While searching for dealers of gas 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 searching for dealers of gas forktrucks in and around scotland bear in mind that while it is very expensive to buy a new battery for an electric forklift, you are in effect buying five years worth of fuel. It is generally considered to be around 25% cheaper to operate and maintain an electric forklift than an internal combustion gas or diesel forklift.

While looking for dealers of gas forktrucks in and around scotland bear in mind that productivity can be improved if your new forklift has a higher drive and lifting speed and that this may offset any additional costs incurred in the higher purchase price.

If you are investigating dealers of gas forktrucks in and around scotland remember that electric forklifts are much quieter and have virtually no emissions with the exception of some hydrogen emission during charging. They also are generally expected to have fewer breakdowns than internal combustion engines.

If you are looking for dealers of gas forktrucks in and around scotland you should know that the hour meter on a second hand forklift will not always show the total number of hours of use as replacement meters are cheap and easy to fit.