I have been working on Linde R14 reach trucks since 1996. This particular warehouse used 6 R14's and 4 old Nissans. These early Lindes were terrible and were forever breaking down. They blew hydraulic pumps every few months and power steer motor armatures packed it in at about the same rate. After replacing all the pumps twice the brand suddenly changed and there has been no trouble since. Rams and plumbing leaked regulary and the drive motors over heated because of the Mickey Mouse cooling system. The forward/reverse contactor needed it's coils replaced regulary because they were mounted lying on their side (they last forever if mounted upright). The same problem occurred with the later model except that it had a side mounted regen braking contactor as well to wear out (when will they learn?). We had one of the big steering bearings on the drive unit wear out very quickly because the factory/importer never greased it. During all this time the Nissans which are all at least twice as old as the Lindes required nothing other than routine servicing. I wo'nt even go into troubles and woes with the T20S pallet carriers. This same warehouse also has an H20 hydrostatic on LPG. Except for blowing it's controller up and a lockup because of a sticking valve, it has been reasonably reliable. We are now into the AC drive Lindes and it is too early to tell how they will go. I find the Lindes to be great machines to use and now that we have spent countless hours gettting them to be more reliable by doing the obvious things that the factory should done in the first place they are actually starting to become reliable.