While trying to find forklift rental in and around Nottinghamshire if you are looking at a used or second-hand forklift it is worth testing the hydraulic pumps before purchase as repairs can be expensive. Many forklifts have an internal chain-driven hydraulic pump that makes a clacking sound if there are major problems with it.

While investigating forklift rental in and around Nottinghamshire you should be aware that a business was fined £2,000 and plus costs when a Health and safety Executive inspector found a worker being lifted eight feet into the air on a forklift truck to fit a company sign on the building. Although no one was hurt this incident had all the hallmarks of an accident waiting to happen. Accidents involving fork lift trucks make up a significant proportion of accidents in the workplace and it is an employer’s responsibility to ensure that drivers receive proper training and that equipment is used correctly.

Tip - When you are investigating forklift rental in and around Nottinghamshire it may help to be aware that pallet trucks are manual trucks that will pick up a pallet and move it around a warehouse and are quite inexpensive. Battery operated pallet trucks are available but often the cost increase in adding the battery will make it just as cheap to buy a decent used forklift.

When searching for forklift rental in and around Nottinghamshire 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.

While you are researching forklift rental in and around Nottinghamshire it may help you to know that a farming company was fined £35,000 ] plus costs when an employee was killed by being crushed against a mobile cleaning machine by a forklift truck.