By John Dunning


Before purchasing a forklift you must first understand how your forklift will be used on a day to day basis. You must be sure of your needs and specifications before you go looking. Also you need to decide whether you are purchasing a new or used forklift. This in itself is a big decision.

Businesses with smaller budgets will be more likely to go down the used forklift root, but you may be surprised that a new forklift may cost a little less in the long run. New forklifts will last a lot longer which means the business owners will get the benefit of the forklift for a lot longer, and therefore recoup the amount spent.

Renting a forklift is also another option as new ones may be too expensive, although new ones will have longer warranties and will less likely break than a used one.

Make sure that someone in your work place has a forklift licence otherwise you wil lbe breaking the law by not having a designated driver, or drivers to operate the vehicle. Also make sure your work place is meeting all health and safety guidelines to do with operating forklifts.

Consider attachments and extras for the vehicles, like crane attachments. This can turn your forklift into a tool for another purpose entirely and companies that think they may need to purchase separate vehicles and tools for certain jobs may be pleasantly surprised to hear that most things can be done with an attachment on the forklift.

Truck mounted forklifts benefit from the saving of fuel. Having just one piece of equipment that does all can save the company a lot of money in training and also a lot of space. Consider the attachments and optionals available for the forklift before deciding to buy other equipment.




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