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Servicing

Planned servicing on your yard, from a fleet of equipped vans with engineers the manufacturers trained. Genuine parts, and the examination in the same visit if it is due.

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Thank you — that is with the workshop.

A tail lift works hard and it works outside. Seals perish, hydraulics leak, ramps and rollers wear, and electrics take a beating from salt and pressure washers. None of that announces itself until the lift stops halfway down with a pallet on it.

Servicing on a schedule is cheaper than the alternative, and not mainly because parts are cheaper than parts. It is because a planned visit happens when the vehicle is standing anyway, and a breakdown happens on a Tuesday with a full load and a driver who cannot deliver it.

We service every make we represent and most we do not. Tell us what is on the vehicle and we will tell you straight whether we can look after it.

How a job runs

Off the road once, and back out working

  1. 1

    Tell us the fleet

    Vehicles, lifts and where they stand. We build a schedule around your operation, not our diary.

  2. 2

    We come to you

    An equipped van on your yard, at a time that keeps the vehicle working as long as possible.

  3. 3

    Serviced with genuine parts

    To the manufacturer's own specification, which is what keeps the warranty and the certification standing.

  4. 4

    Records that hold up

    A service record, and the examination report and test certificate where those were due.

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What we do with them

Supplied, fitted, serviced, repaired

  1. 01Planned servicing to the manufacturer's schedule
  2. 02On your yard, or in the Bristol workshop
  3. 03Genuine manufacturer parts only
  4. 04Hydraulics, rams, seals and pipework
  5. 05Electrics, controls and safety devices
  6. 06Platform, ramps, rollers and wear parts
  7. 07LOLER examination and weight test in the same visit

Compliance

The lift is lifting equipment

Servicing is not a thorough examination and does not satisfy LOLER. A service keeps the lift working; the examination is a separate legal judgement about whether it is safe to keep using, and it produces a report you must keep. We do both, and doing them together is why most of our customers only lose the vehicle once.

LOLER inspections
  • 6 monthsWhere the lift raises or lowers people
  • 12 monthsWhere it carries goods only
  • Written schemeSets the interval instead, where a competent person has drawn one up
11Makes represented
50miRadius from Bristol
GenuineParts only
1981Doing this since
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Manufacturers

The makes we fit

We are independent, so we can tell you which of these suits the vehicle rather than which one we sell — and we service and repair well beyond this list.

Not sure what is on yours? Send a photograph of the rear and we will tell you.

Dhollandia
Anteo
Bär Cargolift
MBB Palfinger
Palfinger
Zepro
Ross & Bonnyman
Tommy Gate
Leyman Liftgates
Penny Hydraulics
Del

Common questions

Tail lifts, asked and answered

How often should a tail lift be serviced?
To the manufacturer's schedule, which varies by make and by how hard the lift works. A multi-drop lift cycling forty times a day is not the same as one used twice a week.
Is servicing the same as a LOLER examination?
No. A service keeps it working, an examination decides whether it is safe to keep using and produces a report you are required to hold. Most operators have us do both together.
Do you service makes you do not sell?
Yes, most of them. We represent the makes on this page and work well beyond that list.
Can you service a whole fleet in one visit?
That is usually the sensible way to do it, and it is why we run vans rather than asking everyone to come to us.
What if you find something serious?
You hear about it that day. We carry genuine parts and can often put it right in the same visit rather than booking a second one.
Do we have to bring the vehicle to you?
Only if the work needs the workshop — an installation, a conversion or a heavy repair. Servicing happens on your yard.

Need a lift looked at?

Tell us the vehicle and what it is doing. We will tell you whether it is a service, a repair or an examination that is due.

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