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Find lift truck companies in and around Bristol Bristol Forklifts Listing - South West Handling |
Top Tip - If you are considering purchasing a new or used forklift it is a good idea to look at 3 or 4 similar forklifts and compare the price of each forklift before you make your final decision.
This page gives you contact information for South West Handling based in Okehampton and also provides you with information and impartial advice about lift truck companies in and around Bristol that we hope you will find useful.
South West Handling
Whiddon Down
Okehampton
Devon
EX20 2QU
Tel: 01647 231 650
South West Handling is a forklift dealer operating in and around areas of Bristol, specialising in the supply of new, used and refurbished forklifts for sale, lease or contract hire.
The Forklift Network can help you to find a wide range of forklifts from dealers in and around Bristol.- click here to search >>
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If you have come to our website to find lift truck companies in and around Bristol then we would like to give you some tips.
Tip - When you are investigating lift truck companies in and around Bristol it may help to be aware that pallet trucks are manual trucks that will pick up a pallet and move it around a warehouse and are quite inexpensive. Battery operated pallet trucks are available but often the cost increase in adding the battery will make it just as cheap to buy a decent used forklift.
If you are looking for lift truck companies in and around Bristol then be aware that a factory worker was awarded damages of £40,000 when an electric reach truck slid into warehouse racking crushing his foot which eventually resulted in partial amputation.
While investigating lift truck companies in and around Bristol be aware that a worn steer axle on a second-hand forklift can make it difficult to manoeuvre and be expensive to repair. Check the wheels and if they are not perpendicular to the ground this might be a problem.
Whilst looking for lift truck companies in and around Bristol you may be interested to know that a manufacturing company was fined £30,000 when a young employee was pinned against a wall and killed instantly. In this case a forklift truck was unloading a lorry in a narrow road when an oncoming vehicle forced it to reverse quickly to get out of its way. The forklift truck driver did not see the other employee who was leaving the building behind him and he reversed straight into him.
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