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”.