don't know where you heard this "free" thing from but it does not exist in the forklift world or any other place that i know of.
One thing i've learned in today's market is if someone is throwing the word "free" into their sales marketing it is just a gimmick to attract consumers, they WILL get theirs on the back end i can promise you that.
Trainers time and classroom resources costs them money, they are not going to just throw money to the wind training people without making money off of it somehow.

So if your hearing the term "free" from someone i would take a long hard look at what they are trying to sell you on, ask alot of questions about every aspect of this training program they are offering.
I've spent my whole 30+ year carreer working for dealerships and trust me when i say... what may seem like a good deal up front probably isn't in the end, you will pay. ;o)

Just for curiosity, where did you hear this from? I'm sure many of us would like to know the source of this :o)