When the Ground Gave Out: FLE Rescues a Marina Forklift from a Florida Sinkhole

Florida’s infamous sinkholes don’t stop FLE. See how our team recovered a marina forklift from underground, repaired it, and put it back to work safely. Florida is famous for its sunshine, its coastline — and its sinkholes. When one opened up beneath a marina forklift and

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Forklift Exchange Responds Before Memorial Day Weekend to Repair 90,000 LB Hoist Forklift in Indiana

When a 90,000 lb Hoist forklift goes down at a steel operation, every minute of downtime matters. On the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, Forklift Exchange received a service call from an Indiana steel facility after critical safety equipment failed on one of their heavy-capacity forklifts.

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Stuck Wiggins Forklift Carriage?

How Our Field Service Team Got It Back in Action When heavy equipment goes down right before a busy weekend, you don’t just need a mechanic—you need a team that knows high-capacity forklifts inside and out. Our field service team recently responded to a call for

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Hoist E300 Drive Motor Rebuild

⚡ FLE Service Team in Action: On-Site Hoist E300 Drive Motor Rebuild When a heavy-capacity electric truck goes down in a high-volume manufacturing environment, waiting weeks for outside factory support isn’t an option. Downtime eats directly into production targets. Today, the FLE Service Team was on-site at a

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🎥 Behind the Scenes at Forklift Exchange — Bedford Park, IL

Ever wonder what goes into keeping the world’s biggest material handlers running at peak performance? Last week I walked through our Bedford Park facility and wanted to give you a firsthand look at what we do here every day. Our Bedford Park location is the heart

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Our Service Team Is Out in Force — Schedule Your PM Service Today

Schedule Your PM service Spring is here and our field service team is hitting the road. Right now our technicians are on-site at marinas across the country performing 250, 500, and 2,000 hour preventive maintenance services — keeping marina forklifts running at peak performance all season

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Massive Cylinder repack on site

Field Service: Lift Cylinder Repacking on a 52,000 lb Wiggins Marina Bull — Southwest Florida When a marina’s heaviest equipment needs critical hydraulic work, taking it out of service and shipping it to a shop isn’t always an option. That’s exactly why Forklift Exchange exists. Our

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The new JMG Series M between industrial design and mechanical engineering.

Compact Modularity Essential lines, extreme compactness, smart modularity. These are the core principles that guided the development of JMG’s new M Series, currently represented by models MC 15.08 and MC 100.08. Two electric pick & carry cranes designed to tackle complex operational challenges in increasingly tight

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The Biggest Red Flags I Look for When Inspecting a Used Forklift

One of the biggest misconceptions in the used forklift market is that low hours or new paint means it’s a good truck.” Not necessarily. I’ve seen forklifts with 3,000 hours that were completely abused and others with 12,000+ hours that are still operating beautifully. Because when

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