The Most Expensive Repairs I See and How to Avoid Buying Someone Else’s Problem When shopping for a used forklift, most buyers focus on the obvious things: While those things matter, they’re rarely what determines whether you’ve found a good machine. What separates a great deal
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What Your Forklift Is Trying to Tell You One of the biggest mistakes I see forklift owners make isn’t buying the wrong equipment—it’s ignoring the warning signs their current forklift is giving them. Forklifts rarely fail without warning. In most cases, they begin “talking” long before
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After more than 20 years in the forklift industry, people are sometimes surprised when I tell them, “I don’t think you should buy this forklift.” It sounds like a strange thing for someone in equipment sales to say. After all, my job is to sell forklifts.
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Floor space is one of the most valuable resources in any manufacturing facility. As production lines expand and equipment grows larger, finding room to safely move heavy components becomes increasingly challenging. That’s why compact lifting equipment has become such an important part of modern industrial operations.
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Separating Fact from Fiction After 15+ Years in the Industry Every week I talk with forklift dealers, plant managers, warehouse supervisors, rigging companies, steel processors, and business owners across the country. And no matter how experienced someone is, I still hear many of the same misconceptions
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One of the best ways to evaluate a piece of lifting equipment isn’t by reading a brochure—it’s by seeing it perform your actual work. That’s why live demonstrations are such an important part of the buying process. A JMG crane demonstration isn’t about putting on a
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As lifting applications become more demanding, having additional capacity doesn’t have to mean sacrificing maneuverability. The JMG MC180.08 was designed to deliver both. As one of the larger models in JMG’s electric pick & carry crane lineup, the MC180.08 provides impressive lifting capability while maintaining the
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Forklifts and pick & carry cranes are both valuable pieces of material handling equipment—but they aren’t designed to do the same jobs. Understanding the differences can help improve productivity while increasing safety on the job. Forklifts are built to transport palletized loads. They excel at moving
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Every hour spent performing routine maintenance is an hour your equipment isn’t generating value. That’s one reason more companies are evaluating fully electric lifting equipment. Compared to traditional internal combustion machines, electric cranes typically eliminate many common maintenance items such as engine oil changes, fuel filters,
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