Spread the cost of a very narrow aisle truck from £25,000 to £70,000 with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or contract hire
Yes, vna trucks are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £25,000 to £70,000, and most deals are written over 24–60 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£25k – £70k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
3–5 days when bundled with racking
Rates From
6.0% APR
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical vna truck price. Indicative only, not a quote.
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For UK limited companies with 3+ months’ trading and monthly revenue.
On a purchase price of £42,000: a 10% deposit of £4,200, then 48 monthly payments of £886 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £46,728, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Combilift Multidirectional VNA Truck | £38,000 – £55,000 | Multidirectional VNA Truck |
| Linde K-Series Man-Up Turret Truck | £35,000 – £50,000 | Man-Up Turret Truck |
| Jungheinrich EKX Series | £40,000 – £60,000 | Man-Up VNA Truck |
| Toyota BT Vector Series | £45,000 – £65,000 | Man-Down Wire-Guided VNA Truck |
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VNA trucks qualify for the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, subject to the current AIA limit. Hire purchase lets you claim capital allowances as you own the asset from day one. Finance lease and contract hire payments are treated as a revenue expense and are usually fully deductible against profits.
Very narrow aisle trucks are specified by distribution centres and manufacturers that have built or fitted out a warehouse around a fixed rail or wire-guided aisle layout, so the truck is chosen to match the racking rather than the other way round. Because these trucks are tied to a specific site fit-out and wire-guidance or rail system, contract hire with maintenance included is common, since a breakdown in a very narrow aisle can stop picking on that whole run and a fast-response service contract matters more than it does for a general-purpose truck. Battery capacity and type are a genuine specification decision at order stage given how continuously a VNA truck typically runs across a shift. Replacement is usually driven by the site's own racking and building lifecycle rather than truck age alone, and the used market is thinner than for general forklifts because trucks are specialist and guidance systems need to match the buyer's aisles.
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