Pile them high

Atkinson Car Dismantlers has more than doubled the amount of breaking vehicles it can store in its yard thanks to a Combilift 4-way forklift.

Replacing a rough terrain truck, the 4t capacity Combilift has reduced aisle-widths between the storage bays from 22ft to 13ft, freeing up space for a total of 275 cars compared with around 100.

The diesel powered truck offloads incoming vehicles from HGVs in a relatively tight space before depollution and the removal of fast selling parts. It then takes the cars to be stored three high in bays until they are needed for further parts.

Atkinson says that the truck is "very manoeuvrable and nifty, which makes it very straightforward to retrieve specific vehicles".