Welcome to Used Forklift Site. We blog on the materials handling industry, focusing on the market for forklifts, lift trucks, and other industrial lifts. In addition to our blog, we have a wide selection of used forklifts for sale featuring used Caterpillar forklifts, used Clark forklifts, used Crown forklifts, used Hyster forklifts, used Komatsu forklifts, and used Yale forklifts. Feel free to browse our selection of used forklifts in the righthand navigation by brand or by forklift type.

1. Used Forklifts Are More Affordable
When buying a forklift, price should definitely be a factor you consider. In this economy, optimizing your ROI is becoming increasingly more important and there is no better way to do that then checking out used forklifts for sale. New forklifts are great, but buying a used forklift allows you to optimize your budget and company’s profits.

2. Used Forklifts Increase Your Productivity
This reason is probably obvious to most of you, but it should still be emphasized. Forklifts are expensive pieces of equipment, but they are the necessary catalyst for increasing warehouse productivity. Forklifts have become necessary for anyone wishing to compete in the materials handling industry.

Forklifts help maximize productivity and efficiency, and buying used forklifts for sale helps save money without sacrificing increased productivity.

3. Forklifts Increase Your Warehouse Mobility
One of the main reasons people buy used forklifts for sale is because they need to increase their warehouse mobility. Forklifts allow you to lift your equipment and more easily transport supplies, increasing your warehouse mobility, and in turn profits. Imagine trying to run a warehouse without using a forklift to increase your mobility.

4. Shopping for Used Forklifts For Sale Online is Easy
If you’re the used forklift shopper that likes to browse all the available models, our main page and product pages allow you to do that. You can also narrow your search by browsing by used forklift brand. If you are the other type of used forklift shopper that likes to search for a very specific make and model, we have built a search feature into our site that allows you to do just that.

5. Used Forklifts Are a Great Investment
Because of the additional investment made in buying a new forklift, you will naturally want to keep the resale price high if you decide to sell it because you want to get your money’s worth. With a used forklift, as long as you properly maintain it, is a better investment.

Reliable Plant reports on OSHA’s newly developed forklift eTool:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released the “Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklift) eTool,” its latest online safety-training resource. OSHA exists to ensure that all employers provide a safe workplace for employees by establishing and enforcing occupational standards as well as providing training and education on related topics; the agency maintains a strong presence in the industrial marketplace. The eTools, which date back to 1998, are interactive, Web-based training tools that cover a specific occupational safety or health topic. The Forklift eTool is the latest to join a library of more than 160 topics.

I have not used this particular tool, but forklift safety is necessary and a tool that makes ensuring your workers’ safety is worth checking out. Find out more info on OSHA.

Another reason why forklifts are awesome. They can transport cars quite easily as this video shows:

Check out this video from Taiwan where they use two forklifts to load a container since they don’t have a loading dock.

Check out this youtube video someone posted showing their Wynmalen TCM Acroba in action.  It turns 360 degrees very easily, and as the poster notes, wait until 00:35 seconds to watch the sideshift in action.

How much does this fine piece of machinery set you back?  The youtube poster said around $40,000 Canadian.

The San Antonio Business Journal reports that a grant awarded to the Texas Railroad Commission will help advocate environmentally friendly practices. The journal reports:

Fleet operators overseeing forklifts, school buses and work trucks in 34 Texas counties now have access to a $12 million grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to equip their vehicles with ultra-low emissions equipment fueled by propane gas.

To check out the original San Antonio Business Journal article, follow the link.