More cars stored

Monaghan-based Atkinson Car Dismantlers has more than doubled the amount of breaking vehicles it can store in its yard thanks to the versatile abilities of a Combilift 4-way forklift.

Replacing a rough terrain truck with the 4t capacity Combilift has enabled aisle-widths between the storage bays to be reduced from 22 to 13ft, freeing space for 275 cars compared with a previous tally of around 100.

The ability of the Combilift range to carry long loads sideways in narrow confines was well suited to this particular situation, and the diesel powered truck that has now been in operation at Atkinson for a year has delivered benefits over and above space saving.

It is used to offload incoming vehicles from HGVs in a relatively tight space before de-pollution and the removal of fast selling parts. It then takes the cars to be stored three high in bays until they are needed for further parts.