Fixed-Frame Telehandlers
Examination of standard telescopic handlers used across construction and yard logistics.
Rough-Terrain Lift Plant
Telehandler Inspections in London
Independent statutory inspection of telescopic handlers across construction sites, builders' merchants and agricultural estates. We coordinate directly with hire fleets and main contractors so plant returns to work without a lost shift. The report, with photographs, comes the same day, and we remind you before the next one is due.
26+ Years Hands-On Engineering Experience
Independent of Maintenance Contracts
7 Days a Week, 6am to 6pm
Same-Day Reports, With Photos
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Engineering Approach
What our telehandler inspection programme delivers
Independent, defensible statutory examination by an engineer with deep hands-on plant experience.
- Twelve-monthly examination, or six-monthly when used with a work platform to lift people
- Boom, hydraulic, chassis and load-attachment inspection coverage
- Hire-fleet de-hire and on-hire support for plant rental operators
- Examined on site, timed so the machine returns to work without a lost shift
- Engineering reports with photographs issued the same day, against a trade convention of 28 days
- PUWER 1998 operator-competence and maintenance duties flagged alongside LOLER findings
What a telehandler inspection covers
A telehandler is part forklift, part crane, so the examination covers the boom, the attachments and the systems that stop it tipping:
- Boom: sections, wear pads, pins, bushes and welds
- Hydraulics: lift, telescope, tilt and compensation cylinders, hoses and drift
- Carriage and attachments: forks, buckets, jibs and the quick-hitch locking
- Stability system: the load moment indicator or longitudinal stability system, tested
- Stabilisers: outriggers, frame levelling and their interlocks
- Brakes and steering: service and parking brakes, steering modes and drive
- Cab and controls: joystick, emergency stop, seat restraint, alarms and lights
- Load charts and plates: load charts for each attachment and the capacity plate
Bypassed or faulty stability systems and worn boom pads are where telehandlers most often fail.
Twelve months or six
LOLER 1998 Regulation 9 sets twelve months for a telehandler lifting goods, and six months if it is ever used with a work platform to lift people. The rest of the machine is covered by PUWER as work equipment, and we examine both together.
How often do LOLER inspections need doing?What you get after the inspection
A Report of Thorough Examination with everything LOLER Schedule 1 requires — including the telehandler identified, the date examined, its safe working load, any defect with what must be done and by when, and the date the next examination is due — with each defect graded by severity. On top of that:
- Same-day report: issued digitally on the day of the inspection, not weeks later
- Photographs: of what was inspected and of any defect, in every report as standard
- Records and reminders: we keep the record on file and remind you before the next one falls due
If anything is not safe to use, you are told in writing before we leave. Because we sell no repairs, a defect on the report is never a quotation in disguise.
Assets We Examine
Asset classes covered under our telehandler inspection programme.
Rotating Telehandlers
Inspection of 360° rotating telehandlers used as combined lifting / man-platform plant.
Heavy-Duty Telehandlers
Examination of high-capacity industrial telehandlers operating in ports and steel-yard environments.
Agricultural Loaders
Statutory LOLER examinations of agricultural telehandlers — hay-bale handling, livestock and silage applications.
Telehandler Attachments
Examination of forks, jibs, hooks, man-baskets and bucket attachments used with handler plant.
Manufacturers We Inspect
Independent of every installer and manufacturer — no conflict of interest, whichever make is on your site.
- Manitou
- JCB
- Merlo
- Bobcat
Trusted by Critical Estates
Independent. Defensible. Genuinely Endorsed.
SAFed-aligned defect classification, and the endorsement below is a genuine NHS Trust quote — not stock marketing copy.
NHS
NHS
Critical estate passenger lift compliance experience
SK
Skanska
Construction & engineering compliance support
A·B·C
SAFed-Aligned Defect Grading
Defects graded A, B or C to the published SAFed severity scale — a grading standard we follow, not a membership we hold
DBS
Enhanced DBS
Director Mark Crowley holds an enhanced DBS check
NHS Trust Endorsement
“Exceptional response times and thorough documentation. Managing compliance across multiple critical medical estates is complex, but their team makes statutory lift auditing seamless.”
Phillip Nai
Critical Healthcare Estates Manager
Barts Health NHS Trust
Areas We Cover
Independent telehandler inspections across London.
Common Questions
Telehandler Inspection FAQs
How often does a telehandler need a LOLER thorough examination?
At least every twelve months in normal use, and every six months if it is ever used with a work platform to lift people. Forks, buckets and other attachments are examined with it.
Does the examination cover the whole machine?
The LOLER examination covers the boom, hydraulics, load-handling attachments and the safety systems such as the load moment indicator. The rest of the machine is covered by PUWER as work equipment, and we examine both together.
We use a man-basket on our telehandler. What changes?
The telehandler and the basket are then lifting people, so both are on a six-monthly examination. The basket must be compatible with the machine and the machine's controls must suit the combination.
Can you examine telehandlers on site?
Yes. We examine machines where they work, agree a time with the site, and issue the report the same day with photographs.
What fails most often on a telehandler?
A stability system that has been bypassed or no longer trips correctly, worn boom wear pads and pins, hydraulic leaks, and quick-hitch locks that do not fully engage.
Do you examine telehandlers for hire companies?
Yes, including on-hire and off-hire examinations at your depot, recorded by fleet and serial number.
How soon do I get the report?
The same day, with photographs.
Request a Survey
Tell us what needs inspecting and where. We'll reply within one business hour.
Already have an asset list or examination schedule? Email it to info@integrityliftcompliance.co.uk and we'll come back with a survey plan rather than ask you to retype it.
Survey Request Form
Further reading on telehandler inspections
How Often Does a Forklift Need a Thorough Examination?
Twelve months, for a forklift lifting goods. Six months the moment it lifts a person, which includes any use of a man-basket or work platform attachment. The interval is the easy part; what catches operators out is that fitting an attachment can change both the answer and the truck's rated capacity.
Who Examines Hired or Leased Lifting Equipment?
The common assumption is that hired plant is the hire company's problem. It is partly theirs and partly yours, and the part that is yours is the part that gets missed. LOLER places duties on whoever has control of the equipment, which on a hire site includes you.
How Often Are LOLER Inspections Required?
Six months for equipment that lifts people and for lifting accessories, twelve months for everything else, or in line with a written examination scheme drawn up by a competent person. That is the whole rule. What catches duty-holders out is rarely the interval itself — it is when the clock starts, what resets it, and the examinations that fall outside the cycle altogether.
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