If you are looking for used diesel forktrucks in and around scotland 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.

If you are researching used diesel forktrucks in and around scotland it may be helpful to know that a forklift's chassis usually prohibits it from getting close to the trailer wall but with side shift pallets can be stacked and unloaded against the trailer wall by moving the carriage sideways.

While searching for used diesel 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.

While looking for used diesel 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.

While investigating used diesel forktrucks in and around scotland make sure you check for black smoke coming out of the exhaust during operation. This is usually a carburettor problem and on a diesel forklift can be caused by worn injectors or a worn injector pump.