Approved Used Fork Lifts - Case Studies

When Michael Parker, Engineering & Facilities Manager from Alstons Upholstery Ltd needed to replace his 5 tonne fork lift truck that had reached the end of its useful life, he researched the market for not only new, but also second hand trucks, taking into account several criteria. “A truck of the right capacity was just one element of the purchasing decision,” said Michael “I looked at many criteria from service response to truck design. I needed a truck suitable for the application that was reliable and cost effective with the service backup should things go wrong”.

Alstons Upholstery Ltd is an award winning family-run business based in Colchester and one of the leading upholstery manufacturers in the UK. Established in 1951, Alstons have gained an enviable reputation for manufacturing Great British Furniture, with guaranteed deliveries and a top quality back up service.

“Once I’d stacked up all the costs, buying an Approved Used truck from Linde made the most sense” commented Michael “Seeing the trucks refurbished to such a high standard means that they end up just like new and a more cost effective solution for us”.

Linde Approved used trucks offer an excellent cost effective alternative to the investment in a new model. Typically ex-contract hire, all Linde Approved trucks have been maintained from new by Linde’s national network companies and their 23 fully equipped support centres nationwide. Linde Approved trucks are prepared to three levels which are designed to suit individual budgets and applications. Only genuine Linde parts are fitted during the refurbishment process and LOLER/PUWER certification is provided with every machine.

Whilst the truck was being prepared to Linde’s Approved standard, Linde supplied Alstons with a truck of exactly the same specification from their extensive Forklift Truck Hire fleet of over 10,000 trucks to keep things moving at Altons.

The Linde Approved used engine powered H 50 D with a capacity of 5 tonnes is now at work at Alstons moving in the region of 50 tonnes of timber and fabric a day. Unloading lorries and moving timber stacks, the compactness of this large capacity truck in combination with the excellent visibility for the operator is proving ideal for working in the confined space of the yard.

The Linde H 50 is fitted with the renowned Linde hydrostatic transmission which requires no differential, no conventional service brake and no clutch. With a reduced level of moving parts, there is a reduced level of maintenance costs incurred making this range ideal for use in busy applications like this.

“Our area representative, Rob Cramsie at Linde Material Handling East was really on the ball,” Michael continued “All my questions were dealt with quickly and his professional approach made the buying process that much easier.”

For more information on how Linde Material Handling can help your business, call 0845 608 5000 or visit www.used-forktrucks.co.uk .

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“Linde’s truck safety, reliability, durability, and competitive pricing, are second to none and these key features meant that we jumped at the chance to lease 16 Linde trucks for our factories. A move that has significantly increased the productivity of our delivery and storage systems.”
Jim Freer, Procurement Manager at Devro (Scotland) Ltd, Glasgow.

Linde Material Handling supplies Devro (Scotland) Ltd with a broad range of 16 forklift trucks on contract hire to maximise the productivity and cost efficiency of its operation. This comprises of a mixed fleet of electrical counterbalance trucks, electric pallet trucks, electric stacker trucks, reach trucks and gas trucks.

Based in Glasgow, Devro (Scotland) Ltd manufactures edible, collagen based sausage casings and is the world's leading provider of collagen products for the food industry.

Jim Freer, continues: “The Linde E20PL electric counterbalance trucks give us the versatility needed to stack and load pallets in restricted spaces both indoors and outdoors, making both loading and unloading far more productive. While our Linde R12 reach trucks provide a cost effective handling solution for our wider aisle storage and retrieval systems.”

For the retrieval of pallets in tight or pedestrian priority areas , Devro (Scotland) Ltd use the Linde L12 pallet stacker trucks which, thanks to its versatile, pedestrian or rider operated feature, is ideal for handling open based pallets and stillages across a variety of different functions in the factories.

Jim concludes: “Devro factories operate 24 hours a day and due to the high volume of casings, we deliver nationally and export globally, it’s essential that we have the right equipment. Pallets need to be lifted on and off lorries quickly, storage needs to be accurate and our work force needs to be safe. The Linde trucks have been the best solution to reach all Devro (Scotland) Ltds company requirements.”

Contract hire on both new and Linde Approved used equipment is provided through Linde Financial Services and offers the most flexible financing solution in the industry. Customers are only required to pay for truck usage, not ownership. This helps businesses to conserve capital and maintain liquidity to invest in other areas. Added to this, it gives customers access to the latest materials handling equipment while leaving credit lines unaffected. A single monthly payment includes the cost of maintenance with no residual or resale value issues at the end of the hire period.

For further information call 0845 608 5000 or go to www.used-forktrucks.co.uk .

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“We have always been aware of Linde’s reputation for reliable, high quality trucks. Our decision to purchase Linde Approved used equipment provided a cost effective alternative to investment in brand new as well as increasing our productivity and cost savings on maintenance.”
Eamon Thompson, managing director, Thompson Transport

Thompson Transport is a family run, haulage company, based in Dublin which distributes products in and around the city. The company has been running for over 30 years and turned to Linde for support when it wanted to upgrade its stacking and loading equipment.

Linde Material Handling now supplies Thompson Transport with ten Linde Approved used trucks to load and unload delivery lorries quickly. The T 16 electric powered pedestrian trucks and the T 20 models are designed for loading and unloading and specialise in the rapid transfer of palletised loads.

Chris Giles, sales engineer at Linde Material Handling Ireland explains:
“We first started working with Thompson Transport in 2010 when they were looking for high quality, reliable trucks which wouldn’t cost the earth. With their budget in mind, we suggested that a range of Linde Approved used tucks would be best for the company. We have since provided the company with 10 Linde Approved used power pallet trucks."

Linde Approved used equipment offers an excellent cost effective alternative to investment in new models. It is a risk-free way to acquire reliable, high performance equipment backed by a leading UK brand. Typically ex-contract hire, all Linde Approved trucks have been maintained from new to the manufacturer’s standards by Linde’s national network companies and their 23 fully equipped support centres nationwide. Linde offers a wide choice of trucks complete with individual service histories, and only genuine Linde parts fitted during refurbishment. Three grades of Linde Approved trucks are available, designed to suit individual budgets and applications.

For more information on how Linde Material Handling can help your business, call 0845 608 5000.

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Linde Approved provides cost effective used truck solution for Canberra UK

“As a global company, it is essential that we bought a truck which is durable, reliable and effective.

When I was first shown the Linde Approved used truck, I couldn’t believe that it was a refurbished truck, it looked brand new.

This, together with Linde’s reputation for exceptional customer care and service made Linde Approved a natural choice for us.”

Phil Price, Installation Manager, Canberra UK

Canberra UK is one of the worlds leading suppliers of radiological instrumentation to major technology centres, hospitals, power stations and research laboratories around the globe, for a diverse range of applications in the nuclear industry.

Canberra UK purchased a Linde Approved E14 electric counterbalance truck for general handling of palletised loads of sensitive measurement equipment for the nuclear industry.

Richard Brinsden, area sales manager at Linde South East, explains:
“Canberra UK makes radiation detection equipment and so the careful handling of its palletised loads is essential. The Linde Approved E14 electric counterbalance truck, with its highly manoeuvrable, versatile, AC drive technology is ideal for efficient and safe load transfer, both inside and outside a manufacturing faculty.”

Linde Approved used equipment offers an excellent cost effective alternative to investment in new models. It is a risk-free way to acquire reliable, high performance equipment backed by a leading UK brand. Typically ex-contract hire, all Linde Approved trucks have been maintained from new to the manufacturer’s standards by Linde’s national network companies and their 23 fully equipped support centres nationwide. Linde offers a wide choice of trucks complete with individual service histories, and only genuine Linde parts fitted during refurbishment. Three grades of Linde Approved trucks are available, designed to suit individual budgets and applications.

For more information on how Linde Material Handling can help your business, call 0845 608 5000 or visit www.used-forktrucks.co.uk .

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“As a sole trader, being able to purchase a refurbished truck of high quality and reliable performance, seemed like the most cost effective route to take.

My Linde Approved H25D counterbalance truck has made a real difference to my operation – it looks and operates as good as a brand new truck.”

Simon Muir, company owner, Simon Muir Building Contractors

Linde Material Handling supplied Simon Muir Building Contractors with a Linde Approved H25D diesel counterbalance truck to help the company with moving loads around the yard and lifting bricks onto the delivery van.

Simon Muir Building Contractors, is a small builders’ merchant based in Leyburn, North Yorkshire. The company was founded by Simon Muir over ten years ago. Its key customers comprise small scale construction contractors with projects such as private home extensions.

Kevin Richardson, Area Sales Manager at Linde Castle LTD, explains:
“The Linde Approved H25D diesel counterbalance truck is a great truck for a sole supplier such as Simon Muir. It is energy-efficient with low carbon emissions, low noise and provides impressive high-torque performance making it perfect for safe, rapid direction changes, intensive shunting and transfer duties often required at a builder’s yard. The high performance, productivity and reliability guaranteed by the Linde name made purchase from our Approved range of used trucks a no brainer for this customer.”

Linde offers a wide choice of trucks complete with individual service histories, and only genuine Linde parts fitted during refurbishment. Three grades of Linde Approved trucks are available, designed to suit individual budgets and applications.

For more information on how Linde Material Handling can help your business, call 0845 608 5000 or visit linde-mh.co.uk

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“Linde came recommended to us and since investing in an E14 electric truck we’ve not looked back. The vehicle meets the needs of the business by helping to load products on and off our delivery vans and is also compact enough to work within the confines of the brewery. We’ve been very happy with our E14 Linde forklift which is cost and energy efficient and it has certainly helped us to work smarter.”
Matthew Otley, Head Brewer, Otley Brewing Company

Linde Material Handling supplied Otley with a Linde-approved E14 electric forklift truck, complete with new battery to help the company manoeuvre heavy and bulky ingredients for brewing as well as its bottled and cask ales.

As a small, family-run business, the truck provides a cost-effective means to a quality truck guaranteed by the Linde name that is reliable and meets its specific needs.

The brewery, based in Pontypridd, south Wales, supplies its craft beers to a number of pubs, independent shops, hotels and restaurants across south Wales and the south of England. It employs seven staff in total and produces between 1,800 – 2,200 gallons of beer each week which equals about 20-30 pallets.

Steve Brown, Sales Account Manager at Linde Severnside Ltd, explains: “Otley got in touch with us back in December 2010 on recommendation from one of its employees. At the time the company was growing rapidly and experiencing a surge in customer orders so it was looking for a truck that could help staff load pallets of bottles and casks quickly and easily to and from the delivery van.

“Otley also needed a truck to help transport equipment and ingredients into the brewery that was suitable to work in a confined space, under a low mezzanine floor as well as handle loads inside and outside the unit.

“Before Otley purchased the truck, this work was all previously done by hand, requiring a lot of time and energy, or a forklift was borrowed from another company. As the company was growing, this method was not sustainable so Matthew decided it was time to invest in a refurbished E14 Linde truck.”

Linde supplied Otley Brewing Company with an electric E14 forklift truck which is energy-efficient and safe, offering optimum operator comfort and precise load handling.

Linde Approved used equipment offers an excellent cost effective alternative to investment in new models. It is a risk-free way to acquire reliable, high performance equipment backed by a leading UK brand. Typically ex-contract hire, all Linde Approved trucks have been maintained from new to the manufacturer’s standards by Linde’s national network companies and their 23 fully equipped support centres nationwide. Linde offers a wide choice of trucks complete with individual service histories, and only genuine Linde parts fitted during refurbishment. Three grades of Linde Approved trucks are available, designed to suit individual budgets and applications.

For more information on how Linde Material Handling can help your business, call 0845 608 5000 or visit www.used-forktrucks.co.uk

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“Reliability, productivity and truck user friendliness backed up by a robust after sales service were key considerations for us when purchasing our mixed fleet. Linde Approved used trucks and its network of highly trained service engineers provided the perfect solution for our needs.”

Grant Jackson, materials handling superintendant, Innovia Films

Linde Material Handling supplies Innovia Films with a mixed fleet of over 25 Linde Approved used trucks to provide an economic and risk-free alternative to purchase of brand new equipment. A qualified Linde service engineer also operates at the production site to ensure uninterrupted truck productivity through ongoing service and maintenance support.

Innovia Films is a leading global specialist producer of packaging films for supply into the packaging, tobacco, labels, overwrap and securities markets and is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria. With production sites in the UK, USA, Belgium and Australia, the company employs around 1,350 people worldwide with a total annual film production capacity of over 120k tonnes and annual turnover in excess of 400m euros.

Russ Garrigan, Used Equipment Account Manager at Linde Castle explains:
“Typically ex-contract hire, Linde Approved used equipment offers our customers an excellent cost effective alternative to investment in new models. All Linde Approved trucks have been maintained from new by our national network companies and their 23 fully equipped support centres nationwide.”

Linde currently supplies Innovia Films with a mixed fleet of Linde Approved trucks comprising H 20 T, H 30 T and H 35 T counterbalance trucks for moving pallets of finished goods around loading bays and unloading vehicles; P 60 tow tractors for moving materials between the manufacturer’s production areas as well as T 20 powered operated hand pallet trucks which make light work of handling goods in the confined spaces of the product packing area.

Linde Approved offers a wide choice of trucks complete with individual service histories, and only genuine Linde parts fitted during refurbishment. Three grades of Linde Approved trucks are available, designed to suit individual budgets and applications.

For more information on how Linde Material Handling can help your business, call 0845 608 5000 or visit www.used-forktrucks.co.uk .

When Woollards Builders Merchants needed to source a used truck with a quite unusual specification, it found that Linde Material Handling could deliver exactly what it needed.

Woollards Builder Merchants, a family business operating in Suffolk since 1947, made the strategic decision to invest in its warehousing and showroom premises in order to broaden its customer base.

The investments included the purchase of two side loaders and Ian Woollard, a partner in the business, had no hesitation in approaching Linde Material Handling.

“We have had Linde products before and we know that the on-going service is excellent. We have never had a bad engineer. Both personally and professionally, they are top class.”

The budget meant that Woollards was looking for second-hand rather than new equipment, but they did have a specific requirement that meant they could not buy a standard side-loader.

This was not a problem for Linde as it is happy to meet customer-specific requirements even on secondhand vehicles if it is not able to find the exact equipment within its extensive range of used trucks.

Linde’s staff sourced the freelift masts which needed to be fitted to the two side loaders which Woollards had identified and delivered the products.

Mr Woollard says: “The two forklifts were delivered in a superb Linde vehicle – it could have been delivering a Rolls-Royce! It is obvious that customers buying used trucks are treated just as well as those buying new products. Dealing with Linde has been an ideal buying experience.”

Mark Sullivan, Head of Used Trucks and Short Term Rental, says Linde has been running the Linde Approved standard since 2004 to ensure that the high quality which the company is famous for, is just as evident in used as in new products.

Linde Approved offers three classes of refurbishment – 3, 4, and 5 star, and this along with its national used database, ensures that Linde can meet the needs of its customers by selecting the product most suited to their particular needs.

“We believe we offer the most cost-effective solution to customers where a Used truck is right for their application and use,” explains Mr Sullivan. “Our engineers are factory trained and the products have been maintained to the highest standards throughout the term of the lease, so the used trucks are highly reliable.”

The Linde engineers also service the used products, further helping to keep them reliable and ensuring the highest productivity is maintained for the maximum time.

Mr Sullivan says that although price is obviously an important element in the purchaser’s decision-making process, the on-going service and spare parts provision is equally important. “In the end, the people and the service are the real differentiators for most customers, as Mr Woollard shows.”