Forklifts in Ballymena
EP electric forklifts, stackers and pallet trucks for Ballymena's manufacturers, food processors and engineering firms, under an hour from our Portadown depot.
Nearest depot: Portadown, about 55 minutes away · Open Mon to Fri, 8:30am to 5pm
- Nearest depotPortadown, about 55 minutes
- Phone028 3833 7038
- EngineersMobile engineers from Portadown and Lurgan
- Opening hoursMon to Fri, 8:30am to 5pm
Electric forklifts and warehouse equipment for Ballymena
Ballymena builds buses for the world: Wrightbus employs about 2,300 people and most of the buses it makes are battery-electric. Around it are poultry processing, engineering and fabrication firms on Pennybridge, Woodside Road and Galgorm.
Electric trucks fit that zero-emission story on the shop floor. We supply EP counterbalance forklifts, compact stackers for older units with tight aisles and low doors, and lithium pallet trucks for multi-shift food plants, to buy or on contract hire.
- Buy new, or contract hire from 12 months
- LOLER thorough examinations and servicing by our own engineers
- Quotes in sterling
- Same-day breakdown response target
What Ballymena makes and moves
The sectors that keep pallets moving in and around Ballymena, and the kind of equipment that suits them.
Bus and vehicle manufacturing
Ballymena-headquartered Wrightbus employs about 2,300 people and builds around 1,300 buses a year, 90–95% of them battery-electric (Mid and East Antrim Council, May 2026).
Poultry processing
Moy Park restarted the live processing line at its Ballymena factory in November 2022, employing 150 people on that line.
Business park redevelopment
The former Michelin tyre plant was bought in 2018 by the owners of Lurgan's Silverwood Business Park, and is now listed as Silverwood Business Park, Raceview Road.
What works on Ballymena sites
- Wrightbus supply-chain firms already work in a battery-electric culture: electric and lithium forklifts fit that zero-emission story on the shop floor.
- Food plants such as poultry processors need trucks that cope with wash-down, chilled areas and multi-shift work: lithium opportunity charging avoids battery rooms.
- Older units on Pennybridge and Woodside Road often have tight aisles and low doors: compact electric stackers and walkie pallet trucks work where a full counterbalance won't fit.
Everything for your fleet in Ballymena
Clearlift is the exclusive EP Equipment dealer for Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Forklifts for sale
New EP electric counterbalance forklifts, including lithium-ion models.
Find out more →Forklift hire
Contract hire from 12 months, with maintenance and inspections included.
Find out more →Warehouse equipment
Pallet trucks, stackers, reach trucks, order pickers and tow tractors.
Find out more →Service & parts
Servicing, LOLER inspections, breakdowns and genuine EP parts for equipment we supply.
Find out more →Automation
EP automated pallet trucks that move pallets on their own.
Find out more →Forklift hire in Ballymena
Contract hire spreads the cost of a new EP truck over a fixed term from 12 months. Servicing, repairs and LOLER thorough examinations are included in one monthly payment, so there are no surprise bills.
We don't do short-term or weekly hire. For a few days' cover, a local plant hire firm is the better fit.
- Forklifts, pallet trucks, stackers, reach trucks and order pickers
- Lithium-ion or lead-acid batteries
- Delivered to your site in Ballymena
Business parks and estates we cover in Ballymena
Including Galgorm, Broughshane, Harryville, Cullybackey, Mid and East Antrim and Pennybridge.
Getting goods in and out of Ballymena
- The M2 bypasses Ballymena and the A26 is dual carriageway from Ballymena south to the M2/M22 junction at Antrim.
- The A26 continues north to Ballymoney and Coleraine, including the Frosses Road dual carriageway (opened 2017).
- Belfast International Airport, one of the UK's main regional airfreight centres, is just south of Antrim on the A26 corridor.
- Ballymena station is on the Belfast–Derry railway line.
Clearlift Portadown
- Address
- Unit 3 Carn Drive, Carn Industrial Estate, Portadown, BT63 5WJ
- From Ballymena
- About 55 minutes by road
- Phone
- 028 3833 7038
- Opening hours
- Mon to Fri, 8:30am to 5pm
Forklifts in Ballymena: your questions
Do you supply forklifts in Ballymena?
Yes. We supply new EP electric forklifts, pallet trucks, stackers, reach trucks, order pickers and automated pallet trucks across Ballymena, to buy or on contract hire. Our nearest depot is Portadown, about 55 minutes away.
How quickly can an engineer get to Ballymena?
We aim for a same-day or next-day breakdown response across Northern Ireland. Mobile engineers from Portadown and Lurgan. To report a breakdown, email service@clearlift.eu with your company name, the serial or fleet number of the truck, where it is and the fault.
Can I hire a forklift in Ballymena?
Yes. We offer contract hire from 12 months, with servicing, repairs and LOLER thorough examinations included in one monthly payment. We don't do short-term or weekly hire.
Do you carry out LOLER inspections in Ballymena?
Yes. Under LOLER a forklift needs a thorough examination at least every 12 months, or every 6 months if it lifts people. Our engineers carry these out for equipment we supply or hire, and the reports go into your online fleet portal.
What fits an older unit with tight aisles and low doors?
Compact EP walk-behind stackers and pallet trucks work where a full counterbalance forklift won't fit. Tell us the door height and aisle width and we'll recommend a truck that suits.
Which trucks suit bus and vehicle manufacturing in Ballymena?
Wrightbus supply-chain firms already work in a battery-electric culture: electric and lithium forklifts fit that zero-emission story on the shop floor. Tell us what you're moving and we'll recommend the right EP machine.
Other areas we cover
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