New forklift lightens the load
October 1st 2006

Clugston Distribution has just taken delivery of its third forklift from Bristol Forklifts to handle the large chunks of steel being delivered daily into Bristol's new rail freight terminal.

The terminal is designed to take lorries, particularly those carrying steel from the North East, off the roads.

Bristol Forklifts, based in Patchway, initially supplied Clugston with a refurbished 7t truck but as the volume and size of steel increased Clugston required a 16t tonne truck and most recently a 25 tonne truck.

Kevin Davis at Clugston commented: "We needed to find a local forklift supplier to source, refurbish and continue to maintain and service the equipment. We have a train coming in every day carrying steel up to 20m in length, and we need to off-load it promptly so the reliability of this equipment is critical. In the first year we handled over 70,000t of steel so we required reliable materials handling equipment as well as a dependable local supplier."

Bristol Forklifts have just reported a 40% increase in sales for the fourth consecutive year and are currently selling up to 150 new and refurbished trucks a year and have over 300 trucks in their hire fleet.

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