Daily or pre-shift lift truck checks are all about avoiding tragedy and expense. Cat® Lift Trucks offers practical advice on this, to keep your operation safe and profitable. Broadly speaking, daily checks have two main aims: Safety – to stop lift trucks from being used in an unsafe condition...

Choosing the right options can turn a great lift truck into the perfect one for your business. After all, every application, operation and user is different. To meet their demands and preferences precisely, and get the best possible results, you need flexibility in your choice of features. You will...

What stacker type will best suit your materials handling application? Would you like to pay less for your lift truck? Do you want to make fuller use of your valuable warehouse space? And is versatility important in your choice of materials handling equipment? These are all good reasons to choose a...

Is the company offering you parts, servicing or repairs for your Cat® lift trucks a ‘genuine’ supplier? How can you be sure? And why does it matter? They may have a Cat® Lift Trucks logo somewhere on their wall, but are they part of our network? If not, how can you be certain of Cat® quality? We’ll...

Aches, pains, stress and fatigue caused by poor operating practices when using forklift trucks are very bad for business. Why should we all take them more seriously? How do they arise? And what can we do to avoid them? Ailments of the kinds mentioned can be costly to your company. That’s because...

The last few years have been challenging – to say the least – for many businesses involved in materials handling, warehousing and logistics. Having survived the effects of Covid, they are now recovering and investing in business growth. But what are the main aims of that investment, and what...

Responding to customers’ needs, Cat Lift Trucks continues to introduce new and innovative products at a remarkable rate. Here’s a summary of just the last two years’ launches in Europe. Cat electric counterbalance trucks Cat EP14-20(C)N2(T) 48V, 1.4 to 2.0 tonne, three-wheel and four-wheel electric...

As fuel and electricity prices soar, the incentive to reduce energy consumption grows ever stronger. For businesses using forklifts, Cat® Lift Trucks offers the following suggestions. Some may be obvious; others may not have been explored by your company yet. As well as saving money, each...

How do the trucks in your forklift fleet make your drivers feel? In this article we will look at the qualities of a lift truck that make it a pleasure to operate. Why? Because happy drivers are more motivated and perform better. Cat® Lift Trucks invests heavily in optimising the user experience...

How can you cut the cost of your lift trucks? Choosing forklifts with a lower purchase, lease or rental price might seem the obvious answer. But what about the many other expenses involved in operating them? The amount you pay a dealer for a forklift truck is only part of its lifetime cost. You will...