While searching for electric fork lifts in and around scotland you should be aware that a company was fined £60,000 plus £5,000 in costs after an accident in which an employee was hit by a reversing forklift truck in their warehouse. The employee suffered severe injuries to her left leg and ankle.

While you are researching electric fork lifts in and around scotland 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%.

Whilst researching electric fork lifts in and around scotland you may like to know that some businesses have created up to 50% more storage space in their existing warehouses by replacing their fleet of standard counterbalance forklift trucks with articulated counterbalance forklifts. Articulated forklift trucks are able to operate in much narrower aisles than standard counterbalance and reach trucks.

While searching for electric fork lifts in and around scotland you may need to be aware that forklifts can operate in explosive atmospheres as long as they have been appropriately modified and then are carefully maintained by a properly trained engineer.

While trying to find electric fork lifts in and around scotland consider that the average 4 wheel sit-down ride-on forklift will need a minimum of a 3m (10ft) aisle in order to operate comfortably whereas a 3 wheel electric forklift is easier to manoeuvre and can be used in smaller spaces.