All posts tagged material handling

03Aug2017

What is a Pallet Truck?

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Pallet Truck

A pallet truck (also known as a pump truck or pallet jack) is a wheeled trolley designed to lift and transport pallets. The truck's tapered forks slot underneath the pallet and the pump handle can then be used to raise and lower the load.

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27Jan2017

Heavy Duty Sack Trucks from SafetyLiftinGear.com

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Heavy Duty Sack Trucks

Sack trucks are ideal for manoeuvring goods around warehouses, construction sites, and other environments. Not only are they convenient - making heavy moving jobs as easy as a stroll around the supermarket - they're also great for preserving health and safety in the workplace. As described here, lifting and carrying heavy goods manually can be very dangerous, commonly resulting in injuries and long-term musculoskeletal disorders.

This is why it's good to keep a few heavy duty sack trucks handy for those times when carrying something by your own strength alone would put your body at risk. Here at SafetyLiftinGear.com, we have a wide range of heavy duty sack trucks available to buy and to hire - these trucks can be used to shift heavy loads in a wide range of different situations, so regardless of your requirements, we're confident that we've got you covered.

Listed below are a few of the Heavy Duty Sack Trucks that we stock here:

300kg Heavy Duty Sack Truck with Pneumatic Tyres

£37.80 (inc. VAT)

This heavy duty sack truck has sturdy pneumatic wheels, a curved push handle, and rubber strips that help to protect your goods while in motion.

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150kg Sack Truck with Solid Tyres

£25.19 (inc. VAT)

If you're looking for a cost-effective sack truck solution - a simple, no-frills truck that will get your goods from A to B without putting much of a dent in your budget - then this 150kg product is a good choice. The solid tyres and the strong tubular steel body are very sturdy indeed!

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100kg Stair Climber Sack Truck

£61.71 (inc. VAT)

This rather unusual sack truck has an ingenious design that allows it to smoothly travel up and down staircases. Very handy if your work site is spread over two or more storeys!

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Heavy-Duty Sack Truck Hire:

Many of our Sack Trucks are available to hire, so if you only need to use one for a short amount of time, we can help! Keep your eyes peeled for the 'Hire Me' button next to your chosen heavy-duty sack truck, and follow our simple on-screen instructions to get your quote!

This is just a selection of the Heavy Duty Sack Trucks that we have available here at SLG to make your heavy lifting and loving tasks as easy and safe as possible!

To view our full range of Heavy Duty Sack Trucks, simply click the button below. For more products, please visit our Material Handling Equipment department. Contact us today if you have questions.

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21Dec2016

Roller Crowbars, Pry Bars, Wrecking Bars & Pinch Bars

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Quite often, the most difficult of transporting a heavy object isn't lifting and moving it - which is easy enough if you've got the right material handling equipment - but getting underneath the object in the first place. It's all well and good having a forklift or a pallet truck, put if the load you're moving don't have much in the way of ground clearance, you'll have to manually load the goods onto the forks yourself. And that can be a pain in more ways than one.

Fortunately, our material handling range contains a straightforward solution to this common problem: roller crowbars!

These wheeled crowbars are easy to manoeuvre around the warehouse, and they can get in underneath loads with even the most minimal ground clearance. Once that's done, you can simply wheel your low-to-the-ground goods to wherever they need to be.

But the roller crowbar isn't the only handy item in this section of our website! We also stock the Roller Pinch Bar (compact and lightweight - also available to hire).

07Oct2016

Forklift Attachments & Extensions: Buy or Hire Today

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Forklifts have numerous uses in all kinds of different working environments. They're great for lifting, lowering, and transporting large goods; if you've got a forklift access platform, they can even help you and your workers to access high-up, hard-to-reach places and safely complete a variety of different tasks.

Sometimes, though, forklifts need a little extra help to get the job done properly. Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we stock an extensive range of forklift attachments and extensions to buy or hire - these assorted items are great for carrying out specialised tasks with your forklift, or simply enabling your truck to handle larger/longer loads.

Fork Extensions

Our high-quality fork extensions for forklift trucks come in a range of different lengths to give you that bit of extra reach you need to keep longer pallets and other large loads under control. Browse forklift extensions >

Other Forklift Attachments

Our other forklift attachments include swivel hooks (which turn your forklift into something like a miniature crane) and mounted jibs (which help your forklift truck to cope with heavier loads). Browse forklift attachments >

Visit our Site Lifting & Handling page for more lifting/handling solutions - practically all of our products are now available both to buy and to hire.

25Aug2016

More New Arrivals: Platform Trucks & Moving Skates

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We told you we were constantly expanding our catalogue! Scarcely a day after we introduced you to our superb new multi-directional screw clamps, a whole raft of new new products have arrived here at SafetyLiftinGear HQ. This particular set of items should appeal to customers seeking an efficient materials handling solution - here's a quick rundown of what's new on our website today:

Heavy-Duty Steel Platform Truck

This sturdy, easy-to-manoeuvre platform truck comes in three different sizes (see options above) and is ideal for all sorts of different working environments, including warehouses, shops, labs, workshops and garages. Each truck has a maximum weight capacity of 1850kg, making it easy to shift heavy items with minimal effort.

Folding Plastic Platform Truck

This lightweight plastic truck folds away for easy storage and transportation. It can carry loads of up to 150kg, and the telescopic handle can be adjusted to the height of your choosing.

Steel Nesting Platform Trucks

These trucks have a sleek 'nesting' design, making it easy to store several of them in a relatively small space. The trucks are made of powder-coated steel that's resistant to rust and scratching; each one can cope with loads weighing up to 700kg.

Manual Platform Stacker

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With a maximum capacity of 400kg and a maximum lift height of 650mm, this manual stacker is perfect for transporting loads that are too large to carry yourself. The lift function is operated by a foot pump, and the polyurethane wheels give great manoeuvrability.

Moving Skates

2000kg // 4000kg // 6000kg

Finally, these new moving skates make moving heavy loads a speedy and practically effortless task. Simply lift your load using a jack or roller crowbar and position the skates underneath.

Click here to browse our full range of materials handling equipment!

01Jul2016

Electric Stacker Trucks: A New Addition to Our Range

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We are pleased to announce that we have added a new electric stacker truck to the SafetyLifitnGear catalogue. These trucks are ideal for low-duty applications in warehouse environments, with automatic functionality that makes loading and stacking easier than ever before.

Here's everything you need to know about our new arrival:

1000kg Powered Electric Stacker

LoadSurfer ECL1029

Compact, lightweight 4-wheel design
Superb stability
Sideways tiller
Automatic lift cut-off function extends battery life
Includes built-in charger
Weight load limit: 1000kg
Lifting height: 2840mm

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We are among the UK's leading suppliers of high-quality lifting and handling products. Please visit our Material Handling Equipment department to browse our full material handling range, or call 0808 123 69 69 if you have any questions for our customer service team.

20Jun2016

The BLOODHOUND Project: There's an App for That!

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As we've proudly stated again and again over the last few months, SafetyLiftinGear is the official supplier of lifting / material handling products to The BLOODHOUND Project, an attempt to both break the land speed record and inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers.

Of course, even if we weren't involved in The BLOODHOUND Project, we'd still be closely tracking its progress - after all, who wouldn't be interested in a supersonic car that can travel at 1000mph?

One of the latest developments from Team BLOODHOUND is the creation of a mobile app that allows you to get the inside scoop on The BLOODHOUND Project and related topics like the history of the land speed record and the science behind the car that will hopefully break it.

The app is available for iOS and Android devices - get it from the App Store or Google Play now! It costs less than a pound, and all proceeds will be invested back into the BLOOHOUND education programme, so your pennies will be going towards a very good cause! Click here to find out more about the BLOODHOUND Blast app.

SafetyLiftinGear is an official partner of The BLOODHOUND Project, supplying the lifting equipment and material handling products that will be used in the construction of the BLOODHOUND supersonic car. More info here.

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