The best pallet trucks, compared.
Top pick: Modern Group mini pallet truck Best value: COZYBRITE manual pallet truck – Same listing. It is the lowest shelf price here that still prints both fork dimensions, one load and a lift. The other rows omit a fork size, contradict the load, or cost more for 500 kg. Updated October 2026.
A pallet truck, or pump truck, is a pedestrian truck with two forks and a hydraulic tiller. It lifts a pallet just clear of the floor so you can push it. This comparison is for warehouses, shops and van users who already have pallets, not for a fridge or a sack. The difference is set out in [pallet truck or sack truck](/hub/lifting-equipment/blog/pallet-truck-or-sack-truck). Start with the width across the outside of both forks, then fork length, lowered height, rated load and the wheel for your floor. A simple truck that only lifts clear of the ground is outside on the Health and Safety Executive's list. A high-lift truck that can raise the forks above 300 mm falls under the 2018 line. Only one has a star line, 5.0 from two ratings, with no review text. Nothing here was weighed or pushed on a floor. Those checks, as a sequence rather than a product table, are in the [pallet truck buying guide](/hub/lifting-equipment/pallet-truck/sub/pallet-truck-buying-guide).
A pallet truck, or pump truck, is a pedestrian truck with two forks and a hydraulic tiller. It lifts a pallet just clear of the floor so you can push it.
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What are you moving?
The Modern Group mini pallet truck at £299.99 states forks of 380 mm by 800 mm, a 500 kg load, a lift from 60 mm to 170 mm, and a truck weight of 35 kg. It is the only row with a star line, 5.0 from 2 amazon.co.uk ratings, and there is no review text, so those two ratings do not describe a pallet, a floor, or a fault. The comparison score is 64 because two ratings without text do not outweigh a 500 kg load at a higher price than the 2,500 kg truck with stated forks. The listing points it at small pallets, small spaces, and vans, and it does not call 380 mm by 800 mm a UK or euro size. The wheels are solid, four of them, and the material beyond solid and easy glide is not named, and the pump type is not named either. A 12-month warranty is written on the page. Keep it for a short narrow pallet you have measured, and leave it when the deck is a full UK or euro pallet.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You shift a small pallet in a van or a tight store, 35 kg is a weight you can lift onto the floor, and 500 kg covers the load.
Less suitable: You handle a full UK or euro pallet, you need a named wheel material, or you wanted the two stars to stand in for a written review.
Specifications
Common questions
What fork size is printed?
The listing states forks of 380 mm by 800 mm. It does not call that a UK pallet size or a euro pallet size.
What lift is stated?
The listing states a lift from 60 mm to 170 mm.
What is this truck described for?
The listing says small pallets, small spaces, and vans. The truck weight is 35 kg. The stated load is 500 kg.
The COZYBRITE manual pallet truck at £269.99 is the only listing in this set that prints forks of 550 mm by 1,200 mm, a 2,500 kg load, a lift from 8 cm to 19 cm, and nylon wheels together. The truck weighs 55 kg, the steer wheel is 20 cm, and the lever is named as raise, neutral, and lower. There is no amazon.co.uk star line, so the comparison score of 75 comes from that specification and from £269.99 being the lowest price among rows that still print a fork size, not from other owners' jobs. The listing claims UK and euro standard pallets, including GKN and CHEP, at 550 mm by 1,200 mm. UK supplier guides cluster a shared truck nearer 520–540 mm across and about 1,150 mm long, and a UK-only fork nearer 680–685 mm, so that claim is the seller's sentence. The handle needs customer assembly before use, and the tools are not named. It is the top pick here when you need a stated full-pallet fork line, and the best value in this set, with the limit that you still check the opening against your own pallet.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You move a full pallet on a smooth hard floor, you can check that 550 mm across the forks enters your pallet, and you will fit the handle before the first lift.
Less suitable: You need a measured UK-only width near 680 mm, a short 500 kg truck for a van, a scale with a printed accuracy, or a handle that arrives already fitted.
Specifications
Common questions
What fork size is printed?
The listing states forks of 550 mm wide by 1,200 mm long. The overall size line is 120 cm long, 55 cm wide, and 120 cm high.
How high do the forks lift?
The listing states a minimum of 8 cm and a maximum of 19 cm. That is 80 mm to 190 mm.
Does the handle arrive fitted?
The listing says the handle requires customer assembly before use. It does not name the tools.
The second Modern Group listing is also £299.99, also 500 kg, and also 35 kg, with nylon wheels and four wheels described for hard, even surfaces. The bullets call the forks narrow and, in the same lines, suitable for euro pallets, printers pallets, and small narrow pallets, without a width or a length in millimetres. Lift and overall size are not stated. There is no star line, so the comparison score is 20, from the single load figure and the named nylon wheels. A 12-month warranty is written, while the frame metal is not named and one material line simply says nylon. At the same price as the mini that does print 380 mm by 800 mm, this page does not give you an opening you can check before the truck arrives. Confirm the millimetres with the seller, or use the row that already prints them.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You already know the opening of your small pallet and you will confirm the fork width with the seller before you pay.
Less suitable: You need a millimetre match for a euro pallet, a UK pallet, or any opening you cannot measure on the page.
Specifications
Common questions
How wide are the forks?
The listing says narrow forks. It does not print a width or a length in millimetres.
Which pallets does the listing name?
The bullets say small narrow pallets, printers pallets, or euro pallets, and use in trucks or vans. The same bullets call the forks narrow and suitable for euro pallets, without a width figure.
Which floor are the wheels described for?
The wheels are nylon, described as ideal for hard, even surfaces. The listing says four wheels.
The JYBNBBE listing at £613.89 states 2,000 kg and puts a printing weight scale in the title, and it also calls the same item a forklift. Accuracy, division, and power are not stated, and the listing does not include printer paper, a display, or a battery. 56 cm appears in the title and in the model number Hcvnbg6796-56cm, and the listing does not say whether that is the width across the forks. Fork length, lift, and wheels are not stated. There is no star line. The comparison score is 17, from the 2,000 kg figure plus a small allowance for a scale whose accuracy is missing. At more than twice the £269.99 truck that prints 550 mm by 1,200 mm, you would be paying for a weighing claim you cannot check.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You already hold a scale specification from the seller, including accuracy and how it is powered, and 2,000 kg covers the pallet you move.
Less suitable: You need a printed accuracy before you pay, a defined fork length, or a plain pump truck at the £269.99 end of this set.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this truck include a scale?
The title says a printing weight scale. Accuracy, division, and power are not stated. Printer paper, a display, and a battery are not in the scope line.
What width is printed?
56 cm appears in the title and the model number. The listing does not say whether that is the width across the forks. Fork length is not stated.
What load is stated?
The listing states 2,000 kg. The title also calls the same item a forklift.
The generic listing at £287.99 puts 15 t in the title and 33,000 pounds in one bullet, and no specification table confirms a single figure. Fork width, fork length, and lift are not stated. The title says polyurethane wheels and also calls the truck rubber, and one bullet says 9-inch polyurethane wheels, so you do not have one wheel material. Other bullets describe a forklift, a mat, storage, and a coated tool, which is not a pallet-truck specification you can buy against. There is no star line, and the comparison score is 0, because a load you cannot tie to forks is not a capacity. £287.99 is not a saving on the £269.99 truck that prints 550 mm by 1,200 mm. The first-available line says 10 September 2026. Leave this row until a single load and a fork size exist on the page.
Pros
Cons
Best for: There is no job in this set this listing is fit for until one load figure and a fork size are printed on the same page.
Less suitable: You want a hand pallet truck you can match to a pallet this week, including the £269.99 row that already prints 550 mm by 1,200 mm.
Specifications
Common questions
What capacity does the listing state?
The title says 15 t. One bullet says 33,000 pounds. No specification table confirms a single figure.
Are the wheels polyurethane?
The title says polyurethane wheels and also calls the truck rubber. One bullet says 9-inch polyurethane wheels.
Is a fork size printed?
No. Fork width, fork length, and lift height are not stated. The listing mixes a pallet truck with other product descriptions.
Scores use the five amazon.co.uk listings on this page. Shelf prices and specification cells are the figures stored from those listings. The note is dated 21 October 2026. This is not a lab test. None of the five pages was weighed, measured or pushed on a floor. Each score has three parts, added, then held between 0 and 100. The weights below are those caps, and they sum to 100. The highest score is the top pick. Best value is the lowest shelf price that still prints both fork dimensions, one load and a lift. In this set that is the same listing, so no second row carries an award.
Reviews
25%No star line scores 0. A star line scores the stars divided by 5, times 15, rounded, plus a review-count term capped at 10. If the file has no review text, 15 comes off that part, and the result is not taken below 0. The only star line is 5.0 from 2 ratings, with no review text, so the review part is 3.
Specification
50%Both fork dimensions in millimetres score 20. A width that is only narrow, or a centimetre figure that is not defined as the width across the forks, scores 0. One stated load that the same listing does not contradict scores 12. A title and a bullet that disagree score 0. A printed lift range scores 10. One named wheel material scores 8. Solid, with the material not named, scores 4. Two materials claimed together score 0.
Price against a usable row
25%A usable row prints both fork dimensions in millimetres and one load. The lowest shelf price among usable rows scores 25. Any other usable row scores 15. A row that is not usable scores 0, except a stated scale with no accuracy, which scores 5 because the higher price is for a figure the page does not print.
Match the forks to the pallet you already use, then the floor, then the load. A large kilogram figure on its own is not a specification, and a scale title without accuracy is not a weighing truck.
A pallet truck lifts a pallet just clear of the floor. The order of decisions is the pallet opening, the fork length and lowered height, the rated load, the wheels for the floor, then the lever and any extra such as a scale. Those checks, as a sequence rather than a product table, are in the [pallet truck buying guide](/hub/lifting-equipment/pallet-truck/sub/pallet-truck-buying-guide). Width across the outside of both forks has to enter the pallet you use.
Load without a fork width, a fork length and a lift does not tell you whether the truck enters the pallet. The 15 t title has no fork size and two load lines that do not agree.
The figure that matters is the width across the outside of both forks. A wide UK fork does not enter a euro pallet from the 800 mm side. Guides put a shared truck near 520–540 mm.
Nylon is for clean, hard concrete. It is poor over debris, and a standard pump truck will not cope with an internal step. Simple low-lift trucks are outside LOLER. High-lift trucks that can exceed 300 mm are not. PUWER still applies at work.
UK supplier guides cluster a UK pallet of about 1,200 mm by 1,000 mm with forks about 680–685 mm wide, a euro pallet of about 1,200 mm by 800 mm with forks about 520–540 mm, and one truck for both near 520–540 mm. Guides also repeat about 1,150 mm of fork length for a 1,200 mm pallet. In this set only two listings print both dimensions: 550 mm by 1,200 mm on the COZYBRITE, and 380 mm by 800 mm on the Modern Group mini. The narrow-fork page does not print millimetres.
Nylon rolls with less effort on clean, hard concrete and is poor over debris. Polyurethane is quieter, grips better and is kinder to coated floors. Neither replaces pneumatic tyres on an uneven site. HSE's construction note says a standard pump truck will not cope with an internal step, and uneven floors make a standard truck hard to push. The COZYBRITE names nylon and a 20 cm steer wheel. One mini names nylon. The other says solid and does not name the material.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You move a full pallet on a hard floor and you can check that 550 mm across the forks enters it. The COZYBRITE at about £269.99 prints 550 mm by 1,200 mm, 2,500 kg, nylon and a lift from 8 cm to 19 cm. There is no star line. The handle needs assembly. PUWER still applies if an employer provides the truck.
You need a short fork and a truck you can lift. The Modern Group mini states 380 mm by 800 mm, 500 kg and 35 kg, against 55 kg on the standard truck. It is not a UK or euro size. The only star line is 5.0 from 2 ratings, with no review text.
You want a pump truck that weighs the pallet. The JYBNBBE title at about £613.89 names a printing scale and states 2,000 kg. Accuracy, division and power are not printed, and 56 cm is not defined as the width across the forks. Get that specification from the seller before the price means anything.
The top pick is the COZYBRITE manual pallet truck at about £269.99. It scores 75, the highest here, with forks stated as 550 mm by 1,200 mm, 2,500 kg, a lift from 8 cm to 19 cm and nylon wheels. There is no star line. Best value is the same listing: it is the lowest shelf price in this set that still prints forks, one load and a lift. The seller's UK and euro sentence is not the 680–685 mm UK width in supplier guides, and the handle needs customer assembly. Skip it if you need a measured UK-only width, a 500 kg van truck, a scale with a printed accuracy, or a handle that arrives fitted. The 15 t title is not a capacity you can use.
COZYBRITE manual pallet truck
Same listing. It is the lowest shelf price here that still prints both fork dimensions, one load and a lift. The other rows omit a fork size, contradict the load, or cost more for 500 kg.
Editorial
Peter F. is the editor for DIY & tools at productscompared.co.uk. Comparisons in this category are checked against amazon.co.uk listings, review evidence and public UK sources.
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