If you are researching prices of electric forklifts in and around Oxfordshire you may wish to know that a business was fined over £50,000 when an employee was crushed to death. A forklift driver had performed an emergency stop while going round a corner in order to avoid hitting another member of staff. However the sudden braking caused the goods being carried to fall off and pin the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.

If you are researching prices of electric forklifts in and around Oxfordshire simulation software can give you a better understanding of how your warehouse could operate. Using your data including warehouse size, racking dimensions and the number of loading and unloading bays, these software packages can provide different scenarios based upon varying the equipment type. You can then use this information to determine the optimum fleet mix to maximise productivity while minimising costs.

Whilst looking for prices of electric forklifts in and around Oxfordshire remember that a 600mm (2ft) load centre means the maximum length of the load should not be more than 1200mm (4ft). It is also worth remembering that the lift capacity decreases as the load length increases.