Forklift warranty and service plan

[beltbreaker]

Looking to change the forklift and looking at 5yr warranties and service plans. Current machine has cost £1.92/HR in services and repairs over almost 7yrs @ 850hrs a year.
What are people's feelings on them? As machines get more complex is stump up the cash or wing it??

 

[Speedstar]

Looking to change the forklift and looking at 5yr warranties and service plans. Current machine has cost £1.92/HR in services and repairs over almost 7yrs @ 850hrs a year.
What are people's feelings on them? As machines get more complex is stump up the cash or wing it??
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That sounds cheap if that is for all the oils filters & repairs , serviced by the dealer ?

 

[beltbreaker]

Big services by dealer wee services by myself. I thought it was ok no major problems as yet with this one old one used to eat the internal boom pipes every 300hrs at £1k a pop mostly time... Did it 4 times so sold it.

 

[quattro]

Jcb warranty’s are v good and weren’t to dear, they would probably want to do all the servicing though

 

[Horn&corn]

Looking to change the forklift and looking at 5yr warranties and service plans. Current machine has cost £1.92/HR in services and repairs over almost 7yrs @ 850hrs a year.
What are people's feelings on them? As machines get more complex is stump up the cash or wing it??

What will the warranty cost? Servicing seems to be getting very expensive so if figures close it’s an obvious choice

 

[Sparkplug]

Looking to change the forklift and looking at 5yr warranties and service plans. Current machine has cost £1.92/HR in services and repairs over almost 7yrs @ 850hrs a year.
What are people's feelings on them? As machines get more complex is stump up the cash or wing it??

What sort of Forklift? Rough Terrain, Industrial? TH,

 

[beltbreaker]

Merlo 40.7 currently.

 

[Planttech]

Merlo 40.7 currently.

What age is it? And hours?

 

[beltbreaker]

2014 5700hrs but will rise.

 

[Planttech]

2014 5700hrs but will rise.

Keep it. Service and grease regularly it’ll do 10000 plus easy

 

[Farma Parma]

i see the Bobcat Rebranded Massey ones can come with 5yr warranty now no doubt similar to AGCOs other tractor warranty
If thats of any use ?

 

[beltbreaker]

That's what we have been doing, are the new ones that bad?? I know the 15-17 plates had there moments the new ones are supposed to be an improvement. Tier 5 JCB the other option and I did like the demo I had also UK assembled.. who knows??

 

[beltbreaker]

i see the Bobcat Rebranded Massey ones can come with 5yr warranty now no doubt similar to AGCOs other tractor warranty
If thats of any use ?

Was hoping for a demo but no sign, seem to be good value, but noisy, had the Manitou and Class too. Some ol money in them now

 

[Planttech]

That's what we have been doing, are the new ones that bad?? I know the 15-17 plates had there moments the new ones are supposed to be an improvement. Tier 5 JCB the other option and I did like the demo I had also UK assembled.. who knows??

Servicing is a lot more expensive. No matter what you buy. Even using aftermarket approved filters and oils it pricey

 

[Farma Parma]

Was hoping for a demo but no sign, seem to be good value, but noisy, had the Manitou and Class too. Some ol money in them now

There all off the Radar what size you looking at 7m 4t jobby like? guessing £75/80k poss more now are they?
my 2005 2.8t/7m Merlo was £32k ive go no chance of changing that anytime soon.

 

[Planttech]

i see the Bobcat Rebranded Massey ones can come with 5yr warranty now no doubt similar to AGCOs other tractor warranty
If thats of any use ?

The worry would be will MF get bored in 4 years and stop using them!!

 

[Planttech]

There all off the Radar what size you looking at 7m 4t jobby like? guessing £75/80k poss more now are they?
my 2005 2.8t/7m Merlo was £32k ive go no chance of changing that anytime soon.

Bomb proof of looked after

 

[Farma Parma]

The worry would be will MF get bored in 4 years and stop using them!!

how many have they actually sold? ive never seen one on a farm at all ? there no cheaper than a Merlo thats the trouble

 

[Farma Parma]

Bomb proof of looked after

ohyou might be right with that tiny filter on pump you know
a pal of mines 26.6 was doing them same & they had it apart & black gunge in there, cleaned it, i presume its a metal gauze type insert & he said the other day its like a diff loader now.