swoop223,
Selling any used forklift (as is, refurbished or recondtioned but never rebuilt) is selling a piece of equipment that is some percentage of being worn out (engine, trans, motor, etc), the hourmeter reading "maybe an indicator" what the remaining useful life maybe be, unless it has been disconnect, broken or non functioning, replaced (there are some large dealers in this state that install new hourmeters with zero hours on every used truck sold - they say it is easier to keep track of usage - hmmm - maybe a hide the pea game here. And a low hourmeter reading on a unit that came out of a "pickle foundry" is probably no a good indicator of expected useful life, either. Following your analogies on recond batteries one can conclude no one should sell any used forklift as pistons have just so many up and down strokes too & crank shaft turns before they are wore out, right? Wouldn't expect you to agree with that either unless you are an OEM manufacturer. Personally, I have never been bitten by sell used electrics with recond batteries but they are certainly not in high hour use or high cycle operations. There are a myraid of small companies that may use a forklift 3-5 hours per week and wish to go electric. Again, a key is proper charging & maintenance (no over filling the cells, don't put on charge every night, check connectors for cracking, etc.). Education of users & their employees is key to succes or failure and there are few users with electrics that follow proper procedures genrally because no one took the time to explain - just gave the customer a book and expected them to read & UNDERSTAND it.