Telescopic Handler Hire in Melksham, Wiltshire
A grain store needs reach a standard telehandler cannot always give, and a tight farmyard rarely leaves room to stand back for it. One machine needs to do both.
Reaching the top of a tall grain store from a cramped farmyard standing position is a common problem across Wiltshire farms. The right boom length solves it.
Height and Standing Room Rarely Agree
Filling or clearing the top of a grain store usually needs real reach, but many farmyards leave very little room to stand the machine back far enough for a shorter boom to manage the height.
Tower scaffold hired for a single job can also end up costing more across its full erect-and-strike time than a longer-boom handler booked for the same task.
Coppard supplies telescopic handlers with the extra reach this kind of tight farmyard job needs, without requiring more standing room to use it. A written note of the current stage also helps if a different operator arrives on a later visit, since the figure used should never be a guess carried over from last time.
Our Telescopic Handler Range
Full details of every service from this depot sit on the Melksham Forklift Rental Service page, with the handler range itself set out on our Telescopic Handlers collection.
Boom lengths vary by model, with longer options built for exactly this kind of tall-store, tight-yard combination that a standard telehandler cannot always manage.
Call 01380 828988 with the store height and the available standing distance, and a model matched to both gets booked rather than a general guess. A jib attachment for awkward lifts into a loft space is also kept alongside the standard forks and bucket, listed on the same collection page for anyone planning a longer conversion. A muck bucket is also kept alongside for the dirtier end of a farmyard job, swapped in without a separate charge.
Telescopic Handlers for Melksham Grain Stores
Grain stores across the Melksham and Devizes farming area vary a good deal in height, from older barns to more recently built steel stores with taller eaves.
Overhead power lines crossing some farmyards change the safe standing position more than the building height itself does, so mention these if they are present.
Flag both the store height and anything overhead when booking, and the right boom length gets chosen with the whole picture in mind. A farm with power lines crossing more than one building should mention every location on the visit, since the safe standing distance changes more from building to building than the height itself does. A written note of every building and line on the visit helps plan the whole day as one trip rather than several.
What's Included With Every Telescopic Handler
A load chart, a service record and a short walk-round happen before any handler leaves the yard, whichever farm it is heading to. Call 01380 828988 if a different boom length turns out to be needed once the site is seen.
Forks, a bucket or a jib attachment can be fitted depending on the task, with fuel going out full and ordinary wear never charged for.
A written copy of the load chart is left with whoever is overseeing the job, so the figure used is never just a verbal note. Where a different boom length is needed once the site has actually been seen in person, a swap can usually be arranged without losing the day.
Why Choose Coppard
Fifty-four years of plant hire across Wiltshire back every handler leaving this yard, with CPA membership and Constructionline accreditation.
A handler booked with too short a boom for a tall grain store costs a farm more in a wasted return trip than giving the height upfront ever would.
Our team has supplied enough farms around Melksham to know which stores regularly need the longer-boom option and which manage on a standard handler. Call 01380 828988 to give the store height upfront, since a wasted return trip for the wrong boom length costs far more than a short measuring conversation. Our team has supplied enough Wiltshire farms to know which stores regularly need the longer-boom option.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know what boom length a grain store needs?
Give the store’s eaves height or roof height, even a rough figure, rather than guessing a model by name. Our team can work from that measurement to confirm which boom length actually reaches the job, rather than hoping a standard handler is long enough. A farm manager unsure of the exact height can describe the number of storeys or the roof pitch instead, and our team can work from that rather than needing a precise figure straight away.
Does a tight farmyard change which telehandler suits the job?
Yes, since less standing room means the handler needs a longer boom to reach the same height than it would on open ground. Describe how much room there is to stand back, and the depot can match the model to the actual space available. Roof height on an older farm building can differ a good deal from a modern agricultural shed, so treat the two separately rather than assuming a standard figure applies.
Are overhead power lines a problem for telehandler work?
They can be, since the safe standing distance from a line can limit the available space more than the building height itself does. Mention any overhead lines near the farmyard when booking, and the depot will factor that into the model and position suggested. Overhead power lines near the building should be mentioned at the same time, since the safe standing distance from a line affects available space just as much as fences do.
Can the same handler be booked across several visits to a farm?
Yes, a standing arrangement across several visits usually works out simpler to schedule than renegotiating the machine for every delivery through a longer farm project. Ask the depot about setting this up on the first booking. A standing arrangement across several visits also usually works out simpler to schedule than renegotiating the machine for every single delivery through a longer project. Ask the depot about setting this up on the very first booking to save renegotiating it each time.
What UK rules cover using a telescopic handler at work?
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 set out duties for lifting equipment, telehandlers included, whatever the farm setting. Coppard checks and records every machine before hire. This sits alongside, rather than instead of, any structural checks on the store itself. This sits alongside, rather than instead of, any structural checks a surveyor carries out on the roof or silo itself. Sign-off on the structure itself by a surveyor is still needed separately before work on the roof begins.
Looking for Telescopic Handler Hire near me?
Call Coppard at 01380 828988 to discuss which boom length fits your grain store, and to book a delivery date.
