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I am glad to see Crown entering the IC market. I must say that I am a little biasis since I "cut my teeth" working on Crown products. The thing I suspect is even someone like myself who had moved up to a Branch Managers level at a Crown dealership may not be willing to pay $8,000-$10,000 more per truck than any other brand. This would be a hard sell even for a die-hard fan of Crown products. I do wish them well on this venture!
I'm not a tech but this looks like a sweet truck. Where I find fault, maybe the wrong forum, are the countless operator errors taking place during both films. I would have expected Crown to tape their C-5 working with safety in mind.
Sorry if I posted here but just my observation.
Vic, that is an easy question.
Market share.
Crown is tapping in the IC market for a simple reason, class IV and V represent a considerable % of the overall lift truck sales in the US.
I would do the same thing, especially if I would have the confidence of having a top notch product. This truck is build to last, it is a workhorse that will not stop. Believe me, I saw it, and not only for the past month. And it does have power, lots of power......
You guys over that side of the pond don`t come across many still trucks because i can say hand on heart they are one of the most technologically advanced trucks on the market.
Relatively slow running engine electric drive and control i.e hybrid. A while ago one of our customer did a fuel efficiency test of there own still verse linde in a brick work enviroment still came out on top. other trucks would not work well in the brick yard conditions.
the last time we were told clarks were great was the introduction of the new cmp which was a tcm tailift samuk.
Why would Crown even consider tapping into the IC market in the first place is the question I have to ask? Not impressed with the presentation (as a buyer) a handful of "test" customers ranting about "productivity" is very lame. Still not even close to a Yale/Hyster product.
Time will tell, but its a far cry from cutting edge like we have seen in the past five years.
Vic
Really?
I have only one name to mention "Carraro" for the transmission.
For anyone who is not familiar with their products, look it up and check some of their customers....
You see, all the arguments I am hearing some far are about innovation. Let me tell you something; innovation is only good when it leads to real advantages, lets talk about durability, productivity, maintenance cost over the life of the truck (value), oh, and by the way lets go buy a Linde OEM spare part.....
Just watched the video, from what i could see apart from a new engine and dry disc brakes and a floating seat back the machine is still 5-10 years behind Linde. Maintenance free brakes, hydrostatic transmission, Linde Load control, etc. I am sure the machine is a quality product but as far as technical innovation still a way behind most European manfacturers
BR Ian
This unit is now the finast LP truck ever manufactured. It will set a whole new standard for all other manufactures to try and duplicate. Anyone that has a negative thought about this unit obviously does not now all of the details on what went into making this fine unit or could it be that they are scrambling to try and compete. Every so often a product is developed that creates a paradigm shift and this unit has done just that!
hamech is still around.... the crown will be the premium truck and the hamech will be the lower cost alternative. crown is only starting out 4k-6k trucks, hamech will cover the rest...
Advatages? The thing has access 123, 3000hour interval maintenance checks on the breaks, 1000 hour oil changes, engine rated 2x anyone else including Linde, great visability, not to mention the fastest lifting speeds in the ic world. It also has 2 different modes to either run the fastest, or run the most fuel efficant compared to anyone else...
I'm sure that this will be the first of hundreds of opinions. I watched the videos and it seems that they are hanging their hats more on the John Deere engine than on the Crown name. I didn't see any real advancemnets in lift truck design except for maybe the flex back seat.
I would have expected a lot more from a company that has won so many design awards. Talk about ergonomics, where is the spinner ****? Where is the armrest with the joystick controls?
As far as major lift truck design advancements go, I believe nothing can touch a Linde.
what happened to the engine truck they were going to call a Hamech
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