Hyster isn't currently on YouTube trying to convince everyone their idea will work.

With many Companies now looking to produce Hydrogen IC engines, Cummins, Toyota JCB all have either built or plan to build an Hydrogen IC engine. whare will this leave the hyster fuel cell program. Hyster via their company Nuvera have invested heavly in the fuel cell business to the tune of a couple of hundred million dollars. That now looks like this might have to be writen off if you add write off for the over payment of the maximal this might lead to over $250 million write down on Hyster Yale.


Now i know all you suporters of Hyster are going to say i'm just trolling Hyster and yes i can understand your point because you all work for either Hyster or a Hyster dealer so this is not good news for you. But just look at the facts a IC engine running on Hydrogen is a round 0ne third of the cost of a Hydrogen fuel cell so some companies might choose this way.

again i don't think even an IC hydrogen engine will be a very good idea because of a couple of reasons. One being they still need hydrogen tanks at 350Bar for storing the fuel. Two they have to greatly lower the compersion ratio meaning a 4.7L 120Kw engine running on hydrogen would only be 80Kw, Three Hydrogen is very explosive and even a small leak can cuase major issues, as Hydrogen leaks are very hard to detect and hydrogen burns without a flame

So what's happened to the super zero emission truck then??

Where did you get September? I thought for sure it would be April....again.

I highly doubt it, this has been going on for over 10 years so about time he turned it in really!

September 2021 is the new release date. Will it be met?

please: do not rattle his cage more than you have to.

Been in the industry 30 years, think I may need to be in it another 30 before we see Dave's wonder truck though!!

Agree with you totally sport 05

It's so great to see that there are still quite a few of us that started as youngsters in the industry! I started selling for Clark in 1974 and have worked in sales and sales management at the dealer level and also worked for OEM's at a mid and senior management levels. I am still working! I remember many years ago when I was a "newbie" salesman, attending my first national sales meeting, one of the top Clark National Account Salesman told me "kid (yes he did call me kid!) you are going to find that you either love this business or hate it. If you love it you will see a lot of interesting things and learn how quite a few things are made. You will also meet a lot of nice and some not so nice people and you will make a decent living." He continued "if you hate it don't kid yourself, get the **** out"! He was right! I guess I loved it as I'm still working in the industry or maybe I'm just a ****!

Dang, I feel so outclassed with only 22 years in the industry.

Hi, The range is MiMA Forktrucks.We have literature on rack model in their range. We are Wilmat Ltd and manufactured customised trucks to solve handling problems. We manufacture press tool loading trucks up to 15 tons caps but the MiMA range we can offer up to 30tons capacity Wilmat have never produced a reach truck so we can now offer a range lifting to 11 metres.
Please look at Wilmat and MiMA websites.

great to hear someone contributing to the material handling business and sticking with it as long as you.
curious, what brand is your newly china built machine?
do you have any literature introducing it into the market?
tradeshow material?

Interesting. I started as a Rep in the industry in1959. I sold a wide range of equipment but it included probably some of the first TCM trucks into the UK. I started in business entirely on my own in 1966 selling a range of equipment which I manufactured plus a few Balcancars. I am still working and we are at present introducing a range of quality electric trucks from China (MiMA) in addition to the range of trucks that we manufacture in the UK. So 61 years and still love it. I like to play as well!

For what it is worth - started in '67 right out of college w/ A-C, hung up my "lift truck" spurs in 2007. Enjoyed my journey of 41 years.
Here is a heads up for your futures "Old age ain't for sissies." but you will join a new social network community when you go stand in line at your local pharmacy.
Ciao! & Pura Vida! (life is good if you are in Costa Rica)

i started back in '77 so whats that? 44?
but whos counting... i quit counting them up a while ago.
Now i'm counting down to retirement ;o)
Not sure when that's gonna be now considering :o/

I beat you by 3 years mate

OK , i lied But i do own a hat and a few cows, and this my 36 year in the industry.

As a proud owner of a hat and a few cows I gave serious thought to coming up with a lift powered by cow F-ar-s. Seems like in california the state wants to regulate the naturally produced natural gas so i thought put gas collection packs on the cows, have the farmers pay for it and make my investors very happy. But after spending my investors money on research , i concluded the carbon dioxide produced by the cows does not offset the natural gas produced to provide zero emissions needed to make my claim viable. Btw Jan 4th marked my 36th year in the industry. The lift truck industry not the cow F-ar-s industry

Guess the saga of an zero emission, ammonia eating world beating forklift & it's promoter/inventor backed by wealthy investors went the way of Aesop and his Aesop Fables and Grimms' Fairy Tales by Aesop. In short "all talk no stalk" or as they say in Texas "All Hat and No Cattle"
Check out this link - fairytalez (dot) com