Tip – If you are searching for new lift trucks near Glamorgan and are considering a second hand machine remember to treat the purchase in a similar way to how you would buy a second hand car. Check out the machine as much as possible, test drive it and look for a service or maintenance history.

Whilst you are looking for new lift trucks in and around Glamorgan you might like to be aware that a lift truck driver working at a sawmill was fined £1,750 after an incident in which he was driving a lift truck with a stack of 12 modular sheds. The sheds obscured the drivers vision and as a result he hit a fellow employee with the load causing a fractured pelvis, cuts and bruises. It is important that individuals are aware that they, as well as their employer, have duties under the law to take reasonable care of the health and safety of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. In this case the employer had employed an in-house lift truck trainer and the driver had received regular refresher training and re-testing and as a result it was the employee not the employer that was fined for this incident.

When you are looking for new lift trucks in and around Glamorgan you might like to note that with side shift the lift truck operator can stack and unload pallets against the trailer wall by moving the carriage sideways, since a lift truck cannot usually get close to the trailer wall because of its own chassis.