Electric tugs designed and built in the UK
Tractive Power designs and manufactures battery-powered, pedestrian-operated electric tugs and pushers at our works in Cheddleton. We help hospitals, rail depots, factories and warehouses move heavy loads safely with one person.
Designed and manufactured in the UK
Every job starts with the load.
We don’t start with a catalogue. We start with what you’re moving, what it runs on and where it has to go. Whether the answer is a standard tug or a fully bespoke unit, we’ll look at your site, understand the problem and recommend the machine that fits.
All of our design and manufacturing is done in-house, so we can adapt couplings, controls and frames to suit your loads, and build the trolleys, trailers and stillages to go with them.
From first visit to years of service.
A UK manufacturer, not a reseller.
Tractive Power has designed and built electric tugs in the UK since 2008, at its works in Cheddleton. The machines, the couplings and the trolleys and trailers that go with them are all made here, and serviced by our own UK team.
That is why we can say yes to loads that do not fit a standard product. If the coupling you need does not exist, we draw it, make it and test it before the tug leaves the works.
Tractive Power Ltd
- Established 2008
- Designed, built and serviced in Cheddleton, Staffordshire
- Standard range from 1,000 kg to 300,000 kg, plus bespoke builds
- Two-year warranty and a UK service team
- Distributors in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Switzerland and Turkey
Trusted across industry.
Our tugs work in NHS hospitals, rail depots, car plants, ceramics works, dairies, warehouses and on building sites. Pick an industry to see the loads we move there.
A supplier to NHS trusts.
We are on a national NHS purchasing framework, so trusts can buy from us without a long supplier onboarding process. Compact tugs, simple controls and optional stainless steel builds suit hospital corridors and clean areas.
We work with NHS trusts across the UK on
- Roll cages and medical supplies
- Linen and laundry trolleys
- Clinical and general waste bins
- Catering and food trolleys
- Mortuary concealment trolleys
Sold and supported around the world.
As well as customers across the UK, Tractive Power tugs are sold and supported through distributors in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Switzerland and Turkey.
Distributors
- Sitecraft Materials Handling Equipment, Australia
- GSE Brasil, Brazil
- Dynaron Enterprises, Singapore
- Subis GmbH, Switzerland
- Erel İş ve İstif Makinaları, Turkey
What our customers say.
Since introducing the new Tractive Power TP3000 unit, we have saved days of time on a process that was so very labour intensive. The simplicity and ease of now positioning the tram has meant less people and less time to complete the work. We've estimated savings of around £80k per annum, along with creating a much safer working process for our employees.
I have nothing but praise for Tractive Power. They were brilliant from the start and are always on the other end of the phone if we need help. I would, without hesitation, recommend them to other hospitals or similar industries.
Tractive Power visited and used their experience to propose new ways of handling our equipment. The service and advice was second to none, and now we have a really efficient and safe handling system for changing our coating trolleys.
