When you are investigating contract hire electric forklift trucks in and around Walton On The Naze CO14 bear in mind that in the forklift trade, as in the motorcar industry, there is a “grey market”. This is the sale of forklifts imported into the UK from foreign markets. The main problem with these units is that they look the same as UK models but most dealers can’t support them as parts are different to those on UK models and are therefore difficult and expensive to source.

Whilst looking for contract hire electric forklift trucks in and around Walton On The Naze CO14 you may be interested to know that a manufacturing company was fined £30,000 when a young employee was pinned against a wall and killed instantly. In this case a forklift truck was unloading a lorry in a narrow road when an oncoming vehicle forced it to reverse quickly to get out of its way. The forklift truck driver did not see the other employee who was leaving the building behind him and he reversed straight into him.

Whilst trying to find contract hire electric forklift trucks in and around Walton On The Naze CO14 it may be worth knowing that handling time can often be reduced by using satellite storage and retrieval systems in conjunction with an existing forklift truck fleet.