Mobile ramp rentals are the perfect answer to seasonal demand
Mobile ramp rentals are the perfect answer to seasonal demand
Even before the current difficult economic situation began, logistics businesses have always faced their biggest challenges during the busy sales season in the run-up to Black Friday and Christmas. A reliable loading and unloading process is critical to ensuring the efficient turnover of goods, which is why it is so important to ask yourself if you are prepared.
How do you act during the hottest selling season to keep the customer happy? The answer is simple – optimise your operations to minimise errors and increase business efficiency – but how you achieve this is less obvious.
Flexibility is key
Delivery problems arise when sellers do not consider the limitations of their infrastructure and their workload during peak sale periods. Companies that can adapt quickly to changing circumstances will be able to manage the situation flexibly and strengthen their business position.
Today there is a growing demand for rental of loading /unloading equipment such as yard ramps, or as they are also known, container loading ramps. First, it's beneficial because you have the opportunity to try out the equipment, see if it makes sense to use it and if it will help increase the efficiency of loading and unloading without having to shell out large sums to buy it. Another advantage of renting is the affordable cost, and if necessary, a platform or ramp can be repurchased later. And rental terms range from one month to five years.
Advantages of using mobile ramps
If a stationary ramp cannot be used when unloading goods for any reason, portable yardramps are the ideal way out. They provide free access for a forklift from the ground directly to the back of the vehicle. They can be easily transported from one facility to another and provide high speed loading and unloading.
This equipment allows you to set up loading and unloading operations almost anywhere, allowing you to use more space in your facility to do more work in less time.
Yardramps are ideal for their simplicity for situations where unloading is difficult due to inconvenient yard space, vehicle dimensions or warehouse specifics.
The ramp is also indispensable when you need to unload goods outside the warehouse, say, in temporary sites or rented premises where the construction of stationary shelving is impractical, as well as in conditions of rapid expansion, when you can load/unload more without making large financial investments.
And, of course, the main point - periods of congestion, such as before Christmas or Black Friday, when many orders need to be fulfilled.
Advantages of renting loading ramps and mobile ramps
If you rent a ramp for a minimum of 3 years, then at the end of that period you will have the option to replace your existing rental ramp with a new Rental Ramp. If it is rented for a further three years, we will even cover the transport costs of swapping the ramps over.
If you rented a ramp with a view to buy it within a period of three months, then you would have the rental costs deducted from the purchase price, if purchased in that period.
The quick payback and, without a doubt, the feasibility of using a loading ramp has been confirmed by hundreds of our grateful customers.
Published: 31/10/2022
