On 5/2/2012 11:13 AM, Ignoramus21480 wrote:
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What I learned is that there is a reason why nobody wants old
forklifts. The reason is parts availability.
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I think it's mostly the folks who really use them don't want to waste
the time/money on downtime.

There are plenty of boneyards around here even in a (relatively)
sparsely populated area; can't imagine there aren't a zillion in/around
Cook County that could get virtually any part of any forklift you could
imagine.

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