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Buying notes, range news and offers from London Pallet Trucks: pallet trucks, pump trucks, stackers, forklifts, shopping trolleys and roll cages for UK businesses. Written for buyers, not for search engines, with real prices and real products.
Comparison · Shop display stands: which unit works in which spotA shop display stand is from £24 ex VAT, bulk price for a four tier wire rack and from £64 ex VAT, bulk price for an 80 kg promotion table, so the spread across the range is roughly two and a half times. The unit you need is decided by the spot, not the price: a mobile stand for an aisle end, a bulk food shelf for loose lines, a flat topped table for a stacked promotion. Height and footprint matter more than tier count, because a stand that blocks a trolley route gets moved to the stockroom within a week.
Guide · Mobile safety steps: how many sets, and where they stand in the aisleMost sites need one set of mobile safety steps for every pick zone that holds stock above shoulder height, plus one at goods in, because a picker who has to walk three aisles to fetch steps will climb the racking instead. Prices run from £40 ex VAT for a two step stainless ladder trolley to £96 ex VAT, bulk price for a six step rolling platform, and most of the 24 models in the range are rated 500 kg. Count the zones first, then choose the height.
Guide · Plastic shopping baskets: what fails first and when to replace themA plastic shopping basket for a UK shop floor starts from £3 ex VAT, bulk price for a 30 L hand basket, and a 50 L folding mesh basket starts from £11 ex VAT, bulk price. Baskets come out of use because of cracked handle pivots, split stacking rims and broken corners rather than because of their age. Walk the stacks with a full basket in your hand, pull the ones that have gone, and replace them in one order before your busiest trading weeks.
Comparison · Mini shopping trolley prices: what each band actually buysA mini shopping trolley, the small cart a child pushes beside the parent, starts from £11 ex VAT, bulk price, and most store ranks are bought in the £12 to £20 band. Above that the money goes on a welded steel frame, a 25 L basket and larger castors rather than on anything the shopper sees. The top of the children's trolley range is a themed steel trolley from £128 ex VAT, bulk price, which is a footfall feature rather than a rank trolley.
Comparison · Forklift bale clamp or carton clamp: which one grips your loadA forklift bale clamp grips soft, compressible loads such as wool, waste bales and packed textiles between two flat arms, and starts from £795 ex VAT. A carton clamp with side shifter, for boxed white goods and palletless cartons, starts from £1,990 ex VAT, and a paper roll clamp with curved arms for reels starts from £3,280 ex VAT. The load decides the clamp, not the truck.
Guide · Self loading stacker: getting the pallet off the van without a forkliftA self loading stacker is a compact 500 kg machine that travels with the delivery, comes off at the drop and lifts the pallet to between 1100 mm and 1600 mm, from £1,005 ex VAT. The semi electric version keeps the hand push and powers the lift, at £1,155 ex VAT for a 1100 mm van model, while a full electric lithium machine powers the travel as well, from £1,005 ex VAT. If the pallet never leaves your own floor, a manual hand stacker at £445 ex VAT does the same lift for less.
Guide · Floor scrubber drying: how soon can staff walk on the aisle againA floor scrubber lays water and detergent, scrubs and then lifts the dirty water back off through a squeegee and vacuum in the same pass, so the strip behind the machine is damp rather than wet and staff can usually walk the aisle straight away. Cleaning widths run from 540 mm to 850 mm, from £930 ex VAT for a walk behind and from £1,415 ex VAT for a ride on scrubber dryer. Whether the floor really comes out dry depends on the squeegee blade, the travel speed and the water flow, all of which you control.
Guide · What Does an Electric Pallet Jack Cost, and What Do You Get?An electric pallet jack starts at £390 ex VAT for a 1.5 t lithium-ion walkie, and a 2 to 3 t stand-on rider begins at £1,590 ex VAT. Most cash and carry, retail and warehouse buyers settle between £440 and £680 ex VAT, which is the semi-electric and full electric walkie band. What you pay for above that is duty cycle, battery size and the operator riding rather than walking.
Guide · How many shopping trolleys your store needs, and which sizes to mixHow many shopping trolleys a store needs comes from one sum: the number of trolley shops in your busiest hour multiplied by the time a trolley is away from the rank. A store with 90 trolley shops in the peak hour, each trolley away for about half an hour, needs roughly 45 trolleys in circulation plus a reserve for the bays and for repairs. New trade shopping trolleys, also called supermarket trolleys or shopping carts, run from 60 L to 270 L and start from £16 ex VAT, bulk price.Contact us by email
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