In this article we will analyze how to choose the ideal forklift for our type of company and for the specific application. The selection criteria are many even if obviously the criteria can be traced back to 2 main groups:

The price, that is, we will choose a new or used forklift truck;

CHOOSE A NEW OR USED TROLLEY:

Certainly the easiest aspect to identify when choosing our forklift is the price we are willing to pay for our new forklift. This parameter allows me to identify whether I should address the market

Of the new
Used or
Bankruptcy auctions.
Surely the best prices for a forklift truck are found on bankruptcy auctions, especially in the last ones where the number of vehicles available has increased, even if there are some contraindications:

Of a superstitious nature, many times one does not want to buy a forklift truck from a bankrupt company “convinced that it is bad luck”…. Let's begin to overcome these clichés linked to superstitions, ours must be a rational choice and as a criterion of choice "the bad" is not among the rational ones for choosing a forklift truck;
One of the main limitations of forklifts, in particular electric ones, coming from bankruptcy auctions is the long downtime to which they have been subjected with all the drawbacks of the case:
exhausted battery pack, lack of conformity documentation of the machine, the trolley is often put up for auction but it is not included or the relative charger is not present .... All information that we will have to find before deciding whether to buy the forklift in question;
The lack of documents relating to the checks and maintenance of the forklift:
usually if the trolley is up to standard or not, it is possible to understand it simply from the plates positioned on it, but a register of maintenance and checks (even more so for telescopic and rotary trolleys for which verification by the 'ASL or a notified body) allows me to know its history and the problems it could possibly generate.


The intended use or what technical characteristics our forklift truck must have:

The first choice criterion, however, is the type of forklift we intend to purchase. This largely depends on the provisions of the law (ie the State Regions Agreements on training for the use of equipment of 22 February 2012) to define what training our operators will need to use the forklift that we will have to purchase. Please refer to the specific training page to clarify the training requirements for the use of forklifts. For the purposes of our choice, we recall here only the 3 categories of trolleys provided for by Italian law:

Surely, turning to a used resale offers me greater guarantees on the characteristics of my forklift, that is

• Immediately the dealer is able to clarify whether he includes the charging station for the electric forklift;
• For sure the machine will give me less problems deriving from the machine downtime, first of all because surely a possible dealer runs (i.e. has a spare part of the trolley fleet for sale) higher than an auction house and then also because he will certainly have proceeded to restore any defects or malfunctions of the forklift in question; https://forkliftrentalhoustontx.com/benefits-of-forklift/
• We prefer forklifts that derive from rentals, renters usually keep and check their fleet of trucks with considerable frequencies and it will be much more likely that there will be documents that “tell” us the story of our candidate forklift;
• On the other hand, one of the limits of a used forklift bought from a dealer will certainly be a higher price than what we could have earned at a bankruptcy auction and if our main criterion of choice is the minimization of costs, undoubtedly the auction it remains our main road.
• If, on the other hand, the price is not a particular problem, if we want a brand new vehicle, which gives me the guarantee of constant operation without any particular headaches, our way will certainly be to purchase a new forklift. And here we can skip all the selection criteria that we have just analyzed and dedicate ourselves to our main objective.