Forklift Tipping Skips

Forklift tipping skips and roll forward skips

The forklift skips divide first by duty, standard or heavy, and then by what sits over the load: an open top, a lid or a mesh extension.

Forklift self-tipping skips

For general waste on sites, yards and factory floors, the standard choice is a self-tipping skip carried on fork pockets, which tips forward at its tipping point and rights itself once empty. The forklift self-tipping skips are built from mild steel in several sizes and colours, and they suit any operation where one driver collects and empties skips through the day.

Lidded forklift skips

A lid holds the contents inside until the moment the skip tips, so nothing lifts out or spills as the truck crosses a yard or a car park. The lidded self-tipping skips empty with the same self-tipping action as the open model, so the lid changes how the load travels and leaves the tipping routine as it is.

Forklift skips with mesh extension

A mesh extension raises the sides of the skip, so light waste can be loaded above the steel rim and still stay in the skip on the move. The self-tipping skips with a mesh extension are made for moving materials and rubbish around building sites and yards where drivers and pedestrians share the route.

Heavy duty roll forward tipping skips

Rubble, scrap metal and other dense or abrasive loads call for the heavy duty roll forward tipping skips, which are made from thicker steel plate and are released mechanically to roll forward and empty. Choose heavy duty over standard duty where the skip is loaded by excavator or loading shovel, or where it carries hardcore, steel offcuts and production scrap every day.

Mini tipper skips and swarf bins

A compact roll forward skip stands beside a lathe, a machining centre or a press to catch swarf, the fine chippings and filings that machining produces. The mini tipper skips and swarf bins take little floor space at the machine and are carried away by forklift when full.

Low height tipping skips

Where waste falls from a conveyor, a dross chute or the end of a production line below waist height, a standard skip is too tall to sit under the discharge point. The low height tipping skips fit beneath it, collect the by-products as they fall and tip automatically when the forklift empties them.

Self tipping or manual roll forward skips

A self tipping skip empties itself: when the forks tilt it past its tipping point it rolls forward, discharges and comes back upright, so one driver can tip it from the seat as often as the work needs. That suits busy yards, building sites and factory floors where the same skip goes back and forth many times in a shift.

A mechanically released roll forward skip, such as the heavy duty range, or a hanger skip such as the circular model, tips only when the release is operated, so the moment and the place of tipping stay under control. Choose a manual release where a second person works at the discharge point, where the skip empties into a hopper, bin or machine that needs a measured pour, or where an early tip would put people or plant at risk.

Tipping skips on sites, in workshops and in warehouses

Building sites and groundworks

On building sites and groundworks, tipping skips gather rubble, broken blocks, packaging and timber offcuts at the work face and carry them to the waste skips for collection. The route matters most: loaded skips travel over rough ground, ramps and temporary haul roads, so the load stays low on the forks until the truck reaches the tipping point. Separate tipping skips for timber, metal and mixed waste at the work face keep the main skips segregated, and segregated loads cost less to dispose of than mixed ones.

Factories and engineering workshops

In production, a skip waits at a machine or line and fills steadily, so the questions are how much floor space it can take and how often it must be changed. A spare empty skip at each station lets the operator swap a full one without stopping the machine.

Warehouses, yards and recycling

Warehouses produce mostly light, bulky waste: pallet wrap, cardboard, strapping and broken pallets. The double door dumping hopper holds two waste streams in separate compartments, so each can be tipped into its own larger waste skip or container.