MDmetalman, I believe within my opinion and experience you bought a wholesale unit with 12,000 hours which shows 2100 hours, if you really want to know the entire real story about what you bought, call your local Hyster dealer and pay for a full inspection of condition. First thing the Hyster dealer will do is run the serial number which will In turn give them a factory build report. That report will show the dealer who ordered the unit, which customer bought the unit. Then you can contact the selling dealer of the unit with the serial number and speak to service department about service records and hours. I am willing to bet I am right.

Most S120FT units in your part of the country are in 10,000 hour, 60 month applications , paper, auto, ports, machine shops, etc!
It is very uncommon to find used forklifts made in 2007 with 2100 hours. The average or industry benchmark usage is 140 hours per month.

Now I am sure this information will upset a few people in the used truck business. This simple procedure can be done on any lift truck. I'm sure your service company meant no harm, after all they are just going off the hour meter that has flipped over. I always explain to customers to spend the $300-$400 for a dealer OEM inspection before purchasing a used lift truck from a non-selling dealer or used equipment independent. Most late model lift trucks are equipped with a computer which logs hours, transmission miles etc. only the dealer for the brand in question has the laptop software to perform this inspection.

All of these used equipment guys or service companies who sell used equipment, buy there equipment from a wholesaler. 75% of the equipment a wholesaler buys is from leasing companies, banks, and dealers. The dealers have first pick of all off lease equipment from the leasing companies. After the dealers cherry pick the great units to sell in there used equipment department, the tired units are then sold off to wholesales around the country, then sold off to used equipment companies, service companies and export.

Now there are some really great used equipment guys who really know what there buying and selling. They take the time to get the real story, they check compression, transmission pressure, pull wheels and inspect brakes, hub bearings, check fluid lines, verify hours.

But most do not!!!!!!! Hope this helps!