A good friend runs a fertilizer/chemical supply business, He has eight Hyster fork lifts. The one with electric controls has cost him over $6500 in repairs in the last three years. The ones with mechanical controls have only cost him $10500 in total repairs for all seven of them in the same time period. There is a controller that runs that touch controls. When it fails it is $2500 for a remanufactured one or a new one at $4500.
He called me to come and look at it in December. It worked fine when they lifted a man basket up to check some lights out in the warehouse. The operator shut it off so he could talk to the fellow in the basket. When he restarted it to let the man down the electric controls would not work. I figured out what solenoid worked the mast and jumper wired it to lower the basket. The repair company came out and the controller was bad again for the second time in under 800 hours.
So you buy what you want. The electric controls are nice if your using the lift eight hours a day. There is less fatigue but the dependability is lower in an older machine. If it is new an under warranty then who cares. IF your an employee your not paying the repair bills so you would like the electric controls. LOL If your a dealer selling a machine you would like the built in service work.
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