While searching for contract hire electric forktrucks in and around scotland you may like to know that a timber merchant was fined over £100,000 after an incident in which a forklift truck drove onto a public road and into a car. The raised forks of the truck broke the windscreen of the car and stabbed the driver in the neck, causing his death.

When you are researching contract hire electric forktrucks in and around scotland you should know that a used forklift should start easily when cold. Bear in mind though that the seller may have already warmed the motor before your arrival in order to ensure it starts easily. Ask to see it start from cold.

While investigating contract hire electric forktrucks in and around scotland take into account the physical restrictions of the areas in which a machine will have to operate. In particular consider any doorways through which your forklift will have to move. If your doorways are standard 1.8m (6ft) or 2.4m (8ft) high then you obviously wont be able to use a machine with a collapsed mast height of over 3m (10ft). Before making your selection make sure that all the doorways and openings that it will need to fit through have been measured.

Whilst researching contract hire electric forktrucks in and around scotland remember that the batteries in electric forklifts require regular charging. A new battery can give approximately 6 hours of running time for a standard 4 wheel forklift. The batteries also need proper and regular maintenance and are not cheap to replace.

Tip - When you are investigating contract hire electric forktrucks in and around scotland 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.