Forklift fleet management and maintenance

That’s according to Ross Farquhar, strategic planning manager at Rushlift, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Doosan Industrial Vehicles. Farquhar says the company works closely with fleet owners over the entire length of a contract, to maximise the overall performance of the fleet: from specifying and recommending the most appropriate trucks for the duties to be performed to providing full, regular servicing, fast breakdown call-out and on-site meetings to review fleet performance.

He adds that Doosan has an extensive range of forklift trucks comprising more than 200 models of counterbalance, reach and warehouse trucks, with capacities spanning 1.3 tonnes right up to 25 tonnes, in electric, gas and diesel-powered versions. However, Farquhar points out that Rushlift will always specify the best truck for a customer’s task and can provide any other equipment required, regardless of the manufacturer.

According to Farquhar, Rushlift has service centres located across the UK and more than 130 highly qualified field engineers on the road at any one time, enabling the company to issue a guarantee that an engineer will be on site within four hours. In addition, the company has just introduced a fleet of 90 brand-new service vans, fully kitted out and replenished every night with parts by an in-the-night courier service.

Rushlift’s UK Parts Distribution Centre in Northampton is said to carry in excess of £1.2 million worth of stock for next-day delivery. With a 4.30 pm cut-off for orders – one of the latest in the industry, according to the company – Rushlift customers get the best possible support, all from within the UK.

Further information on Rushlift’s full service offering can be found at www.rushlift.co.uk