Find your full service forklift dealer easier with our mobile app!

Now, rather than trying to navigate a whole website while on your phone, Lucas Liftruck has developed an app for all of your material handling needs. Just type our web address into your smartphone (www.lucasliftruck.com), as you normally would, and presto! - a mobile friendly materials handling site for the golden horseshoe.

Most of the information contained on our website is available for immediate access wherever you may be: In the shop and realize one of your trucks are down? Pop on the Lucas app and make arrangements right away for service. Suddenly need a part while loading a trailer? The Lucas Liftruck web app is instantly available from your mobile phone. No need to rush into the office to make arrangements. Read the part number on scene to your lucas' contact or type it into our form. It's all just a click away.

Our new mobile app will simplify your life; from making rental or purchase decisions to managing your fleet maintenance.

The quality customer service you've always known us for drives us to be the best in the business, and the best stay current with service trends. This app is just another opportunity to serve you better!

Electric Utility Vehicles Now Available in Niagara and Hamilton Region

At Lucas Liftruck, the aim is to offer a full line of materials handling products, and our new line of utility vehicles complements an already diverse offering of forklifts and electric pallet trucks.

Utility vehicles are the unsung heroes of the warehouse, distribution and manufacturing industry. Lucas has included several categories to cover a range of applications from personnel carriers to simple tugs - which assist in pulling loads from one end of a facility to the other. Payload, run time and safe speed are essential in tracking productivity - and the Stärke group of utility vehicles offer all of this and more.

Lucas Liftruck has announced six models available immediately. 

Mobilität Means Mobility. This describes the UTT05 Personnel Carrier.

Arbeit Means Work. A perfect description for the UPT10S – 30D line of Burden Carriers.

Muskel Means Muscle. Bet you saw that coming! This describes the UTT20 – 100 line of Rider Tow tractors.

Mächtig Means Power. An excellent descriptor for the UTT45H Rider Tow Tractor.

Kraft Means Force. This describes the UTT15W powerful electric Puller Tug.

Bewegung Means Motion. This is the UTT25R Stock Picker, which features a wide range of motions.

These vehicles will assist in rounding out your current facility fleet, offering options that might otherwise have been overlooked. Talk to one of our expert sales people about the benefits of including a utility vehicle into your operations.

Forklift Rentals Make Fiscal Sense

Are you in need of a short term equipment rental to fill a production gap, or a long term rental with a guaranteed maintenance package to minimize the cost and responsibilities of ownership? Lucas Liftruck Services has an affordable solution to meet your application needs in the Niagara, Welland, St. Catharines and Hamilton regions.

From electric, gas, diesel and LPG forklifts, to electric stackers, pallet trucks and maintenance equipment, the Lucas fleet of dependable rental equipment is sure to have a unit that will suit your application and business needs.

The Lucas fleet of rental units are well maintained, OHSA certified, and tested before each rental to ensure they are ready for the demands of any application and are reliable enough to keep your business up and running.
Also, if you require Forklift training, Lucas can take care of that as well.

Rental equipment helps your business control expenses by allowing access to premium equipment without the responsibilities of ownership.

Get access to the right equipment for the job every time with the flexibility and versatility of the Lucas fleet of rental forklifts and equipment.

Reduce your production down time with up to date and reliable equipment.

test drive new equipment before you purchase to ensure the right fit

Contact your Lucas representative today to inquire about your next equipment rental 

New forklift website offers better user experience to Niagara region

LucasLiftruck; a company rooted in the Niagara community for over 75 years and in the Lucas family two generations, has a new website. Not unlike how industry built up around their small but determined garage in the 40’s and 50’s, Lucas expects to see increased interest through improved navigation and SEO efforts with their latest website property.

“Supplying and serving the Niagara and Hamilton regions’ material handling needs through quality products, people and services has been our pleasure.” Explains Ted Lucas, Owner, “Now we've designed a new, user friendly version of our website to make it easier for our current and prospective clients to find exactly what they’re looking for online.”

The simple and attractive layout highlights the brands Lucas carries with links to each for more information. The top menu offers the most commonly searched for pages creating a more intuitive experience for the user, while each page features a call to action; allowing visitors to effortlessly contact a material handling professional for anything from forklift parts, financing, forklift rentals, accessories, operator training classes, lift truck sales and the company blog. The right end of the top banner rotates through an assortment of available product, to offer a quick visual of the selection Lucas Liftruck offers its customers.

The Authorized Stärke Dealer banner allows visitors to recognize that Lucas Liftruck only represents the very best in material handling equipment, and can rest easy when purchasing products or services through our full-service dealership.

LucasLiftruck has been a partner in the Niagara region since 1939, and they expect to be here another 75 years; serving the community where they were established and have grown alongside. 

A checklist to assist in finding the right forklift provider in the Niagara Peninsula

It’s not always easy to weigh the benefits of one company over the other when they all say the same thing online. So before you decide on a forklift service provider in the Niagara region, you ought to visit their facilities and make a qualified decision from first-hand eye-witness experience. The service provider’s capabilities will reveal themselves through product knowledge, people and infrastructure. It’s on you, the company that owns the fleet of forklifts and lift trucks to make an informed decision. Below is a list of some of the questions to ask and observations to consider when sourcing a forklift services provider. 

• What is the value of their parts inventory on hand?
• Was their parts inventory organized and look current?
• Do they have a formal computer system and database to track the service history of each piece of your equipment?
• What are the company’s capabilities? i.e. How many mechanics? Tools? Equipment?
• Do they maintain service records on your trucks that would allow them to prepare their mechanics before the units reach their facility?
• Do they have mobile service trucks, and are they stocked with parts?
• How do they transport equipment for repairs, and how will that effect down-time?
• Do they offer special rate rentals while your equipment is down?
• Can they provide you with fleet cost analysis?
• Do they track your OHSA / safety certification requirements?
• Do they track your OHSA operator training requirements?
• Do they offer forklift training?
• How long have they been in business?
• How do they support their local community?
• Do they have case studies and testimonials?

As you can see; any one of these deficiencies will result in inefficiencies which put the actual cost of your long-term service requirements much higher. Remember, cost of service shouldn't be your only factor. In order to offer the above services you may find the hourly rate higher, but without these services, it could cost you considerably more.

A lower rate provider is more likely to provide your equipment with temporary solutions through repeat service calls - increasing your downtime, while the mid-higher rate providers are more likely to have the tools and systems that they need to work most efficiently to save you money over the long run!

Proper infrastructure at your service provider is necessary to keep your forklift fleet running optimally. You spent a lot of money on your forklifts; don’t look for savings in a service provider who can’t offer you the full range of services you deserve. It’s like the old saying, “You get what you pay for”.

Do you know the name of your forklift mechanic?

If so, we need to talk. 

Lucas Liftruck Services has the expertise, experience and infrastructure to get it done right, the first time. Lucas Liftruck Service won’t gouge your bottom line with band aid solutions that require several follow up appointments. So whether you remember their name or not, you’ll definitely appreciate their integrity, and the professional service that your equipment received.

Lucas’ job isn't done once we leave your facility. We are also working behind the scenes maintaining the proper infrastructure to support you.

• Detail computerized cost repair records to aid you in asset replacement decision making.
• A huge parts department and fully stock service vans to get your equipment back in action quickly.
• A large fleet of rentals for seasonal or peak business times.
• Complete forklift operator certification / training services to keep you in compliance with OHSA & CSA B335 requirements.
• A large selection of new & used forklifts in-stock for quick delivery.
• Centrally located with mobile service vans to service the entire Niagara Peninsula and Hamilton Ontario area.

Our quality is in our people. Forklift Sales | Forklift Service | Forklift Parts | Forklift Training

Lucas Liftruck and the Niagara Industrial Association poised to show well in 2015

Lucas Liftruck is a member of one of the Niagara regions premiere industrial associations. As members in good standing with the Niagara Industrial Association, Lucas Liftruck has access to the leading voice and advocate of the manufacturing sector in Niagara, Ontario, Canada.

The Niagara Industrial Association is a committed organization which influences government policy in the interests of the manufacturing sector. The NIA pursues business development opportunities, provides members with important industry information, builds strategic partnerships and leverages the various programs and services that exist to support industrial development.

The Niagara Industrial Association has heightened the collective profiles and new business opportunities for Niagara-based manufacturing companies since 2007. As they put it in a 2014 article; innovation is the key to survival in the Niagara region, and with the addition of the Stärke brand of lift trucks and forklifts, which offer a complete line of material handling equipment, Lucas Liftruck has positioned itself to thrive in 2015.

The Niagara Industrial Association also holds events where members and non-members can attend as guests. These offer Niagara’s industrial leaders a glimpse into our region’s economic past, present and future. With multimodal transportation and excellent proximity to the United States border while keeping within an hour of the GTA, Niagara is situated to serve both markets.  Coupling location with manufacturing expertise, Niagara manufacturers working together can meet virtually any manufacturing need.

Material handling goes hand in hand with manufacturing; and so Lucas Liftruck in Thorold is poised to have another great year selling and servicing product to many of our NIA member companies along with the other over 800 manufacturing companies operating in the Niagara region.

For more on Lucas Liftruck and the materials handling products and services provided, visit our website.