Tip - If you are trying to find fork lift rental near Cumbria you may need to be aware that a forklift truck is a machine that has forks to lift loads whereas telehandlers have forks that extend outwards and upwards away from the telehandler body.

While you are researching fork lift rental in and around Cumbria 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%.

When you are investigating fork lift rental in and around Cumbria it might help you to know that electric forklift trucks need a battery charger and that most of the chargers require a 3 phase electric supply, which is not always available. Single phase charging units are available in the market but they usually only work on low-amp batteries.

Whilst looking for fork lift rental in and around Cumbria 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.

When searching for fork lift rental in and around Cumbria it might interest you to know that reconfiguring a warehouse for double-deep pallet racking can give significant extra storage capacity but often requires special Reach trucks with extending forks such as the Atlet XTF ride-on or ATF stand-on.