Hyster distributor Barloworld are to withdraw from the forklift business in the United States after 33 years....

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..

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.

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?

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.

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”.

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.

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.