When you are investigating lease diesel forklifts in and around Midlothian bear in mind that in the forklift trade, as in the motorcar industry, there is a “grey market”. This is the sale of forklifts imported into the UK from foreign markets. The main problem with these units is that they look the same as UK models but most dealers can’t support them as parts are different to those on UK models and are therefore difficult and expensive to source.

If you are researching lease diesel forklifts in and around Midlothian you may wish to know that a business was fined over £50,000 when an employee was crushed to death. A forklift driver had performed an emergency stop while going round a corner in order to avoid hitting another member of staff. However the sudden braking caused the goods being carried to fall off and pin the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

Whilst trying to find lease diesel forklifts in and around Midlothian it may be worth knowing that handling time can often be reduced by using satellite storage and retrieval systems in conjunction with an existing forklift truck fleet.