Earlier this year Adaptalift Group acquired Dingli Australia, becoming the official Australian distributor for the leading range of elevating work platforms (EWP’s).

This week’s blog looks at the three main types of EWP’s available, providing a brief overview of the unit and its uses along whilst also showcasing popular models from the Dingli range.

Providing operators with ergonomic and comfortable seating during their shift is paramount for fleet owners and operators.

With operations often running 24/7 operators are sitting for longer periods of time, which can lead to many physical ailments most commonly back pain.

The correct seat allows operators to sit comfortably during operations, thus reducing the likelihood of the employee being affected by a physical ailment.

Hyster Asia-Pacific has begun demonstrating the latest in clean fuel technology, hydrogen powered forklifts.

Hyster’s Asia-Pacific Managing Director Tony Fagg believes that:

‘the new hydrogen powered vehicles…showcase the future for a whole new generation of future focused work vehicles…’

This weeks blog looks at the dangers of old forklift chains and what to look for to avoid the associated risks and hazards.

It will also discuss how to properly inspect your chains to determine whether or not to replace them.

This weeks blog highlights the Australian Government’s small business ‘Instant Write-off’ opportunity ending June 2018. Small business can capitalise on this opportunity to purchase capital equipment to enhance their business whilst gaining tax relief at the end of financial year.

This week’s blog highlights some of the turnkey handling solutions that have been developed by Hyster globally, to meet the most demanding applications.

This blog looks at the factors that help determine a forklifts trade-in value, whilst also providing some tips on how to maximise this value.

A forklifts centre of gravity changes as the machine performs certain tasks.

This week’s blog will look in depth at an important aspect of unit stability and lifting capabilities ‘load centres’.

This week’s blog looks at some common forklift related injuries and measures that can be implemented to further prevent/reduce the number of incidence of injuries occurring.

There are a number of ways that materials handling units can be driven including ride-on, stand-on or push behind.

This week’s blog compares sit down and stand up units, highlighting 5 differences between the two types of units.