Briggs makes £5.5 million Investment in Rental Fleet

6/6/2011 9:32 AM EST

Cannock-based forklift truck firm, Briggs Equipment has invested £5.5 million in its short-term rental (STR) fleet. The investment is part of a £20 million transition plan to supply the very latest equipment to customers across the UK.

The 450 new Yale machines being purchased this year will increase the total number of Yale machines to over 900 giving an average age of less than 18 months and reflecting the latest specifications.

Allan Parsons, Asset Manager of Briggs Equipment, explained: “We have made a huge step in our transition plan to supply the most efficient and reliable products. We want to be totally committed to providing our customers with cost effective, short-term solutions who want to rent from as little as one day or up to one year.

“STR fleets are usually made up of very old equipment which come with high maintenance and repair costs. Our machines are virtually new which will see fewer breakdowns and will keep service costs to a minimum.

“STR users often have difficulty in finding the right truck to fit their specific operation; which can pose a real threat to health and safety. With a wide variety of modifications available on our machines, we can provide flexible short-term solutions to fit many different applications.”

Currently, Briggs’s STR fleet is 30 per cent Yale and in the next six months it hopes to increase this to 55 per cent making a total of 1,200 Yale machines in the STR fleet.




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