If you are investigating companies selling diesel forktrucks in and around Oxfordshire remember that a cushion tyre is not actually padded. It is a solid rubber tyre that has no inner tube. They are really only suitable for warehouse type machines as they can only be used on hard surfaces like concrete or tarmac.

If you are investigating companies selling diesel forktrucks in and around Oxfordshire it may be important to know that a company was fined £20,000 plus over £11,000 in costs after one of its workers was killed in a forklift truck incident. The company was prosecuted under the Health & Safety at Work Act for failing to use trained staff to drive its forklift trucks and which put the safety of all its work force at risk.

While you are researching companies selling diesel forktrucks in and around Oxfordshire check the state of the forks on any second hand forklift you look at. Bent forks may need to be replaced. The best way to check this is simply to put the mast in a vertical position and lower the forks to the floor. Once at the floor use a tape to check that both fork tips are the same height from the ground.