Forklift Maintenance Services
Keep Your Business Moving with Expert Servicing
Forklifts are vital to efficient operations in logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing. When they stop, so does your workflow, leading to missed deadlines, increased costs and production delays. That’s why professional forklift maintenance services are essential to daily business continuity. With more than 40 years’ experience across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, RJ Hall Forklifts delivers reliable forklift maintenance solutions that help reduce downtime, improve safety and keep your equipment performing at its best.
As a trusted family run business, RJ Hall Forklifts understands the pressures faced by companies that rely on material handling equipment. Whether you operate a single truck or manage a large fleet across multiple sites, timely and dependable forklift maintenance plays a key role in keeping your business competitive.
Our qualified engineers service all forklift makes and models, including diesel, electric, and LPG variants with fully mobile support and a dedicated workshop in Winchcombe for more complex repairs.
In addition to regular forklift servicing, RJ Hall Forklifts offers tailored maintenance plans, pre purchase inspections, safety checks, and rapid response breakdown repairs. We also supply and fit genuine forklift parts, helping extend the lifespan of your equipment and prevent future faults.
Our approach is based on long term partnership, working closely with your team to schedule convenient service visits and ensure that your equipment is always compliant with UK safety regulations.
Fast, efficient maintenance – when you need it
From pallet trucks to heavy duty forklifts, we help you get the best performance from every machine, on time, on site, and with complete confidence.
Forklift Safety and Performance: The Role of Professional Servicing
Keeping your forklifts in top condition is vital for performance, for the safety of your operators and the efficiency of your business. Professional servicing addresses all mechanical, hydraulic and safety critical systems, ensuring your equipment can be trusted shift after shift.
Consistent Performance, Fewer Disruptions
When forklifts are serviced regularly by trained technicians, they deliver smooth, reliable performance. This consistency is essential for businesses with time sensitive operations such as manufacturing, distribution and warehousing. RJ Hall Forklifts’ technicians follow a structured service checklist to ensure each system is inspected, adjusted, and tested.
Key components serviced include:
- Braking and steering systems
- Hydraulic hoses and lift assemblies
- Control panels and warning systems
- Tyres, forks, and load handling equipment
Boosts Operator Confidence and Safety
Operators need to trust their machines. A forklift with faulty brakes or erratic controls puts people at risk. Regular servicing helps prevent accidents by catching worn or damaged parts early. When your team knows that the equipment is well looked after, they can focus on their work without hesitation.
Supports Health & Safety Compliance
Workplace safety regulations require forklifts to be kept in a safe working condition. Scheduled maintenance ensures you stay compliant with inspection standards such as LOLER. RJ Hall Forklifts keeps clear maintenance records so your business is always audit ready.
Designed Around Your Business
Whether you need monthly checks or high frequency inspections for heavy use equipment, RJ Hall Forklifts builds service plans around your usage patterns, shift schedules and site conditions.
Daily and Weekly Forklift Checks: What Your Team Should Know
Preventive maintenance begins with your operators. Daily and weekly forklift checks are the first line of defence against unexpected breakdowns and safety issues. When performed consistently, these simple routines reduce repair costs, extend equipment lifespan and improve site safety.
Daily Forklift Checks: Quick, Essential, Effective
Operators should carry out a pre use check at the start of every shift. This visual and functional inspection takes just a few minutes and can uncover early warning signs.
Train and Empower Your Operators
RJ Hall Forklifts offers tailored operator training that includes best practices for inspections. When your staff understand what to look for and feel empowered to report issues, faults are addressed before they become problems.
A structured forklift maintenance plan offers stability, transparency and peace of mind. Instead of reacting to faults after they appear, a scheduled servicing contract keeps your equipment performing safely and consistently, without guesswork or last minute disruptions.
RJ Hall Forklifts provides flexible maintenance contracts designed to match your equipment usage, business scale and operational needs.
What’s Included in a Planned Service Schedule?
Each maintenance contract includes:
- Pre scheduled forklift servicing
- Full mechanical, hydraulic and electrical inspections
- Safety compliance checks (including LOLER coordination)
- Genuine parts supply and fitting
- On site support or workshop repairs
- Detailed service reports and maintenance records
Our engineers follow a structured maintenance checklist to ensure every component is reviewed. You’ll always know the condition of your fleet, what’s been serviced and what’s due next.
Benefits of a Service Contract
A forklift servicing contract offers several long term advantages:
- Fixed maintenance intervals – Avoid unexpected downtime
- Budget control – Predictable costs with no surprise repair bills
- Compliance confidence – Meet legal and insurance requirements
- Clear records – Easier audits and internal reporting
- Operational flexibility – Schedule around your shift patterns
RJ Hall Forklifts works closely with your team to select the right level of servicing, whether it's monthly, quarterly or based on hours of use. Every plan is tailored, never templated.
Your Partner in Equipment Reliability
Whether you’re running two forklifts or twenty, we help you make confident decisions about care, upgrades and replacements. Our experience ensures your servicing plan delivers both value and performance.
Every minute a forklift is out of action costs your business time and money. Preventive maintenance helps you avoid these setbacks by identifying and resolving small faults before they lead to costly repairs or complete equipment failure.
At RJ Hall Forklifts, we believe that prevention is always better than cure and our service strategies are built around that philosophy.
With a preventative maintenance programme in place, downtime becomes manageable and predictable. You know in advance when a forklift will be out for servicing, so your operations aren’t left short staffed or behind schedule.
RJ Hall Forklifts works with your operations team to schedule maintenance around peak hours, shift changes, and seasonal demands, keeping productivity high and disruption low.
Regular care reduces the risk of expensive emergency repairs and unplanned parts replacement. Over time, this approach saves significant money and helps prolong the lifespan of each truck in your fleet.
We use only high quality, manufacturer recommended components and schedule servicing based on real world conditions, not just fixed intervals, resulting in maximum efficiency and better equipment health.
Stop Problems Before They Start
Forklifts experience wear and tear from daily use. Without proper care, minor issues like a loose connection or a worn tyre, can evolve into major faults that bring operations to a halt.
Preventive maintenance helps you:
- Detect mechanical issues early
- Replace worn parts before failure
- Keep forklifts working at full capacity
- Prevent delays in warehouse and yard workflows
Our engineers build a detailed service history for each forklift, enabling smarter maintenance planning and fewer unexpected call outs.
Keeping Costs Under Control Without Compromising Safety
Forklift maintenance is often seen as a cost, but in reality, it’s a safeguard. A well planned maintenance strategy not only keeps your trucks in top condition but also prevents the far higher costs associated with emergency repairs, unplanned downtime and safety breaches.
RJ Hall Forklifts helps businesses manage servicing costs without sacrificing reliability or safety.
Understand the Real Cost of Neglect
Postponing, servicing or delaying repairs might seem like a short term saving. In practice, it leads to:
- More frequent breakdowns
- Higher repair bills
- Safety incidents or compliance failures
- Lost productivity and rescheduled deliveries
Our experience shows that reactive maintenance almost always costs more than a structured servicing plan.
Fixed Cost Maintenance Contracts
Our maintenance contracts give you a clear picture of servicing costs over the year. There are no hidden extras, just honest pricing and predictable billing.
What you gain:
- Cost certainty
- Easier budgeting and cash flow planning
- Fewer financial shocks from emergency repairs
- Better forecasting for equipment upgrades or replacements
RJ Hall Forklifts can tailor maintenance packages based on the number of trucks, usage hours and your site conditions, so you’re never overpaying for unnecessary services.
Extend Equipment Value with Proper Care
Regular maintenance helps forklifts retain their value. Well serviced equipment performs more efficiently, lasts longer and has higher resale potential.
We also provide advice on when it’s more cost effective to continue servicing a truck or replace it with a newer model. Our records and reports support informed, budget conscious decisions.
Local Expertise Backed by 40 Years of Experience
When it comes to forklift servicing, choosing a local provider with proven experience makes all the difference. RJ Hall Forklifts has been supporting businesses across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire for over four decades, offering reliable, responsive and personalised service.
A Family Run Business You Can Rely On
As a local, family run company, RJ Hall Forklifts prioritises long term relationships over one off jobs. We take the time to understand your operation and provide maintenance services tailored to your specific environment and workload.
Clients trust us because:
- We respond quickly to servicing and repair requests
- Our engineers know the local industries and operating conditions
- We offer honest advice and transparent reporting
- Our team is easy to reach, flexible and friendly
Expertise Across All Makes and Models
Our engineers are fully trained to maintain and repair all major forklift brands, including Crown, Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Hyster. Whether you run diesel, LPG or electric models, we have the technical knowledge to keep them running efficiently.
We also service:
- Reach trucks and pallet trucks
- Telehandlers
- Warehouse material handling equipment
If a repair can’t be completed on site, we transport equipment to our fully equipped Winchcombe workshop, minimising disruption to your workflow.
A Service Partner, Not Just a Supplier
We go beyond the basics of forklift servicing. From custom maintenance schedules to operator training and sourcing genuine parts, RJ Hall Forklifts acts as an extension of your team, supporting you with practical advice and fast, reliable support whenever it’s needed.
What’s Included in Forklift Servicing?
Effective forklift servicing is about more than ticking boxes. It’s a detailed, systematic process that keeps your trucks safe, efficient and compliant. At RJ Hall Forklifts, every service visit follows a structured checklist, adapted to your equipment’s make, model and usage level.
Whether it’s a routine inspection or a deep mechanical overhaul, we ensure that no critical component is missed.
Core Elements of a Standard Service
Every planned forklift service includes:
- Brake system inspection – Check brake pads, fluid levels and pedal pressure
- Hydraulic checks – Inspect hoses, rams, valves, and lift chains for leaks or damage
- Steering and suspension review – Test for looseness, wear, and alignment issues
- Tyre checks – Assess pressure, tread depth and sidewall condition
- Electrical testing – Ensure lights, alarms and safety switches are working
- Fork and mast inspection – Identify signs of cracks, distortion or fatigue
- Battery care (for electric models) – Check charge retention, electrolyte levels and cable condition
Engine diagnostics (for diesel and LPG) – Inspect belts, filters, emissions and cooling systems
Build Operator Confidence and Workforce Safety
A well maintained forklift fleet is about mechanical reliability and plays a direct role in workplace safety and team morale. Operators who trust their equipment work more efficiently, stay safer and feel more supported by their employer. That’s why regular forklift maintenance is as much about people as it is about machines.
Safe Equipment Means Safer Operators
Worn brakes, unresponsive steering or flickering warning lights are risks to the health and safety of everyone on site. Routine servicing helps eliminate these hazards before they escalate.
RJ Hall Forklifts ensures each service includes safety critical checks such as:
- Seatbelt condition and latch security
- Horn, beacon and alarm testing
- Emergency stop function
- Visibility aids: mirrors, lights and cameras
- Tyre integrity and load stability
We help you create a safer environment where operators can focus on the job without second guessing their equipment.
Confidence Improves Performance
When forklifts function reliably, operators complete tasks more quickly and with fewer interruptions. This consistency boosts morale and helps maintain high productivity across your operation.
You’ll also reduce the stress and fatigue that often results from equipment faults, lowering the risk of mistakes or injuries during busy shifts.
Operator Engagement Starts with Training
RJ Hall Forklifts offers practical operator training, including guidance on:
- Pre shift inspections
- Early fault detection
- Reporting procedures
- Daily maintenance routines
When teams are trained to spot issues early and trust that their feedback will be acted upon, a culture of safety and accountability takes root.
Safe equipment helps prevent accidents, which in turn lowers the likelihood of lost time injuries and sick leave. This has a positive effect on staff retention, workplace morale and insurance premiums.
Tailored Maintenance Plans for Every Operation
No two businesses use their forklifts in exactly the same way. Whether your trucks operate across multiple shifts in a warehouse or on uneven outdoor terrain in agriculture, maintenance requirements vary. That’s why RJ Hall Forklifts provides tailored forklift servicing plans designed around your specific needs, fleet size and work environment.
One Plan Doesn’t Fit All
Some companies require monthly inspections due to intensive usage. Others may need quarterly checks for light duty forklifts.
We take the time to understand:
- Your operating hours and shift patterns
- Site conditions (indoor/outdoor, level/uneven surfaces)
- Equipment type and brand
- Age and condition of your fleet
- Any previous repair or breakdown history
From this, we build a servicing plan that delivers the right level of care, without over servicing or missing critical checks.
Coverage for All Equipment Types
We don’t just service standard forklifts. RJ Hall Forklifts offers maintenance plans for:
- Electric, LPG and diesel forklifts
- Pallet trucks and reach trucks
- Telehandlers and material handling machines
- Crown forklifts and other leading brands
We also supply parts and provide technical support across all makes and models, ensuring full coverage for your entire fleet.
Seasonal and Sector Specific Planning
Busy logistics operations may require increased servicing during peak seasons. Agricultural or construction businesses may face different challenges depending on the weather and terrain.
RJ Hall Forklifts adjusts your plan to reflect:
- Increased use during Q4 retail or harvest periods
- Outdoor exposure and washdown requirements
- Specialist equipment compliance for warehousing or distribution centres
Ongoing Review and Adjustment
Our servicing doesn’t stop with the first contract. As your business evolves, so can your maintenance plan. We regularly review performance data and adjust intervals or inspections to match how your forklifts are really being used.
Servicing That Keeps Your Forklifts Ready for What’s Next
Your forklifts need to perform every time you turn the key, whether it’s a normal shift or a high demand period. Regular, professional servicing ensures they’re always ready for the task at hand, supporting smooth operations, safe working conditions and long term reliability.
RJ Hall Forklifts provides dependable forklift maintenance services that prepare your equipment for both daily use and future growth.
Reliability Without Guesswork
Our preventative maintenance plans remove uncertainty from your operations. With service schedules tailored to your workload and site conditions, you avoid unexpected breakdowns and costly last minute repairs.
Each forklift receives:
- A clear maintenance schedule
- Thorough checks at set intervals
- Accurate service logs and fault tracking
- Fast turnaround on repairs when needed
This helps you plan your workflows with confidence and ensure critical assets remain online.
We carry a large stock of new and used parts for a wide range of vehicles. Please telephone us on 01242 604432 to help us source any specific parts that your require, or fill in the form below to send us your enquiry.
If you have any questions on our Services or Thorough Examinations, then please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss.
