Whilst you are looking for fork lifts in and around Bristol BS13 you might like to be aware that an employer was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay over £800 in costs when a HSE inspector noticed an employee being lifted eight feet into the air on a lift truck to fit a company sign to their own premises. Although no one was injured on the occasion, this incident had all the hallmarks of an accident waiting to happen. Accidents involving fork lift trucks account for a large proportion of accidents in the workplace and it is an employer’s responsibility to ensure that drivers are properly trained and use the equipment properly.

While you are trying to find fork lifts in and around Bristol BS13 you might like to note that some businesses have managed to create 50% more storage space in their existing warehouses by replacing standard counterbalance lift trucks with articulated counterbalance lift trucks. Articulated lift trucks are capable of operating in much narrower aisles than standard counterbalance and reach trucks.

While you are looking for fork lifts in and around Bristol BS13 it might be worth considering that faulty breaks on a second hand lift truck may be attributed to needing a master cylinder, although that is not usually the case, so any indication of break problems needs to be thoroughly investigated to avoid an expensive mistake in making a purchasing decision.