Flexible, all-terrain and precisely accurate. These are the features which forwarders and building materials traders find particularly important in equipment for handling building materials. More and more carriers in this sector, in addition to using cranes, extol the virtues of the unconventional transportable forklifts built by Crayler.

The company Jens Schmidl from Frankenberg, near Chemnitz, a forwarder and building materials trading firm with a fleet of altogether 17 vehicles – 12 equipped with PALFINGER cranes – has deployed a Crayler BM as the ideal complement to its classic transport services. As an additional service to transporting goods from A to B, with the Crayler BM the load can be taken to places which are inaccessible for crane vehicles. Difficult ground conditions on the construction site and confined spaces are no obstacle for the Crayler BM. In handling paving stones at the open-air swimming pool in Frankenberg the Crayler BM 184 M, which has a lifting capacity of 1.8 tonnes, works efficiently and saves space.
The Pfaller forwarding company in Dietfurt operates 13 truck-trailer units (3 of which equipped with PALFINGER cranes) in the distribution of building materials throughout Germany. A BM 214 M, a maximum-power version with additional supports and a lifting capacity of 2.1 tonnes, is mainly used to handle Eternit corrugated sheets and general building materials. The company particularly appreciates its all-terrain capability and the fact that no loading and unloading aids are needed.

For both firms the Crayler transportable forklift is not just ideal for loading and unloading. The unit also opens up additional or new areas of business and therefore pays for itself in a very short time.