Rough terrain forklifts are among the easiest machines in this industry to over buy. They look capable, the specification is impressive, and it feels prudent to have the extra ability. Then the truck spends its life on a paved yard doing work a standard pneumatic tyre...
Most large facilities buy another forklift when what they actually need is a tow tractor. The two machines look like they compete and they barely overlap. One lifts, the other moves. Getting the distinction right can take a surprising amount of traffic out of a big...
A full 200 litre drum weighs somewhere around 200 to 250 kilograms, and it is an awkward shape to move. Tilting, lifting or decanting one by hand is how warehouse staff end up with back injuries, and a dropped drum of oil or chemical is a spill, a clean up and a...
Nobody asks this question before they hire. Everybody asks it at eleven o’clock on the morning it happens, usually with a container waiting outside. It is worth five minutes of thought beforehand, because the answer varies enormously between suppliers and it is...
Rental period is usually treated as an afterthought. Someone needs a forklift, they ask for a price, and the length of hire is whatever the job happens to be. That is a missed opportunity, because the period is the single lever with the biggest effect on what you pay...
Most forklift service contracts in the UAE look similar on the front page and behave very differently on the day a truck stops working. The price per machine per year tells you almost nothing on its own. What matters is what triggers a visit, how fast someone arrives,...
