For NICHIYU, TOYOTA, KOMATSU & TOYOTA, the oil replacement hours is 1000 Hrs along with Return line filter, And you need to change the hyd Suction line filter alomg with oil is every 2000 hrs.
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Thanks to both forkingabout and swoop223 ! We do not have manuals for most of the trucks as they were imported as used. Most of my trucks are Nichiyu, Toyota, Komatsu & TCM. Since our technical guys were not very informed on this, I remember them changing hydraulic oil once in every 200 hours for some models costing time and money !
Like forkingabout says it all really depends on the manufacturer and also the model of the truck on how often the hydraulic oil should be changed.
Years ago the standard was around 1200 to 1500hrs or 1yr on most models but since the manufacture of oil development has improved greatly over the years and now they are integrating synthetic into oils more the time intervals have practically doubled from what i've seen.
I checked in Mitsubitshi, Caterpillar, Hyster and Yale and their current intervals ranged from 2000 to 2400 hrs or 1 year (whichever comes first) depending on the model truck.
As for pallet jacks most of the ones i found did not have a change interval, it was basically a monitor and top off suggestion. But if you want to take the time to change the oil i would follow the others, change it at least once a year.
Your machines should have an operators manual on them and those manuals do have maintenance schedules in them telling you this information. If they do not have operator manuals then i would suggest getting them and keeping them on each machine.
They are generally kept behind the seat or in a storage box or compartment of some sort. If those do not exist then fix them and make sure your trucks are in order. ;o)
Depends on the manufacturer, make & model of truck.
Newer designs of trucks using synthetic oils can go a lot longer between oil changes.