BuyerZone users' forklift requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their forklift purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of forklifts other users are buying and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: forklift purchasing requirements

"Side-shift capability. Cab w/doors, heater, defrost fan, front wiper, side sliding windows and rear window that opens up and out, and side mirrors."
-- Purchasing Manager, Government, Big Stone Gap, VA

"Forklift to be used seasonally for farm seed transfer, around gravel farmstead."
-- Partner/Principal, Agriculture, Kankakee, IL

"Need to have multilift package added to pick up four IBC containers at one time for loading. Also need to verfiy that truck will be going up loading ramp ( metal crate )frequently tires and transmission set up to with stand this.I am willing to purchase multilift but want lift truck on lease program."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, Houston, TX

"Toyota electric forklift truck model 7fbeu204000 pound capacity at 24" load center 3wheel model lift capacity at 189" fork elevetion = 3,750poundswithout side shifter, toyota wide-view, fsv full free,three stage, full roller tyoe mast, with flow regulator and safety valve189" maximun fork height 83.5" overall lowered mast height35.4 free lift, 42" forks36.2" carriage hook type ita standards and packageguard, cushion tires with single drive wheels ac drive & lift system with mosfet transitor controller (no brushes & no contractors)digital multifuntion display time & date multifuntion hour meters, parking brake indicator, speedometer, batery capacity indicator, over discharge warning36-volt electrical system ul aproved model type ehydrostatic power steering electric dir.shift controlheavy-duty, non slip floor mat pencil holderdash-mounted cup holder hood integrated clipboardmemory-tilt steering column auto shut-off after 15minkey lowering interlock automatic fork leveling electric horn double action parking braketoyota active mast control (amc)forward tilt angle controllerrear tilt speed controllerbattery: new industrial, lead acid, model 18-85-21 a.h.capacity at 6 hours rate 850 / 36-voltscharger: new, industrial, fully automatic battery charger ac input volt-240/60hz/three phaseoptional equipment: includes in price quoted."
-- Purchasing Manager, Travel/Hospitality, Boca Raton, FL

"We would like to buy a used forklift with tires that would work outside. Also be a 3 stage lift with side shift that would lift 5000lb 15ft high. Also we would like it to run on gas or LP."
-- Office Manager, Agriculture, Bucyrus, OH

"The Forklift will be moving heavy pallets of tile. ."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, San Francisco, CA

"I am looking for a forklift so that I can get a paper roll clamp put onto it."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Commerce, CA

"Would like to have at least 36" forks, but would prefer 48"."
-- Buyer, Wholesale, Farmington, NM

"Kalmar 15 ton hydraulic fork lift truck MODEL dcd-136-6xl 138" duplex mast w/157" tilt side shift/fork positioning enclosed cab 96" forks from 1999 to 2002 year."
-- Office Manager, Transportation/Logistics, Newark, NJ

"Can be used and in need of some minor repair, & paint."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Manufacturing, Marion, OH

"In addition to these two, also purchasing:1-electric/4500/36V/210"1-LP/10K/189"- with short wheel base."
-- Purchasing Manager, Manufacturing, Mocksville, NC

"Narrow isle or very narrow isleneed to specify turning radius in quote."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Manufacturing, Irvine, CA

"I would like to purchase immediately. I will be using it around the bodyshop and parts department. ."
-- General Manager, Other Business Services, Peoria, AZ

"This would be a one day rental for a church to use in packaging food for starving children. We would need it delivered one day (a Saturday), and picked up late Sunday or Monday morning. Your site appears to be geared toward equipment purchases, but I thought I would give this a try. If this is not what you are geared for, just let me know. ."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, Aurora, IL

"I need a construction forlklift to use while building 2-3 story buildings, I am looking to purchase sometime in Feb."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Granby, CO

"6 to 8 foot forks, 6500 to 8000 lbs capacity."
-- General Manager, Manufacturing, Fort Myers, FL

"10-14 foot forks, no wider than 11 feet, 4 wheels."
-- Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Monroe, NC

"We are looking for two forklifts. one of them should be 3000 lb cap. the other 5-8000 lb cap."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Katy, TX

"We are looking for a forklift to pick up ISO 20' and 40' containers. I would like prices on a machine that can stack between 3 and 5 high. ."
-- General Manager, Other Business Services, New Iberia, LA

"I'm specifically looking at pricing of a Manitou Manitransit TMT 320 FLHT which is a piggyback type 2500 kg maximum cap. forklift with a 3.3 meter reach. The forklift also has a 3 cyl. kubota diesel."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Dallas, TX

"We are looking for a fork truck that will operate in a very small warehouse."
-- Facilities/Operations, Wholesale, Park City, UT

"Im looking for an old forklift do move large bags at my home the older the better ."
-- Purchasing Manager, Non-Profit, Buffalo, WY

"Currently own an older clark cy30b. looking for something similiar in size - width, etc. needed for small boat yard."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Manasquan, NJ

"Forklift will be used mostly at our warehouse unloading materialfrom semi trucks weighing up to 8,000 lbs into our warehouse or into our yard. it would be prefered that the mast height be 20' ."
-- CFO, Construction/General Contracting, Draper, UT

"Side shift 60" forks lights front and rear, backup alarm, ."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Worland, WY

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