Forklifts
We’ve always had a bad run of luck with forklifts. We need forklifts because our stone fireplaces are so substantial and heavy that they are not easy to move around by hand. Of course it is rare that our customers have a forklift on site when their stone fireplace is delivered, but if they are doing a big building project then some do, which makes life a lot easier.
If not, then we always ask that there are at least 4 strong helpers available on site when our delivery is made. In most cases, the stone fireplaces need to be carried through several rooms in order to arrive at the room in which they’re going to be installed, so there is always some element of manual handling no matter how much machinery is on site. There really is no subsitute for some serious manual labour!
At our works, we need a forklift, because the large stone blocks from which we make your stone fireplace or stone staircase are sometimes massive, and when they are delivered from the quarry on big articulated trucks, they are definately not a manual job to unload!
We just seem to have had bad luck with forklifts. You can guarantee the time it won’t start, or that it springs an oil leak will be just as 40 tons of stone turn up at our yard, or as we’re just trying to load up an export shipment.