Rough terrain forklift hire
Rough Terrain Forklift Hire
Rough terrain forklifts on hire, short term for a single contract or long term for the duration of a project. Sourced to the specification your ground and load need, and serviced by our own engineers from eight depots.
- Short or long
- term hire, for one contract or a whole project
- To spec
- matched to your ground and your load
- 8 depots
- servicing by our own engineers
Rough terrain forklift hire
Built to work off tarmac

A rough terrain forklift carries a load across mud, gravel, hardcore and sloping ground that would stop a standard warehouse truck within a few metres.
Rough terrain machines are not standing stock. On hire they are sourced to specification, so the machine is matched to your ground and your load rather than to what is sitting on a yard.
- Large pneumatic tyres
- High ground clearance
- Four wheel drive on most models
Used on construction sites and at builders merchants, timber and brick yards, farms, recycling and waste sites, and any yard that turns to mud in winter. Rough terrain forklifts for sale and hire
Rough terrain or a standard diesel truck?
The ground decides the machine
Rough terrain forklift
Best for genuinely unmade ground, slopes and sites in all weathers.
- A field in February
- Building sites before the ground is laid
- Short or long term hire
Standard diesel forklift
Best for a tarmac yard that happens to be uneven.
- Up to 7 tonnes in the hire fleet
- From £108 a week for 2.5 tonnes, ex VAT
Capacity on rough ground is not the same as on a flat floor: load charts derate as the mast is raised and as the ground slopes. Tell us the load, the lift height and the ground.
Rough terrain forklift hire prices
Get a hire price
Tell us the load, the lift height, the ground and how long the contract runs, and we will price the machine that fits. Transport is charged separately.
Hire terms
How rough terrain forklift hire works
| Hire terms | |
|---|---|
| Hire period | Short term for a single contract, or long term for the duration of a project. |
| Minimum charge | One week at the weekly rate. |
| Thorough examination | Every hire machine goes out with a current thorough examination. |
| If a machine stops | You get your money back, and we send an engineer out to fix it. Where we judge it necessary we supply a stand-in machine. |
| Delivery | Nationwide from eight depots, on our own transport. Transport is charged separately and depends on where you are. |
| Prices | Every price on this site is ex VAT. |
| Longer term | Lease purchase, contract hire or operating lease, on new and used machines. See leasing and contract hire. |
Rough terrain machines can also be bought new to factory order or used. We run operator training at our centres and on customers' sites, and provide servicing and thorough examinations for machines you already run.
Rough Terrain Forklift Hire: common questions
Eight depots across the UK
Our own engineers, out of our own depots - wherever you are, service comes from us.
Additional Services
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