Arc-On
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2011
- Location
- Holland, MI
I currently have a pretty wore out Mitsubishi FG20 from the early 90's.
We love the truck, but it has a zillion hours on it. It needs all the systems overhauled and its just shot. Its a ticking time bomb until something catastrophically fails, and its not worth rebuilding everything.
I am looking to replace it, hopefully before the snow flies. We're moving to a new shop in the next month, so I would like to get something on the floor before November preferably.
I have the typical machine shop fork truck needs, but here's my list.
In your experience, what should I look for? Good/bad experiences? Favorite all time lifts? Horror stories?
We love the truck, but it has a zillion hours on it. It needs all the systems overhauled and its just shot. Its a ticking time bomb until something catastrophically fails, and its not worth rebuilding everything.
I am looking to replace it, hopefully before the snow flies. We're moving to a new shop in the next month, so I would like to get something on the floor before November preferably.
I have the typical machine shop fork truck needs, but here's my list.
- I need 5k lift capacity. More is ok, but not too much more, as they begin to take up a ton of space.
- LP power. I don't want to deal with batteries and chargers, and diesel/gasoline can't run indoors.
- I would prefer a 3 stage mast, I have tall ceilings and like to take advantage of tall racking.
- New driveway is partially gravel, so pneumatic tires would be of benefit, as well as loading or unloading in the snow.
- I would prefer to not spend more than $10,000. I can't afford new, so I'm looking pretty exclusively at used lifts. I have dealers locally for all the usual suspects Mitsubishi/CAT, Hyster, Yale, Doosan, etc.
In your experience, what should I look for? Good/bad experiences? Favorite all time lifts? Horror stories?