See how your garden grows with Aisle-Master
September 25th 2009 The Greenhouse People, one of the UK’s leading providers of greenhouses, is using an AC electric powered Aisle-Master to achieve the maximum possible pallet density in its 3,000m² warehouse.
The company is now profiting from 50% increase in pallet spaces – 750 in all, compared to around 500 that could have been achieved with the old counterbalance forklift.
According to the Greenhouse People’s Kit Whiteman, “this will enable us to keep up with the increased volume of materials we are handling, without having to resort to outside storage or purchasing extra space.”
The Aisle-Master handles pallets or crates of glass and bundles of aluminium profiles, as well as being able to offload from incoming delivery vehicles in the yard. As the packs of glass are smaller than standard pallets, shorter forks were fitted, preventing them from protruding through the racking to avoid dislodging or damaging product stored in adjacent bays. As Aisle-Masters are all manufactured from start to finish at the company’s facility in Monaghan, a variety of paint finishes are available, and the Greenhouse People chose to have its truck in its corporate colour - blue.
“It is incredible what this versatile truck can do,” says Kit, “I can’t understand why anyone would choose another type of forklift for this operation. It is easy to drive, and we are seeing more and more uses for it as time goes on.”
More articles from Aisle-Master Ltd: | 
