Klime-Ezee

Klime-Ezee is a British manufacturer of mobile steps, access platforms and mobile industrial stairways, built to order in Alfreton, Derbyshire. KC Supply is a stockist of the full Klime Ezee range — eight product families running from a 450 mm narrow-aisle unit at £289 up to a 500 kg truck-dock platform at £1,939 and heavy-duty steps to £2,529. Every range is fully welded steel, and every range except one is delivered assembled and ready to use.

Klime Ezee steps are the mobile steps you find in warehouses, stockrooms, factory maintenance departments, archives and retail backrooms — steps on wheels with a proper platform, handrails and a brake, rather than a ladder. This page sets out what actually separates the eight ranges, because on paper several of them look almost identical and the differences that matter are not the ones the model names suggest.

The eight Klime-Ezee ranges at a glance

Range	Code	SWL	Tread width	Platform	Platform height	From
Narrow Aisle Pro	KNA	300 kg	450 mm	450 × 400 mm	500 – 2000 mm	£289
Light-Weight	KL	300 kg	550 mm	550 × 400 mm	500 – 1500 mm	£299
Industrial	KE	300 kg	550 mm	550 × 400 mm	750 – 3750 mm	£359
Extra-Wide	KW	500 kg	700 mm	700 × 400 mm	500 – 3750 mm	£419
Knock-Down	KK	300 kg	550 mm	550 × 400 mm	1250 – 3750 mm	£549
Heavy-Duty	KHD	500 kg	700 mm	700 × 600 mm	1250 – 3750 mm	£689
Access Platform	KAP	500 kg	700 mm	700 × 1600 mm	500 – 2000 mm	£979
Truck Dock Platform	KTD	500 kg	700 mm	700 × 1200 mm	1000 – 1800 mm	£1,329

Working heights run to 5500 mm on the tall ranges (Industrial, Knock-Down, Extra-Wide and Heavy-Duty), and to 3750 mm on the Narrow Aisle Pro and Access Platform. Working height is not a separate specification — it is roughly the platform height plus the reach of the person standing on it, which is why a 3750 mm platform is quoted at 5500 mm working. Specify the platform height you need to stand at; the working height figure follows from it and is not something to buy on.

Tread width is the real hierarchy, not the model name

Read the table down the tread-width column and the range sorts itself into three tiers far more usefully than the names do: 450 mm, 550 mm and 700 mm.

At 450 mm the Narrow Aisle Pro is built to get down a racking aisle and turn at the end of it. At 550 mm — Light-Weight, Industrial and Knock-Down — you have a comfortable general-purpose step. At 700 mm — Extra-Wide, Heavy-Duty, Access Platform and Truck Dock — you have room to place both feet side by side, turn on the platform and carry something up.

The point that is worth more than the SWL figure: tread width matters more the taller the unit gets. A 450 mm tread is perfectly pleasant on a 1000 mm platform and distinctly less so at 3000 mm, where the operator is thinking about the drop rather than the stock. If the steps are tall and in constant use, the Extra-Wide range exists for that reason and is only £60 above the Industrial range at the entry size.

Angle of ascent: 60° everywhere except the truck dock

Seven of the eight ranges climb at 60°. The Truck Dock Platform climbs at 45°, and that single difference is the whole reason the range exists.

At 45° an operator can turn round at the top and walk back down facing forwards. At 60° they come down as they would a steep stair — facing the treads, one hand available. That is fine when they climb up to reach something and climb back down empty-handed. It is not fine when they come down carrying a box out of a curtain-sider.

So the buying rule is simple and it is about the descent, not the load: if the operator comes down carrying something, specify the 45° Truck Dock Platform. If they come down with a free hand, 60° is safe and takes up far less floor.

300 kg or 500 kg — and why 19 mm and 25 mm tube is not the difference you think

The range splits cleanly on safe working load. Narrow Aisle Pro, Light-Weight, Industrial and Knock-Down are rated at 300 kg SWL. Extra-Wide, Heavy-Duty, Access Platform and Truck Dock are rated at 500 kg SWL.

The detail that catches people out is inside the 300 kg group. The Light-Weight range is the same proven design as the Industrial range, built in 19 mm steel tube instead of 25 mm — and it carries the identical 300 kg rating. It is not a capacity downgrade. What the lighter tube buys is a unit that is easier to shift around an office, an archive or a shop floor; what it costs you is height, because the Light-Weight range stops at a 1500 mm platform while the Industrial range goes to 3750 mm.

The Heavy-Duty range earns its name in a different way again: 25 mm heavy-duty steel tube plus reinforced 25 mm box section through the frame, base, rear legs and axle. It is a steel unit, not an aluminium one, and the 500 kg rating sits alongside a 700 × 600 mm platform that is materially bigger than the 700 × 400 mm deck on the Extra-Wide range at the same SWL.

The brakes are lever-operated, and that is worth knowing before you buy

Across the Klime-Ezee range the braking is manual and operator-set. Depending on the range and the model you get plunger castors, a side handle lever, or a central lever — and in every case the mechanism acts on the front castors. The Light-Weight and Narrow Aisle Pro ranges use plunger castors or a central brake depending on model; the Industrial range uses a side brake on the 3-tread unit and a central brake above that; the Heavy-Duty range uses a central lever; the Truck Dock Platform uses a side lever on the front castors.

That is a perfectly safe arrangement and it is what most warehouses run. But it depends on somebody engaging it. If the steps are shared across a shift, or used by staff who are not on them every day, a weight-reactive step — where spring-loaded castors retract under body weight and the unit grounds itself on feet, with no lever to remember — removes the human step from the process. Klime-Ezee do not build one; the Climb-It range in our wider access catalogue does. It is worth ten minutes' thought before ordering, because it is not a change you can make afterwards.

Knock-Down is an access product, not a cheaper one

The most commonly misread range on this page. The Knock-Down range is supplied flat-packed and assembled on site, and it exists for buildings the assembled units cannot physically get into — narrow doorways, tight corridors, low beams, restricted entrances, upper floors reached by a goods lift.

It is not the budget option. A Knock-Down unit starts at £549 against £359 for the equivalent Industrial unit at the same 300 kg SWL, the same 550 mm treads and the same 550 × 400 mm platform. The premium buys delivery into a building that would otherwise be a non-starter, and once assembled the framework is fully welded like the rest of the range.

Every other Klime-Ezee range arrives fully welded and fully assembled, ready for immediate use. That is genuinely convenient and it is also a delivery constraint: a tall assembled step unit is a large, awkward, heavy object coming off a lorry. Before ordering a 12- or 15-tread unit, check what is on site to receive it and whether it will pass through the door it needs to pass through. If the honest answer is no, the Knock-Down range is the correct answer and the extra cost is not a premium at all.

Toe plates, splayed legs and the exit options

Every unit carries a rear toe plate as standard. On 7 to 15 tread models the toe plates run round all three sides of the platform, which is the height at which a dropped item stops being an annoyance and starts being a hazard to whoever is standing below. The Narrow Aisle Pro carries three-sided toe plates throughout its range, because a narrow aisle is by definition somewhere a colleague is standing close by.

The rear legs on the mobile ranges splay out at roughly 3° — a small detail that widens the footprint at floor level without widening the unit where it has to pass through an aisle. Optional rear gates and flush back wheels are available where the platform is exited from the back rather than the front, which is common where steps are used against a fixed run of racking or a mezzanine edge.

Treads, finishes and colours

Tread finishes are punched metal, PVC covered or rubber covered depending on range. The choice is a floor and environment decision rather than a comfort one: punched metal sheds water and grips in wet, oily or dusty areas; PVC and rubber are quieter and kinder underfoot in stores, archives and offices where the same person is up and down the steps all day.

Blue is the standard finish, with red, yellow, green, grey and orange available — at no extra charge on several ranges and on request across the rest. That matters more than it sounds in a facility with a colour-coded zoning scheme, or where equipment needs to be visibly assigned to a department. All finishes are powder coated; if the steps live outside or in a washdown area, read our guide to galvanised versus powder-coated steel before specifying.

Mobile industrial stairs — and what we do not supply

The Klime-Ezee KE 300 kg Industrial Stairs are part of the Industrial range: a mobile stairway on castors, 750 – 3750 mm platform height, 550 mm treads, 550 × 400 mm platform, 60° ascent, with platform-length extensions, tread finishes, colours and exit configurations specified at order. They are made to order — allow 30 to 45 days for manufacture and delivery. If the date matters, say so at enquiry stage rather than at order stage.

Worth being plain about the terminology, because "industrial stairs" is used for two completely different things. What Klime-Ezee build, and what we supply, are industrial stairs on wheels — a mobile access stairway you push to where the work is. We do not fabricate or install fixed steelwork: permanent access staircases, mezzanine stairs, external fire stairs and structural staircases are the work of a steel fabricator, and if that is what the project needs you want a fabricator, not a supplier of mobile access equipment. If you are adding a storage level rather than reaching one, our guide to mezzanine floors and platforms is the better starting point.

Spares and servicing

We supply new Klime-Ezee units. We do not stock Klime Ezee spares — replacement castors, spare wheels, brake components or tread sets — so if you need to keep an existing unit in service, go to the manufacturer or to a ladder and access spares specialist who carries them.

Klime-Ezee recommend a maintenance inspection every six months. That fits alongside the duties you already have: mobile steps are work equipment under PUWER and access equipment under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, so they need to be suitable for the task, maintained in good order, and inspected by someone competent. In practice the things that fail first are the castors and the brake — a step whose brake no longer holds is not a step with a minor fault, it is a step that should be out of service until it is fixed.

When a Klime-Ezee step is the wrong tool

Three honest cases where something else in the range serves better. If the job is standing and working at height for a sustained period rather than reaching for stock, a podium step with a full guardrail and a gate is the right product — see mobile safety steps versus podium steps for the distinction. If the work is very low level — a few hundred millimetres, repeatedly, all day — read our hop-up and low-level work platform guide instead. And if the requirement is getting into a grounded shipping container rather than up to a height, that is a container access ramp, not a step.

Browse the Klime-Ezee range below. For the wider category — including the Climb-It ranges, folding and telescopic steps, warehouse safety steps, truck dock platforms and roller bed platforms — see work platforms, platform steps and warehouse steps, or start with our warehouse steps buying guide. If you are matching steps to a racking run, our guides to racking and shelving and to racking inspection cover the other half of the job, and mobile safety steps lists the shorter units across all brands.

Klime-Ezee mobile steps FAQs

What are Klime-Ezee mobile steps?

Klime-Ezee is a British manufacturer of mobile steps, access platforms and mobile industrial stairways, built to order in Alfreton, Derbyshire. They are steps on wheels with a proper platform, handrails and a brake, rather than a ladder.

How many Klime-Ezee ranges are there?

Eight: Narrow Aisle Pro, Light-Weight, Industrial, Extra-Wide, Knock-Down, Heavy-Duty, Access Platform and Truck Dock Platform.

What is the difference between the 300kg and 500kg ranges?

Narrow Aisle Pro, Light-Weight, Industrial and Knock-Down are rated at 300kg SWL. Extra-Wide, Heavy-Duty, Access Platform and Truck Dock are rated at 500kg SWL. The Light-Weight range uses 19mm tube instead of 25mm but carries the same 300kg rating as Industrial.

Which tread width should I choose?

Tread width sorts the range better than the model names: 450mm (Narrow Aisle Pro), 550mm (Light-Weight, Industrial, Knock-Down) and 700mm (Extra-Wide, Heavy-Duty, Access Platform, Truck Dock). It matters more the taller the unit, so choose a wider tread for tall steps in constant use.

What is the angle of ascent?

Seven of the eight ranges climb at 60 degrees. The Truck Dock Platform climbs at 45 degrees, so an operator can turn round at the top and walk back down facing forwards. If the operator comes down carrying something, specify the Truck Dock Platform.

How do the brakes work?

Braking is manual and operator-set across the range, using plunger castors, a side lever or a central lever depending on model, acting on the front castors. Klime-Ezee do not build a weight-reactive step; the Climb-It range does.

When should I choose the Knock-Down range?

When an assembled unit cannot physically get into the building, for example through narrow doorways, tight corridors, low beams or via a goods lift. It is supplied flat-packed and assembled on site, and it is an access product rather than a cheaper one.

Do you supply spares, and how often should the steps be inspected?

We supply new units only and do not stock Klime Ezee spares such as castors, wheels, brake components or tread sets. Klime-Ezee recommend a maintenance inspection every six months. Mobile steps are work equipment under PUWER and access equipment under the Work at Height Regulations 2005.