Tractive Power new products eliminate manual handling and health and safety issues

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 21, 2010 --

The new pedestrian operated electric tug units from Tractive Power called Tractive units are now becoming the industry favourite. New health and safety guidelines and legislation are changing the way companies think about their operations and workforce with regard to safe manual handling. In the last decade the growing market of pedestrian operated tug units, or Tractive units, has grown dramatically as companies look for alternative ways to handle heavy or awkward loads around their factory. So why use these electric tow tractors? Brendan Ratcliffe of Tractive Power commented, "Health and Safety for companies today is a huge part of the company structure. Companies realise that without the right tool for the job, workers can become fatigued during the day and long term suffer with back pains and other upper body stresses due to pushing and pulling. Some companies will use forklifts to tow the product but this in turn has its draw backs as they are large vehicles often having to operate in confined spaces and also extremely dangerous to have around working employees. Our Tractive units are compact, powerful and pedestrian operated so they can move around these confined spaces with ease. The added bonus is that no mandatory license is required so we can train the employees to use the equipment without any great expense.
Case studies have shown companies reducing the manual handling, by implementing one pedestrian tug and one operator to replace six or more people previously required to push equipment.
To date the powered electric tug market still remains a new innovation, but is increasing in size and demand, and Tractive Power are fast become the preferred choice due to there reliability, superior technology and after sales support.

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