The Toyota 7FG25

The reliability of a seven-year-old forklift has prompted an Australian container logistics company to buy a fleet of eight new Toyota trucks.

Precision Container Services Pty Ltd and its sister business Precision Express Freighters Pty Ltd, have ordered eight new 2.4 tonne Toyota 7FG25 forklifts, four to be based in Melbourne and the rest in Sydney.

It was the experience Melbourne-based Precision Container Services had with a single rented Toyota forklift combined with the equipment cost that spurred the purchase, Precision Container Services operations manager Paul Heenan said.

"We had one Toyota machine, which we used as a paper clamp, carrying rolls of newsprint. In seven years that machine had never had a breakdown.

"That experience led us to Toyota and, when we did the figures, we realized we could buy new forklifts for what we were paying in rental with our previous brand," he said.

Four Toyota forklifts replaced Precision Container Services' Clark forklifts, which were used to load and unload containers.