Whilst you are looking for a forklift truck in and around Cumbria you might like to be aware that a manufacturing company was fined £30,000 after a young worker was pinned by a lift truck against a wall and killed instantly. A lift truck was unloading a lorry in a narrow street when an oncoming vehicle forced it to reverse rapidly to get out of its way. The lift truck driver did not see the young worker leaving from the rear exit and hit him with the rear of his vehicle.

If you are looking for a forklift truck in and around Cumbria remember that lift trucks with enhanced wet disc brakes will give better braking performance even in tough conditions

While you are searching for a forklift truck in and around Cumbria you might like to note that that on average you can expect to get around 12 hours running time from a standard gas truck with a four cylinder engine. It will usually take 3 or 4 days to use up a full tank of gas even with the lift truck being used eight hours a day, as time is spent getting on and off the lift truck, so the lift truck is not usually running all the time.