havent seen it,just hopes its not made from someone else, like china. keep it American!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Michael B----do you have an E-mail Address I can contact you at?

How much more or less does this thing cost?

I watched the vid and it seemed to be an electric reversible......I belive griffman and i used to work together and if he is were he still was in 2002 he's right a good man......from someone who used to work for crown in mid michigan........

I'm not sure about the reversible drive fan option. I've only seen the standard package truck, and that had the basic direct belt drive fan. When I come across a truck with the full options package in person, I'll be sure to let you know.

I didn't think a hydraulic powered fan was a linde invention, I would have bet they were around before linde used them...

I think the fan is Hydraulic. They copied the Linde design.

Or can Kevin back up the 8k to 10k _more_ than any other truck statement, yet?
I could not tell if fan is hydraulic or electric driven, does anyone know?

Grant says.."the Crown C5 is less expensive than any other IC truck on the market".

Can you back that up?

Kevin you obviously struggle with basic math, the Crown C5 is less expensive than any other IC truck on the market.

I don't know where you get this $8-$10,000 difference.

Keep up the good work!

Theres no way you can start to consider overall cost of ownership on a brand new product. Every company has their first few attempts, and usually has to fail first before they can suceede in the end. Remember the first set of Crown RR5000. I've Seen customers demand that the factory come and pick them up because they had absolutely no endurance, and the costs were through the roof. But now, after a few years of improvements, the new RR5700 Series is a sweet ride. I just hope Crown's able to keep up with actual customer demands, and not just what their management thinks the customers need.

And Edward, I loved that comment about only seeing the Broken Forklifts...Lol.

Boy it really sounds like someone is Crown Brainwashed there!! you will have a hard time penetrating the market of the IC equipment when you are $8,000 - $10,000 more then other IC manufacturers. So you are aware Toyota is made in (not just assembled in) Columbus Indiana. In case you have not heard Toyota makes cars as well and they have more US content then GM and Ford.
One last thing in case you didn't hear this yet....the John Deere Plant just placed it's order with Toyota forklifts. :) believe it or not- check it out! what does that tell you??

For Hank, wow it seems like you are not too fond of Crown. Must be from one of the dealerships in Florida that Crown pulled. Give it a little time for this new unit to get out there and then you will see why customers will leave their current IC truck provider and switch to the C5. If you have been in this business for a while you should know by now that Crown eventually ends up dominating in all areas of this business. As for Toyota, Raymond and the other IC products...Crown is american made! We keep jobs here! Ever try buying a part for a Toyota/Nissan IC truck that needs to come from Japan? The prices are rediculous! Lets talk lowest cost of ownership sometime.

Fair enough, Sounds like you've got some experience on trucks too bad you aren't in our neck of the woods. There's no doubt only time will tell on the C-5. We're all just trying to make a better mouse trap.

OK Tony, your right, it is a percent of sales increase... and not really market share.
[I ain't no fan of Toyota/Raymond either, in fact, the only good forklift is one I never seen, since I only get to see the broken ones]


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