Drum Handling Equipment

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Drum Handling Equipment

The use of Steel and Plastic drums proves to be one of the most effective ways to handle liquids and/or lubricants. However, there is quite a process before it gets it to the end users door… In order for the drums to arrive without damage or spillage, it requires a series of safe manoeuvres with various attachments to load and off load.

Drum Handling can be a very labour intensive task and its crucial that you invest your money in the right equipment. You need to ensure the safety of staff and visitors but also help with improving the productivity of the transport operation and maximising your storage space.

To make sure that our Drum Handling Equipment section has a large variety of different fork mounted attachments and ground equipment that help with manoeuvring both steel and plastic drums of all dimensions and capacity’s.

With such a vast amount of different industries that use drums to transport their goods, we have something for every eventuality!

Available Drum Handling Products

Warrior Drum Caddy

Heavy Duty, highly manoeuvrable and easy to use. Can handle 140 litre or 210 litre steel or plastic drums. Removal handling used to tilt drums for positioning and doubles up as a bung.

Warrior Wide Straddle Drum Porter

Has a wide straddle to enable the unit to lift 45 Gallon Drums off pallets 800 mm width i.e. Euro pallets. The unit is exceptionally easy to operate, gliding along on large polyurethane wheels. Fitted with parking brake.

Warrior Drum Porter Override

The Warrior Drum Porter Override has a wide straddle and a cantilevered frame which allows it to pass over a 800 mm max wide pallet allowing drums to be manoeuvred both on and off with ease.

Warrior Drum Porter

Easy to use, lifts the drums hydraulically off the floor for transportation. It also smoothly lowers it via a spring return knob. The simple but very effective drum porter WRDT250 makes light work when moving 210 litre steel drums around.

Warrior Drum Porter Plus

Warrior Drum Porter plus will handle 140 or 210 litre drums on and off bund pallets as well as regular pallets.

Forklift Drum Handler

Fully automatic in operation, the heavy duty drum grabber simply locates underneath the ‘rolling hoops’ of the drum and tightens its grip once lifting commences.

Forklift Dual Drum Handler

Dual drum handler designed to handle two steel drums at the same time (one drum can also be handled). The FDH-2 drum grabber can help speed up your drum handling operations due to its dual lifting capability.

Drum Grab

One of our best selling drum handlers, our universal drum grab incorporates a quick-slide-two-position adjuster that allows both steel and ‘L’ & ‘XL’ ring plastic drums to be picked up.

Semi Automatic Drum Lifting Tongs

Semi automatic drum tongs allow drums to be picked up from the overhead vertical position via a forklift (yoke required). This makes the ideal drum handler for when drums are inaccessible for lifting from the side.

Fully Automatic Drum Lifting Tong

Our range of fully automatic drum lifting tongs allow drums to be picked up from the overhead vertical position. Done via a forklift truck (yoke required) or slung beneath an overhead crane hook.

Rim Grip Forklift Drum Handler

This rim grip forklift drum handler is the perfect choice for handing drums packed tightly together. The steel gripping head allows drums to be moved without spaces between them making it ideal for containers.

Twin Rim Grip Drum Handler

This twin rim grip forklift drum handler is the drum handler to choose for handing drums packed tightly together. The steel gripping head allows drums to be picked up or set down without spaces between them. This makes them it ideal for stuffing or de-stuffing containers.