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Barloworld pulls plug on forklift businesss in USA

Hyster distributor Barloworld are to withdraw from the forklift business in the United States after 33 years....
30 January 2012
Snow plough attachment on forklift truck side veiw

Sales Director Lee Uses Forklift Attachments to Attack the Snow

This comming week some of our most popular forklift truck attachments for this time of the year will be put to the test by Ability Handling Ltd. After waking up and opening the curtains to see sleet falling and with Siberian conditions forecast it was clearly going to be a busy week ahead on the roads as a return to snowy conditions usually causes much havoc..
27 January 2012
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Thorough Examinations: Are they a legal requirement?

Ability Handling Ltd were recently supplying a Doosan Electric Forklift to a customer when he became quite confused in regards to Thorough Examinations and whether or not it was a legal requirement for him to have in place.
12 January 2012
The JLG Toucan series provide enhanced accessibility in many situations. Eight and ten meters working height are combined with up to a 3.10m outreach over obstacles and a 345 degree turntable to put more work areas within reach. This outreach is what makes the Toucan series so versatile.

What Happens When Material Handling Equipment Gets Stuck?

Some material handling equipment such as our JLG mobile stock pickers and our JLG vertical mast boom lifts are designed to be raised to a height of more than three meters which allow for the operator to work at heights. But what happens when the machine fails and the operator is at this height?
10 January 2012
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What Medical Standards Do You Need to Meet to Operate a Forklift Truck?

In order to be deemed safe to operate certain warehouse and manual handling equipment and also to drive forklift trucks and other vehicles then it is important that outlined medical standards are met. All forklift truck operators have an appropriate level of medical fitness that they need to meet for the work that they carry out.
10 January 2012
Chesterfield firms new JLG 20MVL high level stock picker has been christened the Dalek for its ability to exterminate its workload and turn on the spot (and no, it does not really look like this!).

JLG 'dalek' exterminates working at height problems

Ability Handling recently delivered a “Dalek” to Fusion Provida at their National Distribution Centre based in Chesterfield. Now of course it wasn’t an actual “Dalek” we delivered but a JLG Vertical Stockpicker; this was then christened by the driver in light hearted comedy as the “Dalek”.
09 January 2012
Goods In, Goods Out, thats what a forklifts about!

How Important Are Forklift Trucks and Forklift Maintenance?

For those who are not directly involved with forklift trucks on a regular basis it can be hard to recognise their sheer importance in many applications on a daily basis. A forklift truck is a vital piece of machinery which helps to lift and move large loads around warehouses, construction sites, manufacturing units and many more.
09 January 2012
Forklifts are for lifting materials, not people!

Forklift Trucks: For Materials Not People!

It is of extreme importance that you use machinery for the job it has been designed for and nothing else. This most certainly applies to forklift trucks too! In order to maintain health and safety at work forklift trucks should never be used for lifting or transporting people.
04 January 2012



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