Supplier of on-site facility units, Bunkabin has fitted Jayline Products load cushions to the carriages of its lift trucks to prevent damage to its range which includes various purpose-built sleeping accommodation cabins as well as toilet and shower facilities. These are hired to a wide range of customers from events organisers to construction sites.
The cabins are built at Bunkabins’ purpose-built factory in the north west and hire stock is held at a 10-acre yard at the same site. Another open storage facility near Luton offers additional space and serves customers south of the Midlands.
With dimensions similar to a typical cargo container and weighing some two tonnes, the cabins are made from steel which is laminate coated to ensure a smart exterior finish. They are designed to be handled by lift truck and feature ‘pockets’ near their base into which a lift truck’s forks can slide.
Unfortunately, if the forklift truck operators do not show sufficient care when handling the cabins, the walls can be dented and the laminate coating scratched, leaving the units looking tired and in need of repair in a short time.
“Our cabins are delivered directly to a customer’s site by wagon and are loaded on to vehicles by a fleet of Nissan counterbalanced forklifts,” explains the company’s transport manager, Andy Seddon.
The damage problems has been “all but eliminated” thanks to Jayline Products’ load cushions. Made in the UK from heavy duty moulded rubber, the patented load cushions fit to the rear face of a forklift truck’s forks and provide a protective barrier between the load and the forks. At Bunkabin, the cushions prevent the cabins from hitting the forks or the fork carriage with sufficient force to cause any dents or scratches to the exterior of the units.
“The return on our investment, which was only a few hundred pounds, was almost instant,” says Seddon. “Apart from the expense of having to put the cabins back in to the factory to repair damage, we risk upsetting our customers if a unit arrives at a client’s site showing signs of wear and tear. Since fitting the Jayline load cushions the number of repairs has fallen noticeably.”
Available in a choice of sizes, the Jayline load cushions are suitable for use with a wide range of materials handling equipment.
