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21Mar2016

Workshop Equipment from SafetyLiftinGear

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If you're looking for workshop equipment, whether you simply need a new selection of hand tools or larger items such as gantries, we have a fantastic selection here at SafetyLiftinGear. To demonstrate the variety of items we have on offer, here are a few of the products we stock to hire or buy in as part of our range of workshop equipment.

Hand Tools

From hacksaws and hammers to screwdrivers and spanners, we stock all the essential tools that you will need in any workshop. For your convenience, we also supply many of these items as part of a comprehensive set, allowing you to kit-out your workshop quickly and efficiently, at a competitive price.

Torches and Lighting

Often an overlooked section of workshop equipment, our range of lighting products provides you with everything you need for working in dark or poorly-lit conditions. From head torches to portable floodlights, we offer a variety of items to suit a vast selection of jobs, whether you need to light a small or large area.

Gantries

If you need to complete a heavy lifting application in your workshop, our selection of gantries is ideal for ensuring a safe and secure operation. Due to the need to match the weight of your load to a specific gantry, we also offer the option to hire the gantries in our workshop equipment range, should you not require a gantry with a specific load limit for longer than a specific period of time.

Trolley Jacks

Trolley jacks are an essential item in car maintenance and repair, which is why we offer a varied selection of heavy-duty car jacks in our workshop equipment range. Ranging from 1.5 tonne to 10 tonne, you are sure to find an option to suit your needs, whether you wish to purchase the jack or hire a particular item for a set period of time.

Heaters

Workshops can often be located in cold environments such as garages and large warehouses, which means that they often lack efficient heating. In order to encompass all aspects of health and safety, we also stock a selection of infrared and fan heaters as part of our workshop equipment range, to ensure that the space remains at a safe and comfortable temperature.

To see our full range of workshop equipment and tools, click here.

29Feb2016

Ratchet Straps: Our Best Sellers

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At SafetyLiftinGear, we supply a wide selection of ratchet straps as part of our range of load restraint products, which are ideal for for the secure transportation of heavy loads. Like other lifting and transportation products, ratchet straps come with their own WLL as well as a minimum breaking strength, making it easy to select the correct strap for your particular application.

Here are some of our best selling ratchet straps:

Premium 5 Tonne Ratchet Lashing Strap

This ratchet lashing strap has a minimum breaking strength of 5000kg, and is designed to keep heavy loads held securely during transit. The 50mm polyester webbing is highly shock absorbent, which means that it is ideal for protecting delicate items from harm. It also comes with a claw hook for easy attachment, and is available in a range of lengths from 4 to 20 metres.

1000kg Ratchet Lashing Strap

This strap is made of hard-wearing 25mm webbing, and has a minimum braking strength of 1000kg. it has chassis hook at either end for secure fastening, and is available in a choice of 4 or 6 metres. If you require this product in another length, we are able to provide these on a made-to-order basis.

2000kg MBS Ratchet Lashing Strap

Made of 50mm wide high-strength webbing, this industrial-quality ratchet strap provides safe and secure transportation for loads under the MBS of 2000kg. Also available on 4-6 metres, this strap can be tailored to suit your specific needs and requirements, and comes with claw hooks and a sturdy plated steel ratchet for a highly secure fastening.

If you are unsure of how to select the correct ratchet strap, or would like to find out more about using them correctly, read our handy guide for more information.

For more advice on how to use and assemble our products correctly, visit our Youtube channel.

25Nov2015

Equipment Rental: Is it Better to Hire or Buy?

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Here at SafetyLiftinGear, we pride ourselves on stocking a comprehensive range of lifting and material handling equipment, both of which are essential in order to provide a safe and secure working environment. One of the many benefits of ordering from us, is that we offer the option to buy or rent your equipment, allowing you to fine tune your purchase according to your budget and time-scale.

If you're not sure which of the two choices is right for you, take a look at our list of pros and cons to weigh up which option is the best fit:

Equipment Hire

Pros:

The up-front cost is cheaper than buying the product outright.
It can be great for one-off jobs, and saves you from investing in a product that you are unlikely to get much use from.
it provides you with the guarantee of a certified and tested solution for each job.

Cons:

It can cost you more long-term if you're repeatedly having to hire the same equipment.
You may have to extend the rental period if the job goes on for longer than expected.
You could be subject to extra costs if an item is damaged.

Purchasing Your Equipment

Pros:

Having a good selection of equipment at your disposal whenever you need it.
Saves you money in the long term if you will be using the equipment regularly.
You will not have the hassle of returning the item once the work is complete.

Cons

You will need a stable, and long-term storage space to house your equipment.
The initial cost is more expensive, which means you could loose out if it's only for a short-term job.
You will need to maintain and keep track of each item yourself.

Once you have decided which of the two is the best for your specific job, you can visit our lifting equipment and material handling pages to browse our full selection of items. Once you have made your choice, select either the 'buy now' or 'hire me' option, for a fast and efficient order process.

12Oct2015

Huge Savings on Material Handling Equipment

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Material Lifting equipment is essential for lifting and transporting good around warehouses and construction sites, and here at SafetyLiftinGear we know that as business owners you are looking for the safest machines and tools for the best price. So if you are looking to purchase a new Site Trolley, Pallet Truck, Material Lift Attachments or Sack trucks, we are currently having a promotion on all these times, with many of our prices the lowest we have ever seen them!

Site Trolleys

Our site trolleys are made from a solid steel construction with a heavy duty wooden flat bed, a working load Limit of 1 tonne and a choice of pneumatic wheels, to combat the rough terrain of a construction site with ease, or solid tyres to prevent punctures, make this an ideal trolley for transporting goods across your site.

If you are looking for a new site trolley then look no further, we have both our site trolleys, currently on offer!

Pallet Trucks

If you need to shift pallets around a warehouse then the pallet truck is the ultimate tool. If you are currently looking for a new pallet truck for your company then look no further as here at SafetyLiftinGear our Material Handling promotion extends to our range of pallet trucks.

Here a look at some of our current pallet truck offers,

Our wide forked (685mm wide x 1150mm long) 2.5 tonne pallet truck has a 3 position control handle and comes with a 12 month warranty. This pallet truck also has tapered fork tips for easy use and extra durable Polyurethane wheels.

This pallet truck has a Working Load Limit (WLL) of 2.5 Tonnes and is braked, offering a little extra control. Again this pallet truck comes with a standard 12 month warranty and heavy duty polyurethane wheels.

Click here to see more of our offers on pallet trucks.

Material Lifts

Our material lifts are ideal for lifting pipes, pallets and other goods. If you are looking to purchase new material lifts attachments then look no further, we currently have attachments included in our material handling promotion.

This material lift attachment bolts straight into the forks of the material lift that make this the perfect product for lifting pipes. This attachment comes with 12 month warranty as standard.

Our load platform material lift attachment easily fits onto the forks of the load surfer material lift and provides a heavy duty lifting platform for goods such as pallets. This attachment comes with 12 months warranty and requires no tools for fitting.

Click here to view the full range of Material Lifts.

Sack Trucks

Here are SafetyLiftinGear we stock a large variety of sack trucks, from the standard sack truck with solid tyres through to powered stair climbing sack trucks. Our heavy duty sack trucks are great value for money – especially when they are included in our material lift promotion;

Our lightweight aluminium sack trucks are ideal for delivery drives, cold store workers and couriers. This sack truck has solid tyres so you will never have to worry about getting a puncture, dual handle system and can transport loads up to 300kg.

This sack truck is one of our most popular products, with a Working Load Limit of 150kg, and has puncture proof solid tyres. Its standard handle is great for easy load support and its fixed toe means that this heavy duty truck is ideal for transporting small, heavy loads.

Click here to see our full range of Sack Trucks.

Our Material Handling Equipment is available to purchase or for hire, if you would like more information on any of our products Contact Us to speak to a member of our specialist team.

05Oct2015

SLG Just Supplied Shaun Gash With A New Harness.

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Back in April we wrote about how we created a bespoke safety harness for Shaun Gash, a paralysed 44 year old from Lancaster who completed the Born Survivor Challenge - a 10 kilometre military style assault course at the beginning of the year, using only his arms, an off road wheelchair and help from his team mates.

Recently we provided Shaun with a new G- FORCE P80 harness to help him take part in his latest challenge – the ram run. Click here to see them all in action.

Shaun and his team are currently preparing themselves for the UK Championships in November and the World Championships which are taking place next year.

All of these Obstacle Courses are training for his biggest challenge next year, Shaun and his team are also going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in August next year. You can sponsor Shaun and his team on their Kilimanjaro Challenge by clicking here.

We would like to congratulate Shaun on all of his achievements from 2015.

Do you need some specially-made safety equipment? Get in touch with SafetyLiftinGear now!

01Oct2015

The Dangers of Working in a Confined Space

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Working in a confined space can be very dangerous so it is important that you have the right Confined space equipment, to keep yourself and your work colleagues safe from potential hazards.

A confined space is defined as a space which is enclosed with limited exits, where serious injury can occur from hazardous conditions, such as, using chemicals that could combust, excessive heat from welding or even direct sunlight, the presence of toxic gases, fume or vapours which could lead to unconsciousness or asphyxiation, lack of oxygen in the confined space or even oxygen enrichment.

It is important to be aware that even if the space you are working in is not classed as a confined space when you begin your work, however it may become a confined space if there is a change in conditions, for example, and using toxic chemicals for cleaning purposes could produce toxic vapours. So before you start working in a confined space or a space that could become confined you need to be aware of the potential hazards and ensure that you have the correct equipment.

Here at SafetyLiftinGear we understand the dangers of working within confined spaces supply a range of confined space equipment to help keep you as safe as possible from harm when working in such conditions. We have a huge range of adjustable tripods, winches and gantries to aid your descent into confined places such as manholes and shafts.

As well as a huge range tripods and Gantries we also stock fall arrest blocks, rescue harnesses, gas detectors, and breathing apparatus.

Click here to view our full range of confined space equipment if you have any questions about our Confined space equipment, please call us on 0808 123 6969 and a member of out specialist team will be happy to assist you.

29Sep2015

SLG are Proud to Be Part of The Bloodhound Project

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SafetyLiftinGear are official partners of The Bloodhound Project. For those of you who are not aware, The Bloodhound Project, is based in Avonmouth, Bristol, and has been created by Richard Noble OBE, and current Land Speed Record holder Andy Green, not only attempt to break the current Land Speed Record, of 763.035mph set in 2007, but to inspire young people to get into science, engineering and mathematical fields.

The Bloodhound project has been on-going for 8 years and has involved over 350 companies and universities. And we, at SafetyLiftinGear are proud to say that we are amongst them supplying the Bloodhound project with various material handling products and lifting equipment to ensure that the Supersonic car has been built as safely as possible.

In London’s Canary wharf on the 23rd of September the Bloodhound SSC went on display showing just how this supersonic car has been built. Over 10,000 people queued to catch a glimpse of this piece of amazing engineering over the weekend.

The car will undergo 200 mph tests next year in Cornwall before attempting to break the land speed world record on 15 October 2016.

SafetyLiftinGear are proud to be a part of this truly amazing project.

Get in touch to learn more about our training courses!