Forklift hire in Grimsby and surrounding areas
We supply forklifts to businesses in Grimsby and the surrounding areas, including Cleethorpes, Immingham, Healing, Laceby, Waltham, Humberston, Stallingborough and Holton le Clay. Because these places sit so close to our base, deliveries, swaps and breakdown call-outs can usually be arranged at short notice.
Business in Grimsby
Grimsby remains one of the UK's main centres for seafood and food processing. The Grimsby Fish Market still handles the daily catch, and the town is ringed by chilled and frozen food producers, cold stores and packaging firms that rely on quick, careful pallet handling.
The Port of Grimsby has also become a base for offshore wind operations and maintenance, serving wind farms out in the North Sea. Alongside the docks you will find engineering firms, chemical plants on the Humber Bank and distribution businesses on the Great Coates and Europarc estates, many of which need extra trucks for seasonal peaks or project work.
Grimsby sectors we supply
- Food processing: electric counterbalance and pallet trucks for clean, quiet indoor work in production and packing halls.
- Port and offshore wind: diesel counterbalance trucks and telehandlers for quayside yards, components and project cargo.
- Cold storage and distribution: reach trucks and very narrow aisle trucks that make the most of floor space in racked warehouses.
- Engineering and fabrication: counterbalance trucks for steel and workshop handling, plus access platforms for maintenance at height.
Getting machines to Grimsby sites
Most Grimsby sites are a short drive from our yard, whether you are on the docks, at Pyewipe, at Great Coates or on Europarc. We deliver and collect on our own transport, so we can plan around shift changes and tight dock access, and our engineers are based in the town rather than travelling in from elsewhere.
Handling challenges we help Grimsby businesses solve
Seasonal peaks in food production
Christmas and summer orders can push pallet movements in a packing hall well above normal for several weeks. Short-term hire lets you add trucks for the peak and send them back when volumes fall.
A mixed fleet of different makes
Plenty of Grimsby sites run trucks of different makes and ages. Because our engineers work on every make, hired and owned machines can sit under one maintenance arrangement.
Breakdowns in the middle of a shift
When one of your own trucks fails, a hire machine from our yard can cover it while we repair the original, with 24-hour breakdown support behind both.
How forklift hire works for Grimsby businesses
Tell us the heaviest load, the lift height, whether the truck works indoors or outside, the ground it runs on and how long you need it. We then recommend a machine from our own fleet, confirm the rate and bring it to your site, and if your operators need certification for that truck we can train them at our Grimsby training centre or on your premises.
Recommended services for Grimsby businesses
- Forklift hire: short and long-term hire of counterbalance, warehouse and access equipment from our Grimsby fleet.
- Servicing and repairs: planned maintenance, LOLER and PUWER thorough examinations and repairs on all makes.
- Operator training: RTITB accredited courses at our Grimsby training centre or on your own site.
Hire rates and minimum periods are quoted per job. Every hire includes delivery and collection on our own transport, routine servicing, a LOLER thorough examination and breakdown support from our service department. Fuel or charging and the operator are not included, and you will need hired-in plant insurance for the hire period.
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Talk to us about forklift hire in Grimsby
Call or email us with the job, the site and how long you need a truck, and we will recommend the right machine and give you a clear quote.
Call us on 01472 230244 or email enquiries@bjblifttrucks.co.uk, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. You can also send your details through our contact page, and find out more about the business on our about page.