# Forklift Servicing Cost

> Forklift servicing cost and LOLER thorough examination explained: what is statutory, what is not, HSE intervals and the price drivers. Free local quotes.

## Key facts

- HSE states the specified intervals for thorough examination are 6 months for lifting equipment and associated accessories used to lift people, 6 months for all lifting accessories, and 12 months for all other lifting equipment, unless an examination scheme specifies other intervals.
- There is no statutory interval for routine forklift servicing. PUWER requires work equipment to be maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair, and where a machine has a maintenance log, for that log to be kept up to date.
- A thorough examination must be carried out by a competent person, and HSE says this should not be the same person who undertakes routine maintenance of the equipment, as they would then be assessing their own maintenance work.
- Where a competent person finds a serious defect, they must report it immediately and verbally to the dutyholder, follow it with a written report, and send a copy to the relevant enforcing authority.

## Key pages

- [What does forklift servicing cost?](https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Forklift servicing cost: what drives the price of a service contract](https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/forklift-servicing-cost/): What moves the price of forklift servicing: fleet size, truck type, hours run, response times, whether the LOLER examination is bundled, and how parts and tyres sit.
- [LOLER thorough examination for forklifts: intervals and duties](https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/loler-thorough-examination/): What a LOLER thorough examination is, HSE's 6 and 12 month intervals, who counts as a competent person, what the written report must contain, and how it differs.
- [PUWER and forklifts: the duties on the rest of the truck](https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/puwer-forklift-inspection/): LOLER covers the lifting parts. PUWER covers the truck: suitability, maintenance in efficient working order, inspection where deterioration is likely, and training.
- [Forklift service contract or ad hoc: which works out cheaper](https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/forklift-service-contract-vs-ad-hoc/): Planned maintenance contract, full maintenance or pay as you go: how each is priced, what gets excluded, and how to work out which is cheaper for your fleet and hours.
- [Servicing and thorough examination: the two duties, side by side](https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-14.
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## Data

- Servicing and thorough examination: the two duties, side by side. Methodology: Intervals and duties are taken from HSE's pages on thorough examinations and inspections of lifting equipment, safe lifting by machine, and PUWER, read on the updated date above. HSE's intervals are set by equipment type rather than by trade name, so the application to a particular truck is noted as such and should be confirmed with your competent person. We publish no price range: forklift servicing is quoted against fleet size, truck type, hours run, response time and what is bundled, and an invented average would mislead a buyer. The cost-driver rows are the factors engineers actually price against, with what to ask for so quotes are comparable.
- Last updated: 2026-08-14. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: HSE, thorough examinations and inspections of lifting equipment: https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/thorough-examinations-lifting-equipment.htm
- Source: HSE, safe lifting by machine (LOLER and PUWER): https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/lift-equipment.htm
- Source: HSE, PUWER overview: https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/puwer-overview.htm
- Source: HSE, maintenance of work equipment: https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/maintenance.htm
- Source: HSE, L117 Rider-operated lift trucks: operator training and safe use: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l117.htm
- Source: Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2307/contents
- Source: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2306/contents

## Citation

Cite as: "Servicing and thorough examination: the two duties, side by side", Forklift Servicing Cost, https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-14).

## About

- Forklift Servicing Cost is a free introduction service. We pass your details to at most three forklift service engineers covering your area, who quote you directly. We may receive a fee from providers; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. We are not engineers and we are not a competent person for the purposes of LOLER: we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Health and Safety Executive, and nothing here is legal or safety advice. Confirm the examination interval and category that apply to your specific trucks and attachments with your competent person.
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