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Life is simple Andrew - Benny states in his last sentence that the small walk behind pallet truck (and I am assuming he is referring to battery powered units) is almost non existent in North America. I stated Class III trucks (battery powered low lift, high lift walkie stackers, etc) account for almost 30% of the total market (at least in the US) - this is significant. It was also indicated that in Europe there was a 50/50 split between electrics & IC type units. In the US market it is more or less 60% electric & 40% I.C.E powered split.
I provided the full breakdown in response another gentlemen's desire for info on a comparison of NA vs EU. Unfortunately exact numbers cannot be freely stated per the ITA rules & regulations only %ages and cannot speak for Europe.
Now what would you like the stats correlated to?
  • Posted 28 Sep 2012 11:28
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