It is my Town Car now - it still runs fine uses a bit of oil (1/2 quart every 3K - trans slips a little on cold days - below 30F), only 3 of the 4 doors open/close, no more trailer pulling, except to spot our boats around our property. Just for a reference point I have a 1998 Ford Explorer 4.0l V6 that I changed oil, fluids, filter, etc on a regular basis (engine oil every 3k, trans fluid once/ year, pulled a 1200 lb boat & trail up down the hills of North Georgia most of it's life frequently - have accumulated 272,800 miles on it - replaced the heater/AC blower fan - $30 part, labor zero - DIY. With engine powered lift most people will say the economic lfie is 10-12K I've seen them operate up to 20K - no just a one truck operation but a fleet of well maintained machines. A bad battery can affect the life of the electric truck components - electrical ( motors/ brushes/switches) & electronic (controllers, etc.).Ĥ. On electric products (lift truck) or golf carts - the battery it self is a major expense to replace & is one component that is most often abused due to poor maintenance & charging procedures. But as Swoop stated it depends on how well the machine, battery & charger has been maintained and used. My SWAG on the economic life on an order selector will be between 8 - 10 operating hours - some go more -soem go less - depends on the operation & operating environment. The company that does the work might be able to help you with this search.ģ. If you have an outside company do your maintenance of the machine - the hour meter reading will be on a work order or invoice. this will give you a good idea as to what your cost/hour is. Pull all your maintenance/repair records fro mteh last 12 months adn divide it by the total hours used in the same time period - hopefully you have a log on repair with the hour meter reading. typicaly teh average usage is in teh 3 to 3.5 hour/8hour shift.Ģ. How many actual operating hours do you use teh equipment - in my experience it is unusual to see any type of forklift accumulate more than 5 to 5.5 hours of actual usage in an 8 hour shift. It would be helpful if you had some of teh followign data -:ġ. These guys are the top 3 sellers of order selectors and ask them your question. My suggestion is to contact the local Crown and/or Raymond dealer and maybe Yale that covers your area. Usually when it comes to their profits and saving overhead expense they will listen. If you can prove to them it will save them money in the long run i'm sure they will listen though. So i can understand the 'hard sell' on getting them to change their ways. It sounds like your boss's are old school and do not like change, they probably have a system in place there that works for them and they are resistant to change, maybe their philosophy is "if it ain't broke don't fix it?" o) The first time i ever saw this was back years ago when the GE SX controller came out when i was working at Yale and the laptop diagnostic interface was first introduced into their trucks. This has been a common practice with all mfg's for a few years now, GE, curtis, danfoss, zapi most likely at the truck mfg engineering departments request. Every controller has a hard coded HM that is not programmable and each inverter/controller has one built in. They can also be programmed into the controller via a diagnostic interface such as a laptop program or handset but these readings that are programmed are only a secondary HM reading. I believe most electric lifts these days have multiple hour meter readings to track traction, pump, steering, operator presence.
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