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A family-run company for three generations, established in 1981 — and Bristol’s largest independent tail lift dealer.

0117 9770810

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1981Established
3Generations
11Makes represented
50miCovered from Bristol
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1981Three generations on

We have been fitting and fixing tail lifts in Bristol since 1981, and the company is still in the same family three generations on.

What that actually buys you is memory. The engineer who comes out has probably seen your lift before, or one exactly like it, and knows the fault that make develops at that age. There is no call centre in between, and nobody is reading your problem off a script.

We specialise in the service and repair of every type of vehicle tail lift, and we are Bristol’s largest independent dealer. Independent is the important word. We are not tied to one manufacturer’s range, so when we tell you which lift suits the vehicle, that is the answer to the question rather than the thing we happen to sell.

Alongside the lifts we fit and repair vehicle roller shutter doors and curtain sides, and we run a fully equipped workshop in Brislington as well as a fleet of service vans and weight-testing vehicles covering fifty miles around the city.

Why people stay with us

Four things we will not compromise on

  1. 01

    Impartial advice

    We are independent, so the recommendation is about which lift suits your vehicle and your work — not which one we are contracted to shift.

  2. 02

    Genuine parts only

    Manufacturer parts, every time. It is what keeps the warranty intact and the examination certificate meaningful, and it is why the repair holds.

  3. 03

    Our own engineers

    Factory-trained, employed by us, in our own fully equipped vans. Not subcontracted out to whoever is nearest on the day.

  4. 04

    One place for all of it

    Supply, fitting, servicing, breakdowns, LOLER examination, weight testing and shutters. One visit, one vehicle off the road, one lot of paperwork.

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What we do with them

Supplied, fitted, serviced, repaired

  1. 01Tail lifts on vans, rigids and trailers
  2. 02Wheelchair and passenger lifts
  3. 03Roller shutter doors and curtain sides
  4. 04Planned servicing and breakdown repair
  5. 05LOLER thorough examination
  6. 06Weight testing and certification
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Manufacturers

The makes we fit

We are independent, so we can tell you which of these suits the vehicle rather than which one we sell — and we service and repair well beyond this list.

Not sure what is on yours? Send a photograph of the rear and we will tell you.

Dhollandia
Anteo
Bär Cargolift
MBB Palfinger
Palfinger
Zepro
Ross & Bonnyman
Tommy Gate
Leyman Liftgates
Penny Hydraulics
Del

Need a lift looked at?

Tell us the vehicle and what it is doing. We will tell you whether it is a service, a repair or an examination that is due.

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