As you know , forklifts (or Motorized Pallet Trucks as they are called elsewhere) are very expensive equipment. In the Philippines, there are not only so many forklift vendors of brand-new equipment (TCM, Toyota, Jung Heinrich, Yale, Nissan, Linde (not Lindt the chocolate hehehehe) and so on) as well as countless importers of second-hand (or third-, fourth-, who knows?) equipment.
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| courtesy of tcmglobal.net |
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| courtesy of toyotaforklift.com |
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A few years ago, a forklift supplier said the annual market for brand-new forklifts is about 600 units more or less while the second-hand market runs into the 2,000 units mark. There is then pressure among the brand-new vendors to run after whatever sale is out there.
When I ask for quotes, they would also ask what did his competitor quote so he can better it (ie lower the price somewhat). Not so ethical but it's done that way over here.
The more important thing to consider as the Logistics or Material Handling manager is to make sure you are comparing apples to oranges. Sometimes for a given price point, the products presented are not equals.
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| Reach truck courtesy of jungheinrich.com |
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| courtesy of clarkmheu.com |
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Ex I asked for quotes for 1-ton capacity counterbalance forklifts as I will be using them for my racking system. It turns out that one of the supplier did not tell me that his product is a one-tonner when the Load is at Ground level but the Maximum Allowed Lifting Weight at Maximum Lifting Height drops down to less than 900kgs!!!! That now becomes a Safety Issue, sir. No wonder his price per unit was lower. BE CAREFUL.
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