We understand that every company has specialised needs. Our fleet management team can develop and implement pricing and auditing procedures to assure that you are receiving the most cost-effective, competitively priced package on an ongoing basis to help reduce your operating costs and increase productivity.

We welcome the opportunity to explore ways in which we can help raise your company’s operating efficiency and provide a no fuss, centralised account management platform.

With over 25 years in South Africa as a market leading industrial equipment supplier, Toyota Forklift is a well established branch network, can offer your company fleet management solutions for a variety of environments.  From timber yard to cold store warehousing and third party logistics with a complete range of material handling products.  Whether your requirement is for a hand pallet truck on short term hire right through to a massive 24 ton forklift on a long term fully maintained hire Toyota Forklift  fleet management is the right solution for your business.

Toyota Forklift  branch network is made up of long serving industry professionals who are dedicated to providing you with the right solution for your business and maintaining the highest levels of service, by providing on-going technical training and one of the highest levels of parts supply in the industry.

Management Reporting

Toyota  will work with you to develop a tailor made reporting system and review schedule providing you with information that allows you to measure equipment, operator and service provider performance as well as allowing both parties to identify opportunities for improvement in your business, such as:

• Utilisation
• Equipment downtime
• OH&S incidents and commentary
• Breakdown and response times

Benefits of Fully Maintained Hire

Long Term Rental:

• Covers the cost of all-fair wear and tear items and repairs over the life of the agreement, which avoids unscheduled out of pocket expenses.
• Costs are 100% tax deductible where as purchases are paid from shareholders’ funds and/or borrowing's.
• Frees up substantial capital that would have to otherwise be invested in an operator owned fleet, which can be better utilised to promote growth within your business.
• Provides the means to obtain the latest technology improving operator satisfaction, OH&S & productivity.
• Provides the flexibility to upgrade or change equipment specification with your changing operational requirements.
• Means your valuable management time, and skills are freed up to concentrate on your core business.
• Allows you to standardise current forklift fleet specifications across all sites increasing flexibility during peak periods.

Full Maintenance Agreement

The full maintenance agreement (FMA) includes all servicing and fair wear and tear repairs required as per the manufacturers schedules including all labour,  parts and oil required, excluded from the agreement are replacement tyres, batteries and chains, repairs due to operator or operation negligence and top up oils, these items will be additional for the clients account.
The agreements run for 60 months or 12, 000 hours or machine operation which ever occur first.

Preventative Service Agreement

We offer a Preventative maintenance agreement (PMA) at 250-hour intervals.  The PMA covers all servicing requirements as per the manufacturers’ schedules including parts, oils and labour.  The PMA rates exclude any repair work required other than servicing or warranty work.

Maintaining Existing Fleet

Fleet management is not purely about rental and leasing; it may be more viable for your company to own your material handling equipment for a number of reasons. The Toyota Forklift  branch Network can also provide a fleet maintenance management solution to let you focus on your core business.

Toyota dealers are responsible for the servicing and management of current equipment monitoring the equipment’s utilisation, compliance and viability to reduce down time and costs plus provide measurable information of your fleet sustainability.

Now more than ever as a fleet operator there is a need for your fleet to be consistent and compliant with latest South African Standard for industrial trucks (forklifts & towing tractors)

Is your current fleet is compliant?

Did you know if some of your fleet is dated pre 1995, it may not comply with current requirements for AS2359.1-1995 as all counterbalance forklift trucks sold after this date are required to have a seatbelt fitted.

Is your forklift compliant with the relevant statutory regulations?
Has your LPG system been inspected and dated according to requirements?
Are all your forklifts fitted with the correct rating plates and are they legible?
Is the forklift relevant for attachment fitted and is it rated at the correct load centre?

Toyota forklifts are compliant with requirements of AS2359 part 1 to part 12 for industrial trucks.

BT trucks are compliant with requirements of EN1726-1 for all trucks other than order pickers.  Order pickers are compliant with requirements of EN1726-2.

Raymond forklifts are compliant with requirements of ASME B56-1.

Risk assessments are available for all Toyota products.

Toyota fleet forklifts are able to be fitted with various options to help control and monitor your fleet and productivity such as speed limiting, key pad entry to isolate unwanted operators, data logging and weight measuring devices.

Reduction of risk through compliance

• OH&S
• Environmental risk reduction
• Duty of care
• In line with Workcover regulations & edicts
• “Industry Best Practice”

Summary of benefits:

Increased productivity

• Young fleet = minimal downtime
• Young fleet = optimal operating efficiency
• Young fleet = “fit for purpose”
• Young fleet = best for operator’s
• Young fleet = less environmental impact

Cost reduction

• Fleet reduction = cost benefit
• Fleet management = reduced admin costs
• Fleet management = known costs