Make Sure Your Forklift Truck Meets Safety Requirements

If you are setting up a new business, you will normally want to keep start up costs to a minimum. One of the biggest cash outlays will be on equipment to do the job, and this is something you need to invest in properly in order to get going. While many businesses like to buy everything brand new, there are significant savings to be made by buying quality used equipment.

For factories and warehouses, an essential piece of equipment is a forklift truck. Nevertheless, if you are buying a used forklift, you want to make sure that it is going to be safe to use and comply with Health and Safety legislation. Just as you would want a used car to have an MOT certificate, forklifts need to be certified too, although there is no standardised way of doing this. Trucks Direct ensure that all their forklifts are fully certified by their highly skilled and qualified engineers. This certification confirms that every used forklift supplied by Trucks Direct has been thoroughly checked for performance, both internally and externally. Having this certificate also means that the forklift truck complies with the relevant legislation (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998) for twelve months.

These checks are officially known in the field as Thorough Examination, however, a Certificate of Thorough Examination in general does not necessarily mean every aspect of the truck has been checked. It normally only covers the mast and chain, and Trucks Direct believe that even the chain is usually not checked as thoroughly as it should be in order to gain certification. For this reason, they complete a full chain check as part of their procedures in order to ensure maximum safety and reassurance for the customer.

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