Flexi Articulated Forklifts for Sale and Hire

Flexi trucks are built by Narrow Aisle Ltd at Great Western Way, Great Bridge, Tipton, West Midlands. Narrow Aisle has been a pioneer of very narrow aisle (VNA) handling since 1976.

The first Flexi articulated fork truck was produced in 1990. Over 13,500 units have been supplied since the model's original release, in over 70 countries.

A Flexi has up to 230° digital power steering, stacks in aisles down to 1.6 metres, and eliminates dead aisle space, increasing usable storage space by up to 50%. Your achievable aisle depends on pallet type, load overhang and the clearance standard your racking is set out to.

Our stock system records these machines under two headings:

Narrow Aisle: 1,500 kg to 2,000 kg

• Flexi G4
• Flexi AC 1000
• Flexi Euro
• Flexi 17N+

Flexi: 2,000 kg to 2,500 kg

• Flexi AC
• Flexi AC Hiload
• Flexi AC Himax
• Flexi AC VNA

The live list, with lift heights and prices, is on the articulated forklifts page.

The names on used Flexi trucks do not match the current manufacturer range. Machines badged G4, AC, Hiload, Himax, VNA, Euro and 1000 are earlier generations.

Narrow Aisle's current range is numbered by capacity: 15VN, 17N, 20S, 22S+, 25W, 25WHL. A spec sheet for a current model will not always describe a used truck with a similar-sounding name, so it is worth asking us for the data plate and the actual measured aisle the machine will work in.

We will get those over to you.

Acclaim Handling is an authorised Flexi dealer. We sell Flexi articulated trucks new and used, service and thoroughly examine them with our own engineers, and stock parts for them.

Our parts department supplies parts for a range of makes including Flexi Narrow Aisle, Aislemaster and Combilift, alongside genuine STILL and Hyundai parts.

We hire all machine types, articulated trucks included.

There is no minimum hire period. A machine can go out for a day. The minimum charge is one week at the weekly rate. All prices ex VAT.

If a hired truck does not work, you get your money back on it. We will send an engineer to fix the machine, and we will put a prop-up machine in if we judge it necessary. That applies to all equipment on hire, not just forklifts.

Full hire terms are on the forklift hire page.

The vast majority of the used machines we sell came off our own hire fleet, so they are trucks we have maintained ourselves and have the history for. Every machine is inspected thoroughly to our standard before it is released to a customer. We also offer refurbishing.

Every used machine leaves with a current thorough examination as standard.

Browse used equipment for the wider fleet.

Finance is available on both new and used machines: lease purchase, contract hire, operating lease, or outright purchase. Tell us how you want it structured and we will price it.

We offer comprehensive maintenance contracts and planned maintenance. We also carry out thorough examinations on machines we did not supply, and on lifting accessories: slings, chains, forks and attachments.

Acclaim is CFTS accredited, and that accreditation is current. It means one thorough examination is designed to satisfy the LOLER thorough-examination requirement and the PUWER inspection requirement in a single visit, producing one report, rather than two visits and two certificates.

Thorough examinations from £135 ex VAT. Equipment service from £90 ex VAT.

There is a callout number if you need an engineer out straight away. That will carry a callout charge and travel.

We also hold ISO 9001, ISO 45001, UKMHA, SafeContractor, RTITB, JOSCAR and Cyber Essentials. See health, safety and compliance.

If you run a mixed fleet across sites, fleet management puts the service records, examination dates and costs in one place.

We are RTITB accredited and we have nine in-house instructors. Operator training is £360 ex VAT. Details on forklift training.

Three ways to get a pallet out of a narrow aisle. They are not interchangeable.

Flexi (Narrow Aisle Ltd, Tipton). Articulated. Aisles down to 1.6 m and lift heights to 15,000 mm on the 25WHL. Our stock runs 1,500–2,500 kg.

Aisle Master (built by Combilift, Co. Monaghan, Ireland). Also articulated. Our stock runs 1,500–2,000 kg: 15SE, 15SHE, 20SE and 20WHE. We can order Aisle Master and Combilift machines new from the factory. Both makes are listed together on the articulated forklifts page.

Reach truck. Mast moves, chassis stays. Different trade-offs on stability, outdoor use and load handling. See reach trucks and order pickers and VNA equipment.

The honest answer is that this is decided by measuring your aisles and looking at your racking, not by reading a page. We will come and do that.

South East (head office, Rainham), East Anglia, East (Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire), Midlands, West, Southern, Liverpool/North and South Coast.

We deliver nationwide; the transport fee depends on where you are. We also move machines for third parties: all machine types, not only forklifts.

Call 01708 861 414 or use the enquiry form. Tell us the aisle width, the racking height, the heaviest pallet and whether the truck goes outside. That is enough for us to tell you whether a Flexi is the right answer, and which one.

Acclaim Handling Ltd, Units 20/22 Salamons Way, Rainham, Essex RM13 9UL. Success built on quality service.