Sectors

Sidetracker Engineering – Servicing Material Handling Sectors For Over 60 years

Here at Sidetracker Engineering, our 60 years of first-hand experience is at the heart of all we do, and we take immense pride in providing our state-of-the-art multi-directional side loader forklifts to an extensive range of material handling sectors across the UK and beyond.

Whether you require our material handling equipment for metal stockholding processes, transporting long and awkward materials, timber handling, and more, Sidetracker Engineering is your trusted partner for safe, efficient, and reliable material handling across a multitude of forklift sectors.

Long and Awkward Loads

Capable of handling loads up to 600mm long, Sidetracker Engineering’s multi-directional side loader forklifts are the perfect solution for handling long and awkward loads such as timber, plastic, and steel, and can operate in aisles as narrow as 1500mm.

Metal Stockholding

Utilising our multi-directional side loaders not only provides exceptional manoeuvrability but also helps to speed up the efficiency of your daily operations. For material handling sectors such as metal stockholding industries, stock retrieval and stocktaking times are significantly reduced, resulting in faster dispatch times for both businesses and customers.

Reels and Rolls

Sidetracker Engineering’s multi-directional side loaders can be customised to handle specific loads such as reels and rolls safely and efficiently throughout warehouses and other industrial environments; from cable drums to carpet rolls, our material handling equipment ensures maximum productivity.

Timber Handling

The weight and length of timber handling can prove to be challenging. However, with Sidetracker Engineering’s forklift solutions, our multi-directional side loaders can handle timber loads up to 18m long, and lift to a height of 13m+, resulting in safe and efficient timber handling and transportation.

Extrusions

Sidetracker Engineering’s extrusion forklifts are capable of handling up to 8000kg in the narrowest of aisles. Providing the reach you need, our manual handling equipment offers safe access to single extrusions from stock locations including racking, stillages, and pockets up to 13m in height.

TESTIMONIALS

Don’t just take our word for it

Ariel Plastics have been using the same Sidetracker multi-directional sideloader within their Staveley operation for 22 years, with usage in guided aisles to handle sheet material of extended depth, as well as long materials inside and outside. Sidetracker has provided service and parts back-up during this time, enabling the truck to have such a long and productive lifespan, continuing into the future.

The interest in a factory re-built Sidetracker SO series came from the trucks multi-directional narrow aisle abilities, which enabled Auto-trail to add an extra run of double sided cantilever racking within the existing stores area, doubling the amount of material that fitted into the storage area. We have used subsequently used Sidetracker for service back-up with similar excellent results.

Since re-locating to new premises in 2004, we have been using a Sidetracker. When a new Sideloader was required, we had no hesitation in ordering a new Sidetracker, due to product quality and service back-up.

Abram Pulman and Sons Ltd bought their first narrow aisle multi-directional fork truck from Sidetracker Ltd in 1999 and this truck is still fully operational within a daily 2 shift system. Since then we have bought more trucks as the company grew and added to our storage racking systems. Over the years we have found all our trucks reliable, and the service packages provided by Sidetracker second to none, all competitively priced. They are an easy company to deal with and frankly we feel they are hard to beat within the multi-directional fork truck market.

Made in Britain

For over 60 years, Sidetracker multi-directional lift trucks have been designed and made in the UK. We pride ourselves on innovative design, high quality materials, and reliable processes to make sure that our trucks are worthy of carrying our brand logo.

Sidetracker is now proudly managed by the grandson of our founder, with generations of experience, knowledge, and expertise still running through our company.