Choose The Right Forklift : Used Or New

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You want to buy a used industrial machine and especially a forklift. Here is some advice to help you in your investment. Indeed, it is not so easy to choose the good material among the multiple offers available on the second-hand market, particularly, on the Internet. We shall approach some points which will allow you to avoid the traps of the second-hand market.
The equipment must answer all your needs and be adapted to the results you want to have.

Good questions to ask to choose the good forklift

First of all, you need to ask the good questions :
- Which kind of activity is it for?
- How much load will be supported?
- How tall does it have to measure?
- Is it for an external use or an internal use?
- What kind of goods to transport?
- What budget to assign for it?
- Which brand to choose?
- Presence of a TDL?

10 advices to help the approach

The elaboration of a precise specifications of your needs will refine your research and will make it more effective. Here are 10 key advices which will help you in your approach. This is for the new as ...
... for the used market :

1 - Involve as much as possible the forklift operators: the exchange with the main concerned will enable to gather invaluable practical and lit information.

2 - Consult labor and management: their advices can avoid many troubles related to accidents which can arise of a badly adapted machine.

3-Establish a precise specifications: consult your technical officers in charge and give your specifications to several manufacturers to compare their answers. The good realization of the book will manage you towards the most adapted equipment to your need.

4 - Do not take only into account the purchase price: take also all the costs relative to the machine: consumption of fuel, price of the insurance, the maintenance cost.

5 - Importance of the service brought by the manufacturer: detail as much as possible the contents of your contract and put in competition your supplier in order to have the expectations answers you want : deadlines, time of use.

6 - Regulatory and legal obligations: do not hesitate to find out your duties because some situations need additional precautions which can be avoided

7 - Heighten the staff awareness and train them: accidents and breakage generate extra costs which could be avoided.

8 - Use of a specific information system: the good management of your park enables to have a "profitable” operating costs.

9 - The design and the ergonomics of the trolley : these elements influence the use of the machine by increasing the longevity of the material thanks to your staff because they will be more respectful with their working tool.

10 - Prefer the recognized manufacturers and suppliers: manufacturers and suppliers well implanted in your country and with a strong gratitude will insure the contractual commitments which they have to respect : availability of parts and workforce.
Robust guarantees insure a bigger longevity of your material.

For a new material

For new equipment, it is better to choose a recognized brand having a close and renowned supplier. The A.S.S. is an additional condition easing and influencing the decision-making and reassuring the customer in case of breakdowns or of dysfunctional. The manufacturers have clearly understood it and offer services with higher quality to differ from their main competitors.

For a second hand forklift

For a second-hand forklift, follow the advice previously quoted.

Furthermore apply those for your research:

- Do not hesitate to sett off

- Ask maximum of information on the origin of the trolley, its history, if is it a resumption …

- Remain watchful when it is about offers with rock-bottom prices which can engender several troubles: exhausted parts, very long delivery deadline, no more brand, trolley without certification etc.

- A trick : to purchase a trolley of 5-7 years which goes out from a park of rent. The renters regularly and correctly maintain their equipment.
They buy their new trolley and possess all their history.

- Soyez également attentifs sur les heures affichées.

- Demander également si un carnet d’entretien à jour existe pour prévenir les éventuels pannes futures.

- Il existe un outil efficace sur internet reflétant le prix actuel de l’occasion.

- Be also careful with the posted hours.

- Ask also if a ip-to-date pad of maintenance exists to warn possible future breakdowns.

- There is an effective tool on the Internet reflecting the going price on the market of second-hand machines : http://www.argus-chariot.com/