Forklift Thorough Examination Scheduler
A free forklift maintenance register: last service, interval, due date and overdue alerts — sorted by urgency, stored in your browser.
Your register stays in this browser (localStorage) — nothing is uploaded.
Add your first forklift to see the schedule. Sorted by urgency, the next due item is always on top.
Field notes from maintenance practice
This is the statutory line that sits above the 250-hour PM tracker (use both): a thorough examination is the forklift's 'MOT', performed by a competent person, covering chains, forks, mast, hydraulics, brakes and steering, with a report you must keep. The register's job is making sure no truck's certificate quietly lapses — an expired examination can void insurance the day an incident happens.
Record each truck's examination certificate number and expiry in its register line — auditors and insurers ask for exactly that pairing. Run the register on whatever device lives where the work happens — a workshop tablet beats a spreadsheet on someone's laptop, because the person doing the job sees the list.
Sources & references
- UK LOLER 1998 — thorough examination of lifting equipment
- ISO 5057 — fork arm inspection and repair criteria
Scheduling aid only — statutory inspection intervals, OEM schedules and your insurer's requirements govern where they differ.
Forklift Thorough Examination Scheduler for maintenance and reliability teams: A free forklift maintenance register: last service, interval, due date and overdue alerts — sorted by urgency, stored in your browser. Free, private (everything runs in your browser) and ready for daily plant use.
About Forklift Thorough Examination Scheduler
This scheduler keeps a living register of your forklifts: add each one with its last service date and interval, and the board computes due dates, sorts by urgency and flags anything overdue or due within 14 days. One tap (✓) marks a service done and restarts that asset's clock. Statutory 'thorough examination' (UK LOLER/PUWER and equivalents) runs at least every 12 months for trucks lifting goods — every 6 months where the truck lifts people or has lifting accessories; many other jurisdictions mirror the annual cadence.
How to use Forklift Thorough Examination Scheduler
- 1Add each asset with its last service date and interval — presets reflect the cited standard, and you can override per asset.
- 2The register sorts itself by urgency: overdue first, then due-soon (≤14 days), with a badge per asset.
- 3Tick ✓ when a service is done to reset that asset's clock to today — the whole register persists in your browser.
Why use Forklift Thorough Examination Scheduler?
- ✓A free forklift maintenance register: last service, interval, due date and overdue alerts — sorted by urgency, stored in your browser — computed instantly with the standard formula
- ✓100% free and unlimited, with no sign-up, login or paywall
- ✓Runs entirely in your browser — readings and asset data never leave your device
- ✓Niche-specific defaults and thresholds for forklift, traceable to the cited standards
Frequently asked questions
How often should a forklift be serviced or inspected?+
Statutory 'thorough examination' (UK LOLER/PUWER and equivalents) runs at least every 12 months for trucks lifting goods — every 6 months where the truck lifts people or has lifting accessories; many other jurisdictions mirror the annual cadence. Severe duty, harsh environments or regulatory requirements shorten it — and your OEM manual, insurer or local code always takes precedence over the generic default.
What does the examiner actually measure on forks and chains?+
Forks: heel wear (10% thickness loss = withdraw — wear gauges make it a 10-second check), tip height difference (max ~3% of blade length), cracks at heel/hanger, and positioning lock function. Chains: elongation over a gauge length (3% = replace), edge wear, tight/frozen links, and anchor condition. These have hard discard limits because they're the two components whose failure drops the load — your own quarterly look at the same points catches damage between annual visits.
Calendar-based or usage-based — which scheduling is right here?+
Calendar scheduling suits forklifts because the dominant ageing mechanisms (seals drying, contamination, regulatory clocks) run on time, not duty. If a unit works double shifts, shorten its interval rather than switching methods — this register lets you set a different interval per asset.
Should I log services that happened before I started using this register?+
Add each forklift with its real last-service date, even if that was months ago — the register will immediately show some assets overdue, which is the truth you want visible. Starting everything 'fresh today' hides accumulated backlog and makes the first cycle look healthier than it is.
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