Whilst looking for Forklifts in and around Glasgow 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 looking into Forklifts in and around Glasgow bear in mind that lighter loads on standard pallets can often be moved on a 1.5T capacity forklift. These are smaller than the standard 2.5T forklift and can therefore give you some space flexibility in your warehouse.

If you are looking for Forklifts in and around Glasgow it may interest you to know that a warehouse employee who suffered a major injury in an accident with a forklift truck was awarded £150,000 in compensation by using the support of his trade union and a firm of solicitors specialising in personal injury claims.

When searching for Forklifts in and around Glasgow 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.

Whilst researching Forklifts in and around Glasgow it might be worth considering that if your forklift is in use eight hours a day; or you have pallet shelving and a large warehouse then a cheap used/second-hand forklift will probably not be the best investment.