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The Cheapest Forklift Brands Industry Today

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Joei
Kepri, Indonesia

Dear all,

Do you know what is the cheapest Forklift Brand in this industry today ??

For Europe what Brands ??
For Asia What Brands ??

How About Heli Forklift Price & Quality ??

Posted 30 Jul 2006 06:12 PM

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EasyM
South Carolina, United States

Are you looking for the cheapest initial purchase price or are you looking for the lowest overall costs of operation? There is a big difference.

Posted 31 Jul 2006 10:24 PM

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Joei
Kepri, Indonesia

Thank for your reply EasyM

Im looking the initial purchase price

Such at Asia/Japan what Brands ??
and for europe what brands ??

Sincerely

Joei

Posted 1 Aug 2006 01:44 PM

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chewingyu
Singapore, Singapore

Actually it is very difficult to tell you which brands are cheap. It depends on the marketing strategy of each manufacturer/supplier which would take into consideration the quantity (fleet size) location of its customer, accessibility, marketability of its product in that region ,etc etc.

Why don't you just put out an open tender/quotation/bidding exercise and let the suppliers give you their best price?

Posted 3 Aug 2006 11:07 AM

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Joei
Kepri, Indonesia

dear chewingyu,

hello..thanks for your idea

Im stay at Batam:) I think you know that place..:)

unfortunatelly,i always asked suppliers from singapore for giving me their best prices but I see they didnt like do business with my company batam here

When I try to call and ask their sales always said: " u are..batam people arr..always asking the price but didnt order..etc bla2..

honestlly im quite dissapointed..

Commonly most of businessman batam order stuff from singaopre because of close and cheap shipping

we'r not dare order from jakarta,indonesia..usually their prices higher than singapore already...

Please advise

Thx

Posted 3 Aug 2006 04:25 PM

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mike_j
California, United States

You may want to step back and think about what you are doing. A forklift should not be treated as an expense but as a tool for your business that will generate revenue. A forklift is a long term decision. While you can save some money up front going after the lowest priced unit of the month you may easliy cost yourself thousands of dollars in repair bills in the future.

Posted 20 Jan 2007 05:28 AM

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bernard_l
malaysia, Singapore

Cheapest china forklift is US$8000 fob china 2.5ton diesel,
Cheapest japanese is US$10,000 fob japan
please give specs, and tradein used also avail.
contact me-cheap is no good, good is not cheap!

Posted 20 Jan 2007 08:28 PM

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richard_y
Singapore, Singapore

You are wrong. We have had supplied some forklifts to Batam and support after sales service from Singapore. No matter what brand you buy, after sales service is very important. Also through our experiences with Batam customers, they try to repair themselves and sometimes make a mess out of it. By the time we arrived on site there were parts missing.

Posted 9 Feb 2007 05:51 PM

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Joei
Kepri, Indonesia

Great ! At last I found from singapore supplier forklift to Batam ? May I know what Brand are you supply to batam ?

Posted 15 Feb 2007 11:40 PM

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richard_y
Singapore, Singapore

Dear Joei,
We have supplied Komatsu, Toyota and Soosung (from Korea- batttery forklifts and reach trucks). Please refer to our website: [url/email removed]

Posted 23 Feb 2007 07:14 PM

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Joei
Kepri, Indonesia

how ca I contact you maybe we can cooperate ?

Posted 28 Feb 2007 03:30 PM

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richard_y
Singapore, Singapore

Dear Joei, You can contact me on my mobile (65) 96180149 or [url/email removed]

Posted 3 Mar 2007 07:01 PM

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HBM2007
Nil, Singapore

hi joei, do call me +65 97340960. If you need supplier from singapore on related maters on forklift.

Modified 9 Mar 2007 11:20 PM
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justinm
New York, United States

in my experience, the machine with the cheapest purchace price will end up being the most expensive to maintain and repair over its useable service life
to look at the initail costs as your only factor in determining what machine to buy is kinda foolish and very nearsighted
linde is one of the most expensive trucks to purchase but thru higher quality components and better design they say that their trucks, over the useable service life, will actually cost less to maintain and repair than a cheaper brand and theirby saving you alot more money than the initial cost savings of the new machine purchase (could total 10s of thousands of us dollars, especaily in fleets, on the backend. think longterm savings)
toyota also seems to be a company that cares less about competitive pricing than high quality long lasting components

think wisely i have seen many companies burnt by an attractive cheap upfront price
in most cases with a properly maintained machine the initial purchase price is about 25% of the total ownership costs
poorly maintained machines (especailly cheap ones) will breakdown often and with more expensive and serious problems
linde claims their machines breakdown less often and require maintanence much less often than competitive brands thereby increasing the % of cost of the initial purchace to total ownership

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Posted 13 Apr 2007 03:31 AM

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UMWequipment
singapore, Singapore

We are the distributor for BT and TOYOTA and many other products in Singapore.
You can get quality TOYOTA Used or New forklifts from us.

Feel free to call me +65 91910644
or mail email me [url/email removed]

Posted 1 Oct 2007 03:09 PM

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Joei
Kepri, Indonesia

Great ! May I Know the price of 7FD25 and 7FD30 Used one ? We are currently Import a lot of Toyota forklift from Singapore,As long you can give us the good prices,we would consider to purchase with you

we are also looking 6 Ton & 7 Ton forklift Used one with higher date Production

Thanks

Posted 24 Oct 2007 03:05 PM

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