positioned adjacent a base end of load carrying forks of said vehicle, said at least one twist grip being actuated to move said vehicle when a coast mechanism of said vehicle is activated;
• and
• at least one coast release switch positioned adjacent said base end of said load carrying forks, said at least one coast release switch being actuated to release said coast mechanism and thereby apply a steerable wheel brake.