If you are searching for forklift trucks in and around West Midlands it might be worth considering getting a good demo, especially when purchasing a used machine. Driving a lift truck around a parking lot for a few minutes is not like using it in your warehouse. If you arrange for a proper demonstration at your site for a specified period of time then you will have the opportunity to identify any small or potentially major problems it may have.

When you are looking for forklift trucks in and around West Midlands 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 trucks in and around West Midlands you might like to be aware that a lift truck driver working at a sawmill was fined £1,750 after an incident in which he was driving a lift truck with a stack of 12 modular sheds. The sheds obscured the drivers vision and as a result he hit a fellow employee with the load causing a fractured pelvis, cuts and bruises. It is important that individuals are aware that they, as well as their employer, have duties under the law to take reasonable care of the health and safety of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. In this case the employer had employed an in-house lift truck trainer and the driver had received regular refresher training and re-testing and as a result it was the employee not the employer that was fined for this incident.