Whilst you are looking for small lift trucks in and around Dumfies & Galloway 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 searching for small lift trucks in and around Dumfies & Galloway it might be worth considering that diesel lift trucks when well maintained operate very efficiently with minimal problems and usually require less maintenance than similar gas trucks; and used diesel lift trucks can often be found cheaper than comparable size and condition gas lift trucks.

If you are looking for small lift trucks in and around Dumfies & Galloway you might like to note that a used lift truck might have had numerous previous owners and therefore the likelihood of experiencing problems and breakdowns is reasonably high. Therefore when purchasing either a new or used lift truck consider who will be attending to its ongoing service and maintenance.