Cooke Sales & Service Company traded a used 2007 JCB forklift for USD33,363 and a 1987 JCB model in a deal with the City of Kirksville, Missouri, according to Gary Redmon, Cooke salesman.

Cooke submitted a successful bid in response to the city's solicitation.

Kirksville will operate the forklift at the city's wastewater treatment plant, says John Buckwalter, public works director. Buckwalter says the city would have spent about USD72,000 for a new forklift without a trade-in.

Redmon notes that it is typical for a user of JC Bamford Excavators Ltd (JCB) forklifts to stay with the JCB line when replacing equipment. "I have one customer with eight JCBs," he points out.

Chillicothe-based Cooke sells and rents JCB forklifts including rough terrain machines, New Holland graders and wheel loaders, Mustang skid loaders and Tiger boom arms. In addition to Chillicothe, Cooke has operations in Fulton, Sedalia and St Joseph, Missouri.