UK Forks in £1.7m telehandler spend

Vp subsidiary UK Forks has invested £1.7m on a fleet of 35 new 17m telehandlers. The fleet is made up of Manitou MT1740, Bobcat T40170 and JCB 540-170 Loadall machines, each with a lift capacity of 4t. All the machines have heavy-duty stabilisers, chassis levelling and all-round visibility convex mirrors as standard, in line with the latest Health & Safety Executive recommendations.These are the first 17m machines in UK Forks' fleet and the firm said it will replace cranes on confined sites. Hire Station has opened a new satellite branch on the site of the Morgan Vinci joint venture to serve the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The branch will provide rental services for contractors working on the CTRL between the Thames river crossing and Stratford.