🎥 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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Expert Fork Pad Replacement in the Field — OEM Wiggins Material

When your fork pads are worn, cracked, or the hardware is broken and stripped, it’s time to call the experts. At Forklift Exchange, our field service team comes directly to you and gets the job done right — no downtime waiting for your equipment to go

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The History of Forklifts: From Simple Warehouse Tools to Modern Material Handling Machines

It’s easy to look at a forklift today and think, It’s just a machine that moves pallets. But the reality is, forklifts completely transformed the industry. Modern warehousing, manufacturing, shipping, & logistics. None of it looks the way it does today without the evolution of the

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Empty Container Handler Mast Repair

When others said it would take months, our team got it done in a fraction of the time. Forklift Exchange recently completed a major structural mast repair on a Hyster Empty Container Handler after the outer mast rail cracked nearly in half. Instead of simply patching

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High Capacity Forklift Attachments: Where Material Handling Becomes Specialized Engineering

Most people look at a high-capacity forklift and think, “It’s just a bigger forklift.” That couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s no “standard” or “one size fits all”. Almost every truck is a specialized piece of equipment engineered to succeed in specialized applications where the

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