Report this forum post

Several years ago we supplied 22 Komatsu forklifts to a multinational company. They were a great success. A few months later they asked us to supply a few cheap machines as back-ups in several of their plants. We opted for EP. Within 2 months we had to retrofit their control systems as they all failed. They are very poorly manufactured and unreliable. Yes they are cheap to purchase but the cost of ownership is very high and you risk getting a bad reputation by selling these into the market place. I have never heard anything positive about them other than the cheap initial cost. Incidentally the dealer we bought them from stopped supplying them for the above reasons.
Maybe in the future Chinese trucks will improve in design and reliability but for now I think you would do better to avoid them.
  • Posted 31 Aug 2013 08:31
  • By Roibeard
  • joined 2 Mar'10 - 335 messages
  • Dublin, Ireland

This is ONLY to be used to report flooding, spam, advertising and problematic (harassing, abusive or crude) posts.

Indicates mandatory field
Fact of the week
The use of "hello" as a telephone greeting is attributed to Thomas Edison. He is said to have suggested it as a simpler alternative to other greetings, such as "Do I get you?" or "Are you there?".
Fact of the week
The use of "hello" as a telephone greeting is attributed to Thomas Edison. He is said to have suggested it as a simpler alternative to other greetings, such as "Do I get you?" or "Are you there?".
Ncn 85TH
Ncn 85TH 2017
Balling, Denmark
Used - Sale
UN Forklift FBR25NQC3
HANGZHOU, Zhejiang, China
New - Sale
Global Industry News
edition #1237 - 3 July 2025
While innovation and new technology are evolving at what seems to be an ever-increasing pace, the need to capture the data (telemetry) from this tech, and the ability to utilise it (telematics) for efficiency and cost savings, is one area attracting more and more attention ... Continue reading
Movers & Shakers
Jeannette Walker Jeannette Walker
CEO, MHEDA
President, European Rental Association (ERA)
Chief marketing officer, JLT Mobile Computers
Chief executive officer, East Penn Manufacturing