Make Your Battery Last” is a two part series to educate you on the basics of forklift battery maintenance. In part one, we will discuss charging and maintaining a forklift battery and then continue through to part two, covering cleaning and safety with a quick summary to finish off.

Part four will contain some tips and tricks on the final stages of purchase and post purchase maintenance of your used forklift. Today’s post will be divided into specific sections including: Trade-In/Disposal, Servicing, Warranty, Contract and Purchase, Post Purchase Maintenance.

Today we’ll continue through to the physical inspection aspect of buying a used forklift and the tips and tricks you must be aware of.

We’ve been lucky enough to get some time with Wayne Pearce, our Big Truck Specialist in Queensland. Wayne deals with all of our big truck customers, assisting them in making the right choice for their particular applications.

Last week, we introduced our used forklift blog “How To Avoid Buying A Lemon”, today we continue where we left off with 4 steps to researching the right used forklift for you.