Material handling solutions work best when they’re backed by people who understand the equipment and the operations depending on it. At Forklift Exchange, Inc., that understanding comes from 46 years of hands-on industry experience. Trust in this industry is earned through practical knowledge, dependable support, and
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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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Forklift remarketing services give banks, leasing companies, equipment finance firms, and asset managers a practical way to recover value from off-lease, repossessed, and surplus material handling equipment. However, successful remarketing involves much more than listing a used forklift for sale. The equipment must be identified, inspected,
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When high-capacity material-handling equipment goes down, responsive and experienced forklift service can make all the difference. Forklift Exchange technician Jeremy recently completed an on-site radiator replacement for a Hoist FKS15 at Titan Steel, helping return the forklift to operation while minimizing disruption. Diagnosing a Cooling-System Problem
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The Everyday Industrial Machine That’s More Interesting Than It Looks Forklifts are everywhere. Warehouses. Factories. Steel mills. Lumber yards. Construction sites. Marinas. Ports. Distribution centers. Because they’re so common, most people don’t give them much thought. A forklift picks something up, moves it somewhere else, and
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When a Hoist F300 Forklift, a 30,000 lb truck starts leaking fluid, downtime gets expensive fast. That is why Hoist F300 forklift repair is a big part of what our field service team does every week. Last week, Forklift Exchange service technician Jeremy spent four days
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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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When is a forklift too old to buy? Learn why condition, hours, maintenance history, parts availability and application matter more than age alone.
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In most parts of the forklift business, inventory is expected to turn. Buy the right machine, price it correctly, and move it along. But once you get into very high-capacity forklifts, the economics change. Sometimes the right decision is to buy a forklift knowing it may
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