Whilst you are looking for a fork lift truck in and around wales 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.

When you are searching for a fork lift truck in and around wales 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.

If you are searching for a fork lift truck in and around wales 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.