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You guys in the UK and USA really need to get over your xenophobia and anti-Chinese issues. Our experience is that Chinese forklifts , if spec'd correctly, are basically simple, rugged and reliable well priced options to the overpriced Japanese machines and the over-complex and horribly expensive to maintain Euro brands. Sure, they don't have all the clever electronics and plastic but that's actually their major benefit in a rental fleet. Hangcha in particular remind me of older generation Nissan Toyota and TCM where straightforward basic engineering did the job well.
  • Posted 6 Jul 2012 09:14
  • By oldforker
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  • auckland, New Zealand

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