When you are looking for forklift rental in and around Tyne & Wear you might like to note that a pneumatic tire Lift truck can often be fitted with a solid tire to safeguard against punctures, but these tires tend to be considerably more expensive and often it is considered cheaper to simply foam fill the existing pneumatic tyres.

When you are looking for forklift rental in and around Tyne & Wear 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.

Whilst you are looking for forklift rental in and around Tyne & Wear you might like to be aware that a timber merchant was fined over £100,000 following a fatal incident when a lift truck drove onto a public road and ran into a car. The raised forks of the truck punctured the windscreen of the car and stabbed the driver in the neck, killing him.