Hi all,
How do you value a fork truck as a secondhand commodity to sell on?
The company i work for have a number of owned trucks, all being replaced with new kit, most of the kit is 6 to 7 years old and mainly electric reach and cb trucks.
I could shop about ans wait for someone to give us a good price, but i'd like to think that that i could genuinely say, yes that's a fair price, or not?
Your thoughts?
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It's a bit complicated.
Usually, while we calculate the offer for the buyback, we do this following way:
1. estimate the actual market value of the truck basing upon the brand, year, working hours and applictaion/general condition,
2. estimate the cost of refurbishment (if planned),
3. add the logistic costs (transport etc)
4. add the sales margin.
The difference between point 1 and the rest gives the buyback price.
Of course there's the issue of margin level etc, which varies between 15 and 40%, depending upon the company. Here's the fileld for negotiations.
Another issue are the batteries, which after 7 years are probably dead/empty, so you must be aware, that nobody will pay for them.
Every serious manufacturer has a huge tables showing the residual values of the trucks after LTR. They are based upon the year/working hours/application factors and all are constructed the way I described above.
For example - high class European IC 2-tonner after 72 months/2000 hours a year/medium application has the residual value between 10 and 15% of the purchase price.
High class European reach truck after 72 months/1000 hour a year/medium application is worth for 15 to 20% of the purchase price.
Etc.
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