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Excellence in customer service, with high product availability and fast delivery, is a corner stone of any companies’ business strategy. No more so is that true than in the Builders Merchant Yard or local DIY centre.

 In the building merchants sector that means having the mechanical muscle to handle the heavy and varied materials and products traded daily. Fast and efficient unloading and loading of vehicles, along with careful lifting and placement of heavy goods, such as bricks, blocks and timber, are critical activities that place a huge onus on the smooth operation of the forklift truck fleet.

The use of forklift attachments for bagging aggregates and weigh scales for precise order fulfilment are all essential tools for today’s builders merchant. 

 Ensuring the uptime of fork lift trucks and their attachments is critical to the efficient running of any builder’s merchants.

So, having reliable and fast service back-up and support requires a manufacturer and local service organisation that can provide just that.

The workhorse of any builder’s merchant is the diesel forklift truck and Hawthorne Fork Truck Services supply the powerful HELI range of diesel powered counterbalance trucks and powerful lithium ion powered machines  to customers across the north west.

The standard models offer the tough, ‘no frills’ capability ideal for builder’s yards and timber merchants.

Robust and easy to maintain with nothing too complicated or full of electronics that are going to keep breaking down every few days.

HELI’s standard features and extensive options include a host of features that make them the ideal lift truck partner and perfect for the dust and grit of builder’s merchant’s yards.

These options include a variety of features to improve safety, performance and productivity

Available with factory fitted fully heated cabins, partial cabs or front, overhead and rear screens, speed limiters for safety, rear grip handles for driver comfort when reversing, and steel under panels for extra protection on rough ground, the list of options is endless.

To find out more about the HELI range of lift trucks ideal for the builders merchants and DIY sectors contact a member of our team for sound advice and tailored solutions.