BMB Industrial Cabs

21/10/2026

Buying a forklift instead of hiring one gives you one big advantage: you can set it up properly for the job.

That might mean new attachments, better controls or a cab for the operator using it every day. If the truck works outside, a cab keeps paying back every winter. Fit it once, and your operator stays warmer and drier for the life of the machine.

We design cabs around the specific truck, build them in the UK and fit them on site.

Just bought a forklift for outdoor work? Send us the make and model. We’ll tell you what we’d fit.

15/10/2026

Made in Birkenhead since 1990.

✅ 30+ years of manufacturing.
✅ 20,000+ cab designs on file.
✅ ISO 9001:2015 certified.
✅ Designed and built in the UK.
✅ Fitted nationwide.

If we already have your truck on file, we can get straight to work. If not, we scan it and design the cab around the machine.

Read the full story: https://bmbindustrialcabs.com/news/birkenhead-forklift-cab-manufacturer/

UK forklift cab manufacturer BMB has designed and built cabs in Birkenhead since 1990, with 20,000+ designs, ISO 9001 certification and UK-wide fitting.

06/10/2026

Every material handling guide tells you to cut wasted motion. Fewer steps. Fewer touches. Cleaner handoffs.

Outside, the wasted motion often comes from the operator. The one climbing out to warm up or get out of the rain. The one working more slowly because their hands are cold. The one who has had enough long before the shift is meant to finish.

Swipe for where the time actually goes, and the fix that rarely makes the list. If your fleet works outside, send us the make and model. We will tell you what we would fit, before the cold sets in.

05/10/2026

Anyone can ship you a cab kit. Far fewer will turn up and fit it.

Once we've built and dispatched your cab, our own engineers come to you. Fitting is booked when you order and scheduled within 5 working days of dispatch.

Prefer to fit it yourself? You can buy the cab without fitting. Most customers would rather we handled it.

Send us the make and model and we'll quote it: bmbindustrialcabs.com

02/10/2026

Most forklift decisions get made on day one.

Is the capacity right? Does the lift height work? Does the fuel suit the site? Tick, tick, tick.

The thing that tends to get forgotten is the operator. You spot it on the first properly cold, wet winter, long after the truck arrived. Suddenly the cab is a retrofit instead of something you sorted from the start.

A truck can meet every operational requirement and still leave the operator exposed in a yard in January.

So if your next one is working outside, on a dock, or in a cold store, sort the cab while you are sorting the rest.

We have been building forklift cabs for more than 30 years, so we may already have a design for your model. Tell us what you are running and we will tell you what we would fit, if anything.

29/09/2026

Every loading dock efficiency checklist covers the same four things:

✅ Service the dock levellers
✅ Sort the scheduling
✅ Add door lights
✅ Keep the traffic moving

All worth doing. Not one of them protects the operator working the open doorway in cold, wet weather.

And a cold operator works slower. Over a full shift, that shows up in how fast trailers turn around. The item missing from the checklist: keep the person moving the freight warm and dry.

We build cabs for the forklifts working your dock. Each one is made for the machine and fitted on site by our own engineers. Tell us which trucks are running your dock this winter. We will tell you what we would fit.

24/09/2026

Not every forklift needs a cab.

A reach truck or order picker that lives in a heated warehouse? Leave it be. Same for pallet trucks and electric counterbalances that never go outside.

The ones worth cabbing are the ones out in it all day. Pneumatic tyre counterbalance trucks in the yard, rough terrain forklifts, and any truck sent out to the loading bay through winter.

That is where the operator is facing the weather for hours. On those machines a cab is not a nice-to-have. It keeps the driver protected and the truck working when conditions turn.

Which trucks on your site are still sending drivers out into the cold with no protection?

16/09/2026

A lot of warehouse advice focuses on improving what happens indoors: clear aisles, shorter routes and smarter storage. All worth doing.

Plenty of forklift work happens beyond the warehouse floor. In the yard. On the dock. In the timber lot. In the cold store.

The job stays the same: move loads and keep the operation running. The conditions do not. The operator may spend the whole shift in rain, wind or freezing temperatures.

That affects more than comfort.

Cold, wet drivers work more slowly. Visibility gets worse. Concentration becomes harder to maintain as the shift goes on. A better warehouse layout cannot solve what is happening inside the truck.

We have built cabs for these conditions for more than 30 years. We see the effect on productivity as clearly as the effect on operator welfare. When you review how your site runs, include the trucks working outside.

Before winter arrives, ask one question: "What protection does the operator actually have?"

Not sure? Send us the make and model. We will tell you what fits.

11/09/2026

Does your utility vehicle stop when the weather turns, or does the work carry on?

If it handles grounds maintenance, security patrols, estate work or site duties, it is more than a leisure buggy. It works through cold and rain, and so does the person driving it.

That is where a fitted enclosure earns its place. We design cabs for golf buggies, UTVs and Kawasaki Mules, built for the specific vehicle and fitted on site.

Does yours work through winter? Send us the make and model.

10/09/2026

How much winter protection does your forklift actually need?

That depends on where it works.

A canopy can be the right fit for trucks moving between covered areas and the yard, helping keep off rain and light wind.

For forklifts spending long periods outdoors in harsher conditions, a Full Steel Cab gives the operator much more protection from rain, wind, dust and cold.

Our latest blog explains the difference and helps you choose the right setup for the job.

Read the full guide to see which option suits your truck. bmbindustrialcabs.com/news/how-to-keep-your-forklift-driver-warm-and-dry-through-winter/