South-East Melbourne · from $175/week ex GST
Forklift hire in Braeside
Braeside's established industrial precinct between Lower Dandenong Road and Governor Road mixes long-standing manufacturers with food processors and trade suppliers — sites that have often run the same LPG forklift for a decade and are now doing the electric switch.
Braeside is classic established south-east industry: solid 1980s–2000s buildings, businesses that own their sheds, and a lot of LPG counterbalances reaching end of life. Most of our Braeside conversations start the same way — the LPG bill, the indoor fumes, or a big repair quote on a ten-year-old machine — and end with the running-cost maths from our electric vs LPG guide.
The switch pattern here is straightforward: general manufacturing lands on the EFX5-251, heavier engineering and building products on the EFX5-351, and smaller sites without three-phase power take the EFL181 — the one machine in the fleet that charges from a standard 15A outlet. Service coverage comes from the dealer network minutes up the road in Dandenong South.
Need a forklift in Braeside?
Tell us your loads, racking and power supply — written quote the same business day, delivered by the dealer network.