Whilst you are looking for lift truck companies in and around Cornwall you might like to be aware that a company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay over £11,000 in costs after one of its workers died in a lift truck accident. The company was prosecuted under the Health & Safety at Work Act for failure to use trained staff to drive its lift trucks and protect the safety of its employees.

If you are searching for lift truck companies in and around Cornwall it might be worth considering getting a good demo, especially when purchasing a used machine. Driving a lift truck around a parking lot for a few minutes is not like using it in your warehouse. If you arrange for a proper demonstration at your site for a specified period of time then you will have the opportunity to identify any small or potentially major problems it may have.

While you are searching for lift truck companies in and around Cornwall bear in mind that in the lift truck trade, as in the auto industry, there is a “grey market”. This is the sale of units that were shipped into the country from foreign markets. The problem with these lift trucks is that although they look identical most dealers usually won’t support them because parts can often be more difficult to source.