While searching for for sale electric forktrucks in and around scotland you may like to know that a timber merchant was fined over £100,000 after an incident in which a forklift truck drove onto a public road and into a car. The raised forks of the truck broke the windscreen of the car and stabbed the driver in the neck, causing his death.

Whilst you are looking for for sale electric forktrucks in and around scotland you might like to be aware that wherever possible pedestrians should be segregated from forklift traffic in order to minimise the risk of the two coming into contact and causing an accident.

While you are researching for sale electric forktrucks in and around scotland check the state of the forks on any second hand forklift you look at. Bent forks may need to be replaced. The best way to check this is simply to put the mast in a vertical position and lower the forks to the floor. Once at the floor use a tape to check that both fork tips are the same height from the ground.