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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 · Reach truck, VNA or articulated forklift: lifting in narrow aislesA four way electric reach truck is from £9,830 ex VAT and a man up three way VNA truck from £8,360 ex VAT, against £3,370 ex VAT for an electric counterbalance forklift. The narrow aisle machines cost more because they work aisles of roughly 1.6 to 2.5 m instead of the 3.5 to 4 m a counterbalance needs, and the floor you get back turns into pallet positions. What you buy comes down to three numbers: your clear aisle width, your top beam height, and whether the same truck also has to work the loading bay.
Guide · Cherry picker sizing: how much height and platform capacity to buyA cherry picker, meaning a self propelled articulated boom lift, costs from £19,350 ex VAT and earns that money only when you have to reach up and over something. For straight vertical work, a twin mast access platform listed at 12 m carries 200 kg from £2,310 ex VAT and an 8 m platform carries 125 kg from £1,195 ex VAT. Size the machine on working height, which is about 2 m above the height the platform itself reaches, and on the kilograms you need standing on it.
Guide · Stillage Cages: Which Capacity Stacks, What It Holds, What It CostsA stillage is a rigid steel or mesh cage built to be stacked when it is full, so it stores stock off the floor instead of only moving it around. Capacities run from 250 kg to 1,000 kg, starting from £56 ex VAT, bulk price for a 250 kg stackable mesh cage and from £80 ex VAT, bulk price for a 1,000 kg galvanised one. A roll container is cheaper at from £28 ex VAT, bulk price, but it rolls rather than stacks.
Guide · Folding warehouse trolleys: which pattern to buy, and when fixed is betterA folding warehouse trolley is priced from £29 ex VAT, bulk price for a 500 kg steel model, rising to from £87 ex VAT, bulk price for a heavy duty mesh sided version. Choose folding when trolleys stand idle between deliveries, travel in a van or come out only for a seasonal peak; choose a fixed trolley from £37 ex VAT when the same trolley is loaded all shift. Any quantity is welcome, and your written quote confirms the price for your quantity.
Comparison · Shop shelving for the Christmas reset: which unit fits which aisleShop shelving starts from £23 ex VAT, bulk price, and a double sided steel frame unit rated at 500 kg starts from £36 ex VAT, bulk price. Double sided gondola shelving for the shop floor is from £96 ex VAT, bulk price, at a 120 kg rating, so the customer facing unit costs more than the stronger stockroom one. The figure that decides the order is not the price per bay, it is the depth you can give up out of the aisle.
Guide · Platform ladders for picking: how many steps, and which safety railA mobile platform ladder starts at £40 ex VAT for a two step stainless steel trolley, and an eight step unit with a full safety rail is from £140 ex VAT, bulk price. The number that decides the purchase is not the price, it is the platform height you need to reach the top shelf and whether the picker has both hands full when they get there. Most cash and carry and warehouse aisles are settled by a three step or six step unit rated at 500 kg.
Comparison · Shopping baskets: hand carried or on wheels, and what each one costsA plastic shopping basket for a UK shop floor starts from £3 ex VAT, bulk price, and a version on two wheels with a pull handle starts from £3 ex VAT, bulk price. Hand baskets of 35 L to 45 L suit a quick top up shop, while wheeled baskets and folding mesh baskets of 50 L take the weight off customers who buy in bulk. Choose by how far people walk with a full basket, not by price alone.
Guide · Kids shopping trolleys: which type earns its place in your storeA kids shopping trolley is a scaled down supermarket trolley, normally 17 L or 50 L, that a child pushes alongside a parent. Factory-direct guide prices start from £11 ex VAT, bulk price, and a full size 160 L trolley with a moulded child seat and toy front is from £20 ex VAT, bulk price. Capacity, flag height, castors, colour and branding are all specified on your written quote because every trolley is made to order.
Guide · Forklift attachments: clamps, tippers and rotators, and what each one costsForklift attachments in this guide start from £795 ex VAT for a bale clamp and run to £4,900 ex VAT for a rotating paper roll clamp. The one figure that decides the purchase is residual capacity: every attachment adds weight ahead of the front axle and pushes the load centre forward, so a 2.5 t truck no longer lifts 2.5 t once it is fitted. Settle the carriage class, the hydraulic services on the truck and the derated capacity before you compare prices.Contact us by email
Send the model code and quantity to sales@londonpallettrucks.co.uk. We reply with a written price ex VAT that includes sea freight and import duty, plus the delivery cost for your postcode. Business customers only.