Forklift Servicing Stowmarket
and Across Suffolk
Forklift servicing in Stowmarket and across Suffolk from MTE Services. Forklifts play a central part in many businesses, whether they run on gas, diesel or electricity, and regular servicing keeps them safe and working at their best.
Prevention is cheaper than cure. Scheduled servicing, especially for trucks with heavy use or long hours, finds small faults before they become expensive repairs and long spells of downtime.
It also keeps your forklift running efficiently and helps it last longer, which protects one of your business's most useful assets.
How Often Should a Forklift Be Serviced?
How often a forklift needs servicing depends on a few sensible factors. MTE Services looks at each of them when we set a schedule for your trucks.
Over the years we have built maintenance schedules around the way each forklift is used. Keeping to them helps a truck perform better, cuts repair costs and reduces downtime.
Manufacturer's Recommendations
Service intervals set by the maker.
Like a car, van or lorry, a forklift has brakes, electrics, an engine and steering that need servicing at the intervals its manufacturer recommends.
Hours and Wear
More use means more servicing.
The more hours a forklift works, the more its parts wear.
Following the recommended intervals keeps oils and other fluids at the right level and condition.
Age and Condition
Older trucks need closer attention.
Wear builds up as a forklift gets older, and a second-hand truck will usually need checking more often than a newer one.
Value of the Truck
Protect the asset you rely on.
A forklift is a valuable business asset, and the more you rely on it, the more regular servicing pays for itself in performance and working life.
Working Environment
Heavy use, heavier servicing.
Trucks that work hard, or in demanding conditions, need servicing more often to stay safe and avoid faster wear and tear.
Thorough Examinations
Inspections by accredited engineers.
Our engineers are accredited inspectors, so they can carry out thorough examinations as well as servicing, and they are trained regularly on thorough examination inspections.
Booking Your Forklift Service
Our forklift mechanics work within 50 miles of Stowmarket. When you get in touch, tell us the make, model and serial number of each truck and roughly how many hours it works, and we will suggest a service schedule. If a forklift is not working as it should, contact us straight away and an engineer will be on site at the earliest opportunity.
Schedules Built Around Your Trucks
Every forklift is used differently.
We set the service schedule for each truck by its age, condition and use, so it is serviced when it needs to be, not by guesswork.
Genuine Parts in Stock
Less waiting for parts.
We keep a varied stock of genuine parts, and if a part is not in stock we can usually get it within 24 hours.
Clear Quotes
No work without your approval.
If a service finds a fault that needs repair, you get a written quote first, with an estimate of how long the work will take.
You decide what happens next, and our engineer explains the options.
Our forklift services
Forklift Maintenance
Mobile engineers for breakdowns, repairs and planned maintenance on LPG, diesel, petrol and electric forklifts, carried out on your site to keep downtime short.
Annual Forklift Servicing
Scheduled servicing and thorough examinations, planned around your truck's age, condition and workload, so small faults are found before they cost you.
Forklift Sales
New and refurbished forklift trucks, including the Hangcha (HC) range, with finance packages tailored to your business and our engineers on hand afterwards.