A Canadian company has a patent pending on a new trailer which promises safer, faster handling of forklift and warehouse machinery transport.

Forkliftdelivery.com owner Dan Pecarski said traditional slide-back tow trucks, tilt trailers, double drops and low-beds were hampered by the time taken for winching and chaining, and were limited by high-mast machines.

"What's proven most efficient for us is our tiny but sturdy hydraulic trailer built in our own workshop. Being so low off the ground, we can load stackers, electric pallet jacks and man lifts with no problems," Mr Pecarski said.

The as-yet unnamed trailer has a three-metre deck and can handle most forklifts with capacities of up to three tonnes. Limitations are that the trailer has a maximum payload of 5.5-tonnes, a maximum forklift width of 137cm, and can carry only one forklift at a time.

Mr Pecarski would not say whether the trailer would be offered for general sale.