Whilst you are looking for hire forklifts in and around Doune FK16 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 hire forklifts in and around Doune FK16 you might like to note that leaks on a second hand lift truck can be expensive to fix and although some leaks can be fixed in a couple of hours with a relatively inexpensive seal kit, leaks on triple stage masts can take considerably longer and lend themselves to very expensive repair costs.

While you are trying to find hire forklifts in and around Doune FK16 it might be worth considering that a good well maintained battery on an electric lift truck will generally last 5-7 years but can often last as long as ten years. However a battery’s life expectancy will diminish considerably if it is consistently run hard and not given sufficient time to cool down.