Searching for a forklift buyer nearby usually turns up a local dealer who wants only clean late-model trade material, or a scrap hauler who prices by the pound. We are a nationwide principal buyer with carrier coverage in all fifty states, which means your location is our logistics problem rather than a reason to discount your offer.
Local dealers decline distant pickups because a truck run eats their margin. We build freight into our own cost structure rather than into your price, so a forklift ninety miles from the nearest interstate gets the same treatment as one on a metro dock. Recovery of machines that will not start, that have sunk into gravel, or that sit behind other equipment is routine work for our carriers.
A local buyer places equipment in a local market. We place it across a national one, which means more buyers for unusual configurations, heavy capacity iron, and specialty units like sideloaders and turret trucks. Broader placement supports stronger offers, particularly on equipment a single regional dealer would have no outlet for.
Text or email photos and your city. You get a firm number the same business day, with freight and pickup already included in the arrangement. There is no cost and no obligation, and plenty of people request a number simply to establish value for budgeting or internal approval before deciding anything.
We buy in all fifty states plus Washington D.C., from single units to full building liquidations. Browse the locations directory to see city-level pages, or simply call — the fastest path is always a phone call with photos.
Recent purchases loaded and hauled at our cost.
Send photos of the forklift, the data plate, and the hour meter. We reply with a firm number the same business day — usually within a few hours.
Text or email photos of the forklift — overall shots, the data plate, and the hour meter if it reads. No forms, no inspection appointments, no waiting on an appraiser.
We price from your photos and reply the same business day with a real number, not a range. What we quote is what you get paid.
Accept the offer and payment goes out before pickup. No consignment, no waiting for us to resell it, no reduced number at the dock.
Our carriers load and haul at our cost, including units that will not start or drive. You do not arrange a truck or pay a dime for transport.
Sit-down cushion and pneumatic tire forklifts from 3,000 lb to 15,000 lb capacity — the most common truck on any floor and our most frequent purchase.
48V and 36V electric sit-down and stand-up forklifts — with good batteries, dead batteries, or no battery at all.
LP gas forklifts from 3,000 lb to 12,000 lb — the workhorse of American warehouses, bought in any condition.
Diesel pneumatic forklifts from 5,000 lb to 36,000 lb — lumber yards, steel yards, ports, and construction fleets.
Stand-up reach trucks, double-reach, and narrow aisle units from Raymond, Crown, Yale, and Toyota.
Low, mid, and high-level order pickers — Crown SP and Raymond 5000 series, any hour meter.
No. Freight is entirely our cost, in every state. Our carriers handle loading and hauling, including units that will not drive onto the trailer under their own power. For heavy capacity forklifts and container handlers we arrange lowboy and step-deck transport with rigging. You never book a truck, never pay a fuel surcharge, and never see a deduction for transport on your payment.
Before the truck leaves. Payment goes out once you accept the offer and we confirm pickup details — wire, company check, or cash depending on the size of the deal and your preference. We do not work on consignment, we do not pay after resale, and we do not renegotiate at the dock. The number you accept is the number you receive.
Both. One forklift sitting behind a shop is a perfectly normal transaction for us and we treat it the same way we treat a forty-unit deal: firm offer, payment upfront, freight on us. Fleets are where the largest dollars are, but a single unit is never too small to be worth a call.
Yes. A dead or missing battery changes the number, never the willingness to buy. Lead-acid packs carry core value even when they no longer hold a charge, and the truck itself is what most buyers want. If you still have the charger, include it — chargers add real money and we will take them in the same load.
All of them. Toyota, Hyster, Yale, Crown, Raymond, Caterpillar, Clark, Mitsubishi, Nissan, UniCarriers, Komatsu, Linde, Doosan, Hyundai, Jungheinrich, TCM, Daewoo, Taylor, Hoist, Kalmar, Combilift, Landoll, JLG, Genie, SkyTrak, Sellick, Big Joe, EP Equipment, and the obscure and discontinued names too. Older or off-brand iron is often worth more than sellers expect precisely because parts support has dried up and used units are the only source.
Yes. Side shifters, fork positioners, rotators, carton clamps, paper roll clamps, drum handlers, extended forks, and man baskets all have their own market. So do battery chargers, spare battery packs, and racks of forks. If you are clearing a maintenance area, tell us what is on the shelves — we regularly buy attachments and chargers in the same transaction as the trucks.
A scrap yard pays by the pound for steel. We pay for the machine as a machine — its make, model, capacity, hours, mast, attachments, and rebuildable components. On a running truck the difference is frequently several thousand dollars, and even on a dead unit our number generally beats scrap because the drivetrain and mast retain resale value that a shredder ignores. You also skip paying a hauler, since our freight is free.
That is our specialty. Mixed lots of any composition — propane sit-downs, reach trucks, order pickers, a wall of walkies, a telehandler, scissor lifts, racking-adjacent equipment — priced as one package with one payment and a coordinated pickup schedule. We work with facility managers, liquidators, and auctioneers on deadline-driven closures and can stage removal around your last day of operations.
Constantly, and many dealers keep us on standing call. Trade-ins that will not retail, aged inventory tying up floor space, units taken on allowance that do not fit your mix, and rental retirements. We buy them in bulk, pay upfront, and clear your back lot without you having to retail or auction anything.
Still buyable. A blown engine, seized transmission, dead hydraulic pump, or cracked mast rail is a line item in our valuation, not a disqualification. Be specific about what failed so the offer is accurate the first time and there is no adjustment later. Trucks with major mechanical faults are a routine part of our volume.
Yes. Telehandlers are among the strongest-value machines we purchase — JLG, Genie, CAT, SkyTrak, Lull, JCB, Manitou — and we buy scissor lifts and boom lifts alongside them, particularly from rental fleet retirements and contractors downsizing after a project. Include attachments like buckets, truss booms, and platforms in your photos.
Hours matter less than most sellers assume. A 20,000-hour propane truck that has been maintained can be worth more than an 8,000-hour unit that sat outdoors and rusted. We look at the whole picture: mast condition, hydraulic leaks, tire wear, cosmetic state, service history, and how the market is currently moving on that specific model. Send the hour meter photo and let us weigh it properly.
None. Offers are free and there is no obligation. Plenty of people contact us simply to establish a value for budgeting, insurance, or an internal approval process, then sell months later or not at all. We would rather be the number you compare against than not hear from you.
All fifty states plus Washington D.C. We are a nationwide buyer with carrier coverage everywhere, including rural areas that local dealers will not drive to. Remote locations do not reduce your offer, because freight is our cost and we build it into our own math, not into your number.
We do. Forklifts generally do not carry titles like on-road vehicles, so most transactions need only a bill of sale, which we prepare. For government, institutional, or corporate sellers who require purchase orders, W-9s, insurance certificates, or specific release forms, we complete whatever your process requires.
Yes, and we do it regularly. Units that have sat outside for seasons, sunk into gravel, or been parked behind a building since the last plant manager left are all normal for us. Our carriers handle recovery, including winching and rigging. Send photos showing access so we can plan the right equipment for retrieval.
In lots, yes. Manual pallet jacks, walkie stackers, drum lifts, hand trucks, and similar equipment are worth buying when there is volume. A single manual jack is not worth a freight run, but twenty of them alongside a couple of forklifts absolutely is, and it beats paying to dispose of them.
Typically two to seven business days depending on your location and the equipment involved. Metro areas on major freight lanes move fastest. Heavy capacity units needing lowboy transport or rigging take a little longer to schedule. If you are working against a lease expiration or facility close-out date, tell us the deadline and we will build the schedule around it.
Get ours too. Sellers are often surprised at the spread between offers on identical equipment, and we are frequently higher because we buy for our own inventory rather than brokering for a fee. Even if you use another buyer, having a second firm number in hand is free leverage.
Yes. We work with auctioneers, estate representatives, bankruptcy trustees, and liquidators who need equipment moved on a firm timeline. We can buy pre-auction to reduce risk, buy no-sale lots afterward, or take an entire equipment category off the catalog before the sale.
Text photos to 954-740-1983 or email them. Same-business-day offer, payment upfront, freight on us in all fifty states.
