General News

13Jul2016

Our Southampton Depot is Now Open!

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If you live or work in Southampton or the surrounding area, you'll be pleased to know that this is our newest depot location!

Whether you own a local business that requires lifting and material handling gear, or if you're carrying out temporary operations in the area, which calls for the use of locally hired equipment, we have everything you could possibly need - all stored in a convenient location at great prices! Whatever the demands of your job may be, big or small, our friendly team will be able to find the deal that's best for you.

Best of all, our new Southampton location will also be part of our convenient click and collect system, which means that you'll be able to order all your required items online, to be picked up from your nearest depot.

Some of the equipment we supply includes:

Height Safety

*Harnesses

*Fall Arrest Blocks

*Roof Anchor Systems

Lifting and Rigging

*Chainblocks

*Leverhoists

*Webbing Slings

Material Handling

*Pallet Trucks

*Platform Tables

Sack Trucks

and more!

If you're looking to buy or hire our high-quality site equipment in Southampton, you can get in touch by calling 0800 860 69 69. If you'd like to visit our depot, you can find us here:

Unit 4 Southampton Trade Park,

Third Avenue,

Southampton

SO15 OAD

08Jul2016

Electric Wire Rope Hoists in Action!

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M-Build (a building and maintenance company based in Warwickshire) recently purchased an Electric Wire Rope Hoist from us and were extremely impressed with the lifting device. They loved how simple it made the task of lifting goods to the heights at which they operate.

We at SafetyLiftinGear sell a range of electric hoists, each with its own unique specifications and weight load limit, ensuring that any load can be lifted under any circumstances. Each electric wire hoist comes fully tested and certified, as well as coming with a 12 month warranty. All of our hoists are available both to buy and to hire.

If you're interested in purchasing a Wire Rope Hoist of your own, please click here.

28Jun2016

Glas-tow: How We Helped Festival-Goers Escape The Mud This Year

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Whether you were there for the action at Worthy Farm this year or not, we're sure that you've seen some of the mud-soaked horror stories that have come out of this year's festival. Of course, Glastonbury is known for being notoriously muddy, but this year's lashing of rain really took its toll on the site's parking area.

After all the chaos caused last Wednesday, with some festival-goers experiencing delays of over 10 hours as they journeyed into Pilton, the organisers wanted to make sure that they were prepared to help car travellers leave the festival on Sunday and Monday. As you may have seen in our previous blog post, we delivered several loads of towing chains to the site on Friday, to help ensure that all the provisions were in place to help cars flee the mud.

Since our last post, videos have emerged on BBC Points West, showing our towing chains in action as people are pulled out of the mud. Some even left the site as early as Sunday afternoon, with a host of acts yet to perform, in a bid to avoid the chaos of the Monday rush. You can see footage of tractors pulling vehicles out of the mud bath with our towing chains here!

If you're heading to a UK festival this summer, make sure you're prepared with the right gear! We have trolley carts, winching gear, tarpaulins and more, to make sure you have a great time, even in the British weather!

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.

18May2016

Visit Our New Pallet Trucks Website!

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PalleTrucks-Trolleys.com is your one-stop shop for materials handling and load moving equipment!

We're pleased to announce that we've added a new website to our family, and if you're looking for high-quality pallet trucks and other materials handling products, this one's well worth a visit. PalleTrucks-Trolleys.com is the site in question, and it's home to a colossal range of top-notch load moving equipment.

As with the products we sell here at SafetyLiftinGear, most of the items on PalleTrucks-Trolleys.com are available both to buy and to hire, so no matter what you need, your requirements are sure to be met and your expectations exceeded! Here are a few handy links to get you started:

08Mar2016

Bloodhound SSC: The Latest Photos

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In 2008, Richard Noble and Andy Green announced their plans to smash the World Land Speed Record, while, at the same time inspiring the next generation to become enthusiastic about mathematics, engineering and science.

Undoubtedly, the BLOODHOUND SSC is one of the most complex cars created. It states on their websites, that when the car is completed it will comprise of over 3,500 parts, many of which have been designed specifically for the BLOODHOUND SSC, including unique engines designed by Jaguar and Bristol’s own Rolls-Royce.

Inside the BLOODHOUND SSC you will find a EUROJET EJ200 jet engine which will supply the car with only half of its thrust! A Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) in the form of a Jaguar Supercharged V8 Engine. This will be used to supply 800 litres of high test peroxide to the rocket in just 20 seconds! And finally, the rocket engine, to accelerate the car to 1000 mph the rocket engine combined with the jet engine will provide a thrust of 212kN.

If you would like to go and see the car for yourself, The BLOODHOUND project are currently accepting bookings for their Rocket car experience workshops held during the Easter holidays, making a fun and education day for your children. Click here to read more.

It is a truly amazing project, one which we at SafetyLiftinGear are proud to help by providing lifting and material handling equipment.

22Dec2015

Heathrow Decorate for Christmas With SLG Lifting Gear

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In the run up to Christmas, Heathrow Airport uploaded this lovely time-lapse video, which shows the step by step process of their Christmas vision coming to life! From hanging orbs to giant Christmas trees, this video reveals how the team behind these beautiful decorations put everything together, to create a wonderful display for the holiday season.

To view the video, click below:

Having watched the video, you will have noticed that this scale of Christmas decorating requires a lot more than your standard step ladder to put a plan into action! A large scale operation such as this requires a whole host of equipment to achieve the desired result, and we are proud to say that the lifting gear in this video was in fact, provided by our West London depot!

From the LoadSurfer material lift to pallet trucks and safety harnesses, SafetyLiftinGear supplied a range of items for the project, in order to help the team at Heathrow put their display together safely. It's great to be able to put our name to such an incredible project, and we are also very pleased to be able to share a more light-hearted safety gear story with you!

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