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What is Manual Handling?

Manual handling is the term used to describe the movement of typically heavy objects with the body. Defined more specifically, it can be considered to be “the process of lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or moving objects by hand or bodily force”. The term is...

What is a Roll Cage Tug?

Roll Cage Tugs and the LIFTEK CAGEMOVER A roll cage tug, or simply a cage tug, is a piece of powered manual handling equipment designed for assisting the safe movement of one or a collection of roll cages. While effective at transporting commercial goods, roll cages...

Know your Pallet Dimensions

A Guide to Standard UK and EUR Pallet Sizes When shipping and handling goods, pallets provide a standardised and reliable format on which they are moved. Pallet sizes are designed to provide efficient packing and transportation.  Whether being moved with a pallet...

Navigating PUWER and LOLER Compliance for Pallet Trucks

Understanding the Regulations In the UK, all pallet trucks, regardless of their lifting mechanism, fall under the purview of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER). These regulations are designed to ensure the safe and proper use of all...

Material Handling

Maximise Efficiency with the Right Pallet Truck for Your Pallets

Selecting the Ideal Handling Equipment to Complement Your Pallets When it comes to warehouse efficiency and safe operations, selecting the right handling equipment for your pallets is just as important as knowing your pallet dimensions. Matching the correct pallet...

Manual vs. Electric – which pallet truck should you choose?

Pallet trucks, whether a manual pallet truck or electric, also called pallet pumps or jacks, are a type of forklift used in warehouse environments to move pallets. They are essential in warehouses and storage facilities because they save time, increase efficiency and...

Are pallet trucks covered by LOLER and other pallet truck servicing questions?

A pallet truck is defined as a wheeled trolley that is engineered to both lift and move pallets. The built-for-purpose material handling solutions have tapered forks that are specially designed to be able to slot underneath a pallet. Pallet trucks also have pump...

What is the EP JX vertical order picker range, and how can they help your business?

If your business is involved in the shipping and handling of packages, you'll know how essential it is that orders are picked in as accurate and efficient a way as possible. This is where an EP order picker comes in. The foundation of a successful logistics operation...

How to get the most from your warehouse space using pallet trucks and stackers

In a warehouse, space is everything. Pallet trucks and stackers can help you make the most of it. Space represents a premium that must always be optimised for business growth and warehouse development. Not only does it directly impact your success as a business and...

Trends for the electric forklift industry and warehousing in 2022

The last few years have been a period of unprecedented flux for the world as a whole, and the electric forklift industry and logistics was no exception. First, the pandemic and lockdowns caused an enormous backlog of production in industrial centres, then the economic...

Everything you need to know about stainless steel and galvanised pallet trucks

If you've been browsing, looking for a pallet truck for sale, you may have noticed both stainless steel pallet trucks and galvanised pallet trucks are available. But what are they, what's so special about them, what kind of businesses use them, and are they worth your...

How to Keep Your Warehouse Safe & Productive

As a warehouse manager, what is the most critical factor for you, safety or productivity? Well, the obvious answer is both, isn’t it? However, some warehouse managers often mistake the two as mutually exclusive and forgo even the most basic safety measures in favour...

Preparing Your Supply Chain For The Festive Period

To those of you who aren’t initiates in the world of the supply chain, you’re probably thinking: Christmas is (at the time of writing) 109 days away, why panic? But professionals in the logistics arena know all too well that this time of year is when things begin to...