Wild thing - HFT's equipment loads the T-Rex.

HFT Forklifts has put its lifting equipment to the test after being asked to raise a dinosaur destined for a tourist attraction in the Midlands countryside.

In a first for the company, the huge fibreglass model was lifted at the Warwickshire base of HFT long-standing customer All Things Rural, which also runs All Things Wild, a children's farm in nearby Worcestershire.

HFT chairman Peter Crawford says it is great to see HFT machinery being put to a new use, adding: "A dinosaur is definitely the most unusual load we've ever been asked to lift but, as always, we've risen to the challenge. Our equipment is designed to make light work of lifting even the heaviest loads and no job is too big, small or, in the case of the T-Rex, scary for us!"

All Things Rural managing director Nigel Ford explains that it is opening a new dinosaur walk and has been making dinosaur models at its base near Alcester, and then transporting them to their new home down the road.

"Our loading equipment supplied by HFT played a vital role in the process. It ensured the T-Rex arrived safe and sound, and since then he's been joined by an Apatosauraus, Stegosaurus and Triceratops," Ford says.