Whilst you are looking for secondhand lift trucks in and around Highland you might like to be aware that a business was fined over £50,000 when a 60 year old employee was crushed and later died as a result of his injuries. It was found that the lift truck had been going round a corner when its driver performed an emergency stop in order to avoid hitting a member of staff. However the sudden breaking cause a steel coil situated on the forks to fall off pinning the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no safe system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

When you are trying to find secondhand lift trucks in and around Highland bear in mind that a 7,000lb triple stage 17ft mast does not mean that it can take 7,000lb and lift it 17ft in the air. Lift height greatly diminishes as the height of the load increases and above 10ft the load capacity drops off considerably. Always refer to the manufacturers load chart which will show the differential drop as the lift goes higher.

If you are trying to find secondhand lift trucks in and around Highland you might like to note that lift trucks are peculiar machines and their age should not necessarily be a concern, unless it will be required to operate for a high number of hours per day, generally anything in excess of 6 hours.