If you are researching rental of electric forktrucks in and around scotland you may wish to know that a business was fined over £50,000 when an employee was crushed to death. A forklift driver had performed an emergency stop while going round a corner in order to avoid hitting another member of staff. However the sudden braking caused the goods being carried to fall off and pin the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

When you are seeking rental of electric forktrucks in and around scotland you might like to know that one reason for customers shying away from refurbished forklift trucks is a perception of poor reliability in comparison to brand new models. This is not always the case as a well refurbished forklift can give you many years of excellent reliability.

While you are researching rental of electric forktrucks in and around scotland it may help you to know that an articulated forklift truck can work in narrower aisle than either a reach or counterbalance forklift and therefore could help to increase storage capacity by up to 50%.