Trusting your truck

The word reliability can be difficult to quantify. The amount of downtime probably springs to mind first but there are a lot of elements that can make your truck more reliable.

At Toyota Material Handling UK, the very moment a forklift truck starts its’ life on the production line at one of our production facilities the jigsaw of producing a reliable truck is being pieced together.

To translate what that means for you, here’s a step by step reliability check list as we follow one of our trucks from production to your operation.

Production
The Toyota Production System (TPS) is influential in all aspects of Toyota Material Handling. It encourages every member of the Toyota family to challenge what they do and look for ways to continually improve by never accepting that any process is 100% perfect. This level of commitment to the production of our forklift trucks means that every stage of the production line produces the most reliable components, the most durable chassis and the most efficient industrial engines. Toyota has spent nearly 60 years refining and developing counterbalance forklifts and will continue to innovate and improve making sure the forklift trucks they produce are providing the highest levels of reliability for our customers.

The truck at work - System of Active Stability (SAS)
You have ordered your truck and it has arrived on your site. You want to see reliability in action. The unique, patented SAS active safety system not only guarantees improved safety for your operators but it also results in improved reliability and greater productivity which helps you to keep your costs low. The system is made up of ten sensors, three actuators and a controller. It constantly monitor the forklift activity and takes corrective action when is senses factors that could lead to truck or load instability. SAS also features a number of functions that help the driver control the goods, reducing damage to the truck and load.

A safe truck gives your operators confidence when they go about their job. It eliminates the risk of the truck tipping over, reduces the likelihood of goods being damaged and gives you the trust in your material handling equipment.

Features
Reliability during the trucks production, tick. Reliability and safety from the day the truck arrives, tick. Now it is up to the truck to consistently deliver on a shift to shift basis.

Toyota Material Handling UK have a customer first philosophy which helps make our trucks the ‘operators choice’ in businesses up and down the UK.

From the 6mm solid steel panels and arches to the extra spacious cabs, operators will be able to physically see the reliability when they are at work on the truck. Visibility from the operators’ point of view is excellent resulting in them having the utmost confidence when manoeuvring goods around your operation.

Every little detail has been considered or made available as an option, from ergonomic handles when your operator literally needs a helping hand, comfortable seating so your operator doesn’t work in an uncomfortable environment to a simple, well designed dashboard making the Toyota counterbalance forklift trucks easy to use.

Get to know your truck
You can also get to know your truck or fleet of Toyota trucks with Toyota I_Site truck management system. The GPRS technology helps you understand the status of your truck(s), driver performance and overall productivity. It also helps you maintain a reliable fleet by managing the over/under utilisation of trucks, control access and introduce pre operational checks, directly improving a safer driving culture.

Extending your trucks life
Toyota service solutions can support you in making your materials handling equipment reliable throughout its lifetime. With over 600 Toyota trained service technicians covering the UK we guarantee a response rate within four hours and have a minimum of 95% first time fix rate, where we always use genuine Toyota parts.

A wide variety of service agreements are available no matter where you are located and the service team can make sure your truck is both safe and legal by carrying out CFTS accredited Thorough Examinations.

For more information on the Toyota Material Handling counterbalance range visit www.toyota-forklifts.co.uk.