Batteries help build savings

Batteries and battery management systems from Hoppecke Industrial Batteries are reported to have helped the Travis Perkins Group save around £250,000 a year on the costs of running a fleet of counterbalance and reach trucks.

Moving away from using IC engine trucks to electric machines, Briggs Equipment supplied Travis Perkins with 57 counterbalance Yale trucks on a three year contract.

Hoppecke supplied trak air batteries, 52 high frequency chargers, five battery changing systems and five trak monitor call forward and management systems.

This is all backed up by the company's Power for Life contract, which not only takes away any risks associated with managing batteries but improves their operation.

Travis Perkins worked out that with the cost of the new trucks and their maintenance and fuel costs, it would save around £750,000 over the length of the contract. This includes the cost for Hoppecke to provide all battery filling and maintenance.