Whilst you are looking for forklifts for sale in and around Preston PR1 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.

When you are looking for forklifts for sale in and around Preston PR1 then be aware that the lift truck you buy needs to fit the application you require it for. A standard mast will generally only lift to about 10ft, which is fine for offloading goods and moving them around a yard but won’t necessarily be suitable if you have high shelving/racking.

When you are searching for forklifts for sale in and around Preston PR1 bear in mind that a cushion tire is not actually padded as the name implies, it is a solid rubber tire that has no inner tube. These are used mainly for warehouse type machines as they are only really suited to hard surfaces like concrete or tarmac.