If you are searching for used lift trucks in and around Taunton TA2 it might be worth considering that if you already own a lift truck and are purchasing another one because you need to upgrade for any number of reasons, then it will usually pay you not to mention that you have a lift truck to trade in until you have negotiated the best price on the new lift truck.

While you are searching for used lift trucks in and around Taunton TA2 then be aware that it is difficult to determine the year a lift truck was manufactured because most of them do not have an age stamped on the data plate.

Whilst you are looking for used lift trucks in and around Taunton TA2 you might like to be aware that a lift truck driver working at a sawmill was fined £1,750 after an incident in which he was driving a lift truck with a stack of 12 modular sheds. The sheds obscured the drivers vision and as a result he hit a fellow employee with the load causing a fractured pelvis, cuts and bruises. It is important that individuals are aware that they, as well as their employer, have duties under the law to take reasonable care of the health and safety of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. In this case the employer had employed an in-house lift truck trainer and the driver had received regular refresher training and re-testing and as a result it was the employee not the employer that was fined for this incident.