Expert Heavy Forklift Repair and Service — Including Competitor Equipment At Forklift Exchange, our commitment to customers doesn’t stop with the equipment we sell. We provide service and repair support for heavy-capacity forklifts from multiple manufacturers, including Versa-Lift. Recently, our service team helped customer James Foreman
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Valor Specialized Rigging recently completed a challenging air handling unit installation, lifting a 15,000 lb Nortek Air Solutions unit onto a mezzanine and moving it into its final position. At 12 feet by 25 feet, the unit required a plan that accounted for its size, weight
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Cold Weather Is Hard on Equipment. A Little Preparation Can Prevent a Lot of Downtime. (NOTE: Don’t want to read the whole article? There’s a condensed checklist at the end you can skip too!) Every year, the first real cold snap seems to expose the same
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When 10,000 Pounds Isn’t Even Considered Heavy What are the biggest forklifts in the world and what do they lift? Most people hear the word forklift and picture the machine they see at a warehouse, lumber yard or home-improvement store. Maybe it lifts 5,000 pounds. Maybe
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Forklift Exchange is heading to Omaha, Nebraska, for a live equipment demonstration featuring two powerful and versatile machines: the new Hoist FR 25/35 GEN II Extendable Counterweight Forklift and the JMG MC25S Electric Pick-and-Carry Crane. The demonstration will be hosted in partnership with our friends at
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A Six Week Transformation from a Non Operational Forklift to Fully Refurbished Machine Go behind the scenes at Forklift Exchange as our technicians transform a non operational 2005 Versa Lift 40/60 into a fully refurbished forklift through a complete mechanical and cosmetic restoration. Follow the entire
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A Hoist 25/35 demo is one of the best ways to understand the differences between today’s leading rigging trucks. Last week, we hosted Nunn’s Construction at our Chicago facility for a full day of side by side demonstrations featuring the Gen 2 Hoist 25/35, Gen 2
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Lifting Rings for Extendable Forklifts: Improving Control and Reducing Headroom Not every load can be picked from a single point. When you are handling long or uneven loads, a single pick point often leaves you fighting the load instead of controlling it. That becomes a problem
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Remote Control on Extendable Forklifts: Why It Is About Visibility, Not Convenience When people hear “remote control forklift,” they usually think about convenience. But on an extendable forklift, remote control is not about convenience — it is about visibility and control during critical lifts. This is
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