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With lead times for new lift trucks out as much as 100 weeks, maintenance has taken on new importance. Fortunately, suppliers and dealers alike have some powerful tools that provide a more proactive approach to service at both the fleet and individual truck level.

Operational priorities and infrastructure constraints should guide motive power choice, though lithium is seen as gaining ground in the long term. Every option has its strong points, so it comes down to using the goals of each operation to guide it down the best motive power path.

Some elements of training programs are a must, like the need for hands-on instruction, but lift truck OEMs are evolving training in areas like providing smaller chunks of classroom content and training people to support deployment of autonomous trucks.

The updated program presents information in smaller bites, interspersed with hands-on learning to keep trainees engaged.

Once considered the purvey of the far-off future, autonomous lift trucks have arrived. Here’s what they can offer.

Partnership centers on a certified Explosion Proof (EX) lift truck line in which traditional Hyster lift trucks are converted by RICO Manufacturing, which has three-plus decades of experience in manufacturing EX solutions for the North American market.

Lift truck developed for needs of a precast concrete infrastructure products provider.

Go to the source—your operators—and get a handle on their power concerns, recharge patterns, and how these might impact productivity.

As a member of A3, Hyster will continue to innovate on top of its current lineup of robotic lift trucks, and will exhibit and present at A3's Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Conference Oct. 13

Lift truck brands of Yale-Hyster group offer up tips, inspections, posters and other resources

In Washington State, Mount Adams Fruit is using a mix of automation to take a leadership position in the apple and pear industry.

At ProMatDX this week, Hyster is showcasing its telemetry solution, Hyster Tracker, which helps businesses turn data into actionable insights.

Hyster's H360XD and J60XNL trucks gain the The Chicago Athenaeum's 2020 GOOD DESIGN Award

The electric forklifts are comfortable, durable and easy to use.

Decisions on which type of lift truck power to go with should not be about what’s the latest technology: It’s about assessing operational factors against cost considerations.