Used2024 LONKING CPYD30-XL
TypeGasCapacity3,000 kgLift height4,700 mm
Hire from £105 / week View machine
Emergency forklift hire
Emergency Forklift Hire
A machine has broken down and the work has stopped. Ring us: we check which depot holds the right machine and which lorry is free, and give you a realistic time rather than an optimistic one.
- 24/7
- breakdown callout line outside office hours
- Same day
- often possible where the machine and a vehicle are free
- Next day
- the normal expectation for a standard truck
Ring, do not email
This is a phone call, not a form
An emergency hire is a logistics problem with a deadline. It is solved by someone checking which depot holds the right machine and which vehicle is free, and that takes a phone call. An enquiry form sent at 4pm on a Friday is answered on Monday; a phone call is answered now.
- Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.
- Outside those hours the breakdown callout line runs 24/7: use it if the machine failed overnight or at the weekend.
How fast a machine can be with you
It depends on three things
We will tell you on the call rather than promise first and check afterwards.
01
What you need
A 2.5 tonne diesel counterbalance is the most commonly stocked machine in the country and the easiest to move quickly. A 7 tonne machine, a very narrow aisle truck or anything with an unusual mast or attachment is a different proposition.
02
Where you are
We work from eight depots and run our own lorries, so the distance from the nearest depot holding the right machine is usually the deciding factor.
03
What time you ring
A call first thing has options that a call at half past four does not.
Where the machine and the vehicle are both available, same day delivery is often possible, and next day is the normal expectation for a standard truck. You are making decisions about your shift on our answer, so it will be a realistic one.
What to have ready when you ring
Five things that turn a ten minute call into two
- Your postcode, and whether a lorry can get in and turn.
- What you are lifting: the weight, and how high it has to go.
- Indoors or outdoors, and the floor surface. This decides electric against diesel or LPG, and cushion against pneumatic tyres.
- How long you need it, even roughly. Two days and two months are different conversations.
- Whether you have a trained operator for that type of machine.
If you do not know the weight, tell us what the load actually is and we will work it out. Guessing low is the most common cause of the wrong machine arriving.
Repair it or replace it?
Sometimes an engineer is faster than a lorry
When you ring we will ask what the machine is doing before assuming you need a hire.
| If | Usually the answer |
|---|---|
| The fault sounds small and the truck is otherwise sound | An engineer on an urgent breakdown callout, often same day |
| The part is a common wear item | A repair: we hold over £1 million of parts in UK stock |
| The repair will take days, or needs the machine at a depot | A hire machine to cover, with the repair running alongside |
| The truck is near the end of its life anyway | Hire now, then talk about part exchange rather than repairing it twice |
What arrives, and what it comes with
A normal hire, delivered quickly
An emergency hire is not a lesser one. You must not put hired-in lifting equipment to work without physical evidence that its last thorough examination has been carried out, so every hire machine goes out with a current thorough examination.
- Full maintenance and tyres for the hire period.
- A current thorough examination.
- Breakdown support from our own engineers.
- If it runs on, it becomes an ordinary short term hire at standard rates. Nothing has to be re-arranged.
While you are waiting, and after
Two things to do now, three for next time
While you are waiting
- Take the broken machine out of use properly: key out, and a physical tag or note on it so nobody has a go. A machine that has failed once can fail again without warning.
- Check your operators are trained on the machine that is coming; if not, we offer reach truck and counterbalance training.
Making the next one less urgent
- Planned servicing catches wear items before they strand a truck: forklift servicing.
- Fleet reporting shows which machine is heading for trouble, through first fix rates and repair spend per truck: fleet management.
- If your operation cannot absorb a machine being down for a day, a standing hire arrangement is worth discussing.
Forklifts available to hire
Machines in stock now with a weekly hire rate. Open one for its photos and full specification.
Used
Used2024 HYUNDAI 35LN-9A
TypeGasCapacity3,500 kgLift height6,000 mm
Hire from £105 / week View machine
Used2023 LONKING LG25GLT
TypeGasCapacity2,500 kgLift height4,700 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2023 LONKING LG18B
TypeElectricCapacity1,800 kgLift height4,750 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2023 LONKING LG18BE
TypeElectric 3-Wheel 48 voltCapacity1,800 kgLift height4,700 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2022 LONKING LG18B
TypeElectricCapacity1,800 kgLift height4,700 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2022 HYUNDAI 15L-7M
TypeGasCapacity1,500 kgLift height4,000 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2022 HYUNDAI 18L-7M
TypeGasCapacity1,800 kgLift height4,500 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2022 HYUNDAI 18L-7M
TypeGasCapacity1,800 kgLift height4,500 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2022 STILL RX20 1.6P
TypeElectricCapacity1,600 kgLift height3,480 mm
Hire from £95 / week View machine
Used2021 HYUNDAI 35DN-9V
TypeDieselCapacity3,500 kgLift height4,500 mm
Hire from £105 / week View machine
Used2021 HYUNDAI 35DN-9V
TypeDieselCapacity3,500 kgLift height4,500 mm
Hire from £105 / week View machine
Emergency hire: common questions
Often, where the machine you need and a vehicle to move it are both available. It depends on what you need, where you are and what time you ring: a standard 2.5 tonne counterbalance close to one of our depots is very different from a 7 tonne machine or a very narrow aisle truck. Next day is the normal expectation for a standard truck. We would rather give you a realistic time than an optimistic one.
Call 01708 861 414 rather than emailing, because an emergency hire is a logistics problem solved by someone checking which depot holds the right machine. Take the broken truck out of use properly: key out, and a physical tag on it so nobody has a go. Then have this ready: your postcode, the load weight and lift height, whether the work is indoors or outdoors, and how long you need cover for.
The office is Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. Outside those hours the breakdown callout line runs 24/7, which is the number to use if a machine has failed overnight or at the weekend.
Sometimes, and we will ask what the machine is doing before assuming you need a hire. If the fault sounds small and the truck is otherwise sound, an engineer on a breakdown callout is often faster and cheaper, and we hold over £1 million of parts in UK stock. Where the repair will take days or needs the machine at a depot, a hire covers the gap while the repair runs alongside.
Yes. It is a normal hire delivered quickly, not a lesser one. The machine arrives with full maintenance and tyres for the period, breakdown support and a current thorough examination. You must not put hired-in lifting equipment to work without physical evidence that its last examination has been carried out, so every hire machine goes out with a current thorough examination.
It converts to an ordinary short term hire at the standard rates and nothing has to be re-arranged. Short term hire has no fixed contract, so you keep it as long as the job needs and we collect on a date you set.
Your postcode and whether a lorry can get in and turn, what you are lifting and how high, whether the work is indoors or outdoors and on what floor, roughly how long you need it, and whether you have an operator trained on that type of machine. If you do not know the load weight, describe the load and we will work it out.
Often, yes. Machines that break down without warning usually have the thinnest service history, and sites that need emergency cover repeatedly are running no spare capacity. Planned servicing catches wear items early, and fleet reporting shows which machine is heading for trouble through first fix rates and repair spend per truck. Where an operation genuinely cannot absorb a day of downtime, a standing hire arrangement is worth discussing.
Eight depots across the UK
Our own engineers, out of our own depots - wherever you are, service comes from us.
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