54 | Sector Focus: Handling & Storage
SUMMARY
■ Monitoring every aspect of the fleet should be an on-going process
■Under PUWER, businesses must carry out a full service on an industrial vehicle at least once a year
■Well maintained trucks are inherently safer
FORKLIFT UPTIME MAXIMISING What are the benefits from regular forklift truck maintenance and servicing?
Steve Briscall, national training manager and Sam Cook, technical training manager, at Rushlift offer a five-point plan for uplifting fleet performance
A vast number of businesses are critically dependent on the smooth running of their forklift truck fleet. Any downtime may have a huge impact on production, on-site handling or vehicle loading and may cause delays, customer disappointment and ultimately, in some instances, significant financial losses.
Ensuring maximum uptime across the fleet takes planning and regular servicing, so that only the most appropriate vehicles are specified for the task and maintained for peak, safe performance.
And yet, how well planned, maintained and managed is the average fleet? How sophisticated is the analysis of vehicle usage data – is utilisation evenly spread across the fleet? What are the damage trends and causes? And is servicing being regularly carried out?
Monitoring every aspect of the fleet should be an on-going process, controlled and managed by specialists that understand the importance of regular servicing, damage control, compliance issues and cost analysis. Here’s a five-point plan for top fleet performance:
1. COMPLIANCE Above: Ensuring maximum uptime across the fleet takes planning and regular servicing TTJ | November/December 2025 |
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As a matter of legal compliance, businesses are required to carry out a full service on an industrial vehicle at least once a year under PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998). In addition, if the truck lifts a load above 300mm then it must also have a ‘Thorough Examination’ LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting
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