Thirst i would like to point out that the video was done for internal use and our Saudi partners. The lad who did this is very talented and worked very hard to do this,Must say if your Children can do this then they must be really talented. You do raise some good point though. First the time it has taken like i pointed out it is not like setting up service company it much harder and than i first thought. You also pointed out that if a company was looking to purchase 5 1.5 ,10 3, 2 8, and 1 10. when the 8 and 10 truck suffer brake down then they have a problem. We will be able to get the trucks back in service in under 5 hours can Kalmar , Kone ,Linde , Hyster do this. Also we will be around 20%-30% more fuel efficient than these trucks. When you look at all the other manufactures they have not made any major changes over the last 30 Years only Linde have made some type of improvement but this is still a long way behind what we have done so being a top 6 manufacture won't be that hard.Who want's a truck that has not improved for 30 years would you want a car that is based on technology that is 30 years old. Kone is basically the same as a Kalmar Hyster is not that good Linde is very expensive Taylor and Hoist basically stay in North America Doosan Hyundai and the Chinese are not up to scratch.and the new Clark is a Omega that's basically the same as a Doosan

Your machine is going to have to be very good for any one to even have a look. If I put myself in the shoes of a potential customer who wants 5, 1.5 tonne, 10, 3 tonne, 2, 8 tonne and a 10 tonne machine how many will you be able to supply? If the answer is just the last 3 then why should I do business with you? I will just get the lot from Linde or Hyster. Even if you just compete in the large truck arena you will not have the product range to compete with SMV, Kalmar etc.
I also think the aim of being in the top 6 heavy truck suppliers in 6 years is a bit steep. You have been talking about this one machine for two years and all there is to show for it is a cartoon my children could have made.
Don't get me wrong, I do wish you the best of luck with this and I hope you succeed, I am just being realistic.

The Video was done for our partners in Saudi. We are set to recruit staff towards the end of the year. When three demo trucks are to be placed with a major Saudi company for some test work.Then full production will start on the modular for each machine. The Saudi's have experience of production and we have some strong supplier partners who top class products that are well proven. It may seem to look a bit like a Linde but it is totally different in shape and the only thing similar is they both use hydrostatic transmission. We Use a 4 cyl 4.8L engine where Linde use a 6cyl 6.7L engine. But yes it's the first significant change in forklift design for 20years. I must admit tho it's some times is hard to set up a new dealership so to start with a totally new manufacture was harder than i first thought this is why it has taken so much time. But know we have creditable Saudi partners we should start to get to are aim of being a top 5 heavy forklift manufacture with in 6 years

Dave the youtube bit is still a cartoon !
Have you actually built a complete machine yet.
Is the factory in place
Have your production staff been recruited
Machines running off the production line soon !!!
when 2months, 6months, 2 years. !!!!!
having said all that your line drawings look nice and I hope you succeed but is it real or fantasy ?

Dave, it looks like a Linde. Was that done on purpose? It is driverless too!

Etali forklift.

what do we look up on youtube ?

Yes the factory is being sorted and the video is on youtube first trucks wil be rolling of production line soon , I don't know how much the EGR filter will weigh but it wont be heavy. the truck is around 2,000kg much heavier than some competitors. The 10,000kg truck ahave increased the fuel capacity but they will need that. What is going to be interesting looking at most manufactures have gone with the EGR system but this needs to be changed for 2014 tier 4 final to SCR. This is the important part because it will need more development cost's and on the smaller engine can the engine manufactures aford the development cost's that will be needed.Will some companies just decide they don't need to spend the capital on a truck that they won't sell much of in Europe and US. It will be interesting to see what happens 2012 is not far away so the companies who want to participate will need be ready.

Dave

Are you the same chap as Davie160 who was going to manufacture large machine in the middle east ?

if so what happened.

Dave. Any idea how much the soot filters on the EGR system weigh? Given that they will be hot and presumably heavy, will it need an external lifting souce to change the filters each time?