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Who owns Unicarriers? Who are the owners of Unicarriers? Currently Unicarriers is a joint venture between Nissan Motors, Hitachi Construction Machinery, and the Innovation Company of Japan (i.e. Japanese government/bailout type fund). Neither Nissan Motors (Nissan forklift brand) nor Hitachi (TCM forklift brand) really wanted to stay in the forklift business. In 2012 Unicarriers was […]
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Q: What lubricants do I use in my Toyota forklift? A: It depends. Using the wrong lubricating fluids on your forklift can damage the truck and put the truck’s operator in danger. Check below for the correct fluid specs for various models of Toyota 7 and 8 series trucks. But first, here’s a short explanation of some abbreviations […]
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Q: What lubricants do I use on my Hyster or Yale forklift? A: It depends. Using the wrong lubricants on your forklift can damage the truck and put its operator in danger. Check below for the correct fluid specs for various models of Hyster and Yale trucks. For Hyster models S30FT, S35FT, S40FT, H30FT, H35FT, H40FTand Yale models GLC030VX, […]
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Learn more about forklift seat belt safety. Basics of Forklift Seat Belt Use Do forklift operators have to wear seat belts? Do forklifts even have to have seat belts? These are questions that all forklift owners have likely asked at some point. With forklifts being used in so many different situations and circumstances, safety laws […]
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Forklift Injuries In 2013, there were a total of 4,585 fatal work-related injuries in the United States. An estimated 100 of those fatal injuries were caused by forklifts. On top of that, there are an estimated 34,000 forklift injuries in our country each year. It’s clear that forklifts can be dangerous pieces of equipment, and when not used […]
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There are a lot of ways to classify, categorize, and distinguish different products in any given industry. This is especially true in the forklift industry, where parts are manufactured worldwide for many different brands of forklifts. Abbreviations are often used to qualify these parts for certain uses, but so many shorthand phrases can get confusing. We’re […]
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Finding an Old Clock Style Forklift Hour Meter Here’s something we recently stumbled on– an ancient clock style forklift hour meter. We found this one on an old Hyster forklift. Curious how to read old hour meters like this one? Check out the photo below for instructions. From the instructions, it appears our hour meter reads […]
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