April 11, 2011 - Cooper SH, the UK’s leading distributor of Konecranes port and terminal equipment, has expanded its short-term rental fleet with a £3/4 million investment in four new heavy lifting machines.
The investment represents both a modernisation of the existing fleet as well as an enlargement of the container handling rental equipment as the Warwickshire-based company looks to further strengthen its range of facilities.
The fleet has now been expanded with additional 45 tonne laden reachstackers, a 25 tonne lift truck with fixed frame for either fork lift or 20’ box handling (aimed at the UK waste market) and finally a dedicated unladen model 108, empty reach stacker.
David Cooper, Managing Director of Cooper SH, commented: “The trucks can be considered as good as new, which is virtually unheard of for this size of machine in this sector. They are very low hour machines and most importantly, have the latest technology together with software and electronic hardware such as ECO drive – the award-winning fuel measurement tool.
“Short-term rental helps users manage their operational costs rather than impacting on capital expenditure and long-term cash flow. By introducing these latest specification trucks as part of our short-term rental fleet, we can provide our customers with a flexible, short-term heavy lifting solution whilst keeping costs to a minimum.”
Cooper SH adopts a policy of only renting modern, quiet and low emission equipment with regular stock rotation to maintain a low average fleet age.
Continued David: “Often, large rental trucks are old specification, and come with high maintenance and high exhaust emission that ultimately affect uptime and productivity. With our modern equipment, that reflects the very latest specifications, maintenance is kept to a minimum maximising truck utilisation and the operators are happy using modern, high performance equipment.”
All of Cooper SH’s trucks are LOLER certified and maintained by Cooper SH’s growing field engineering base.
“There is unquestionably a need for this type of equipment on a casual basis” David added. “This maybe a seasonal demand, an unscheduled machine outage or, as the economy recovers and factory lead times extend, they become a useful ‘prop’ machine to cover for new equipment delivery.”
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Cooper SH is the UK’s sole national distributor of Konecranes Lift trucks, MAFI terminal and RoRo tractors, operating across the UK and Northern Ireland. Independently owned, the company offers total solutions for forklifts from 6 to 60 metric tonnes and 25t to 45t terminal and ro ro tractors. It provides strong products and a reliable service to customers who operate in the toughest applications across freight, ports, inter-modal terminals and other heavy lifting industries.
Media contact:
Sue Tupling
Cooper SH
T. + 44 (0) 1785 247588 / + 44 (0) 7703 023026
E.
Company Contact:
David Cooper
Managing Director
Cooper SH Limited
Holly Farm Business Park
Honiley
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 1NP
United Kingdom
T. 01926 484633
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W. http://www.coopersh.com
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