Forklift Repair and Maintenance
Forklifts are the backbone of the material handling industry, carrying out essential heavy lifting tasks in warehouses. Given their critical function, regular maintenance is crucial to keep your equipment safe, reliable, and efficient. Only well-maintained equipment can maximize productivity and support smooth operations.
Routine forklift maintenance, including daily inspections before each shift and scheduled comprehensive servicing, is key to extending equipment lifespan and ensuring consistent performance.
Without proper upkeep, small issues can escalate into costly repairs and prolonged downtime. Neglected forklifts can also pose serious safety risks to operators, nearby personnel, and assets. Each year, about 85 fatalities and 34,900 forklift-related injuries are reported. While 20-25% of these incidents stem from inadequate training, many others are preventable through diligent maintenance practices.
What is Forklift Maintenance?
Similar to maintaining your car, forklifts also need various types of maintenance and repair. Forklift maintenance includes the regular servicing, preventive repairs, cleaning, and inspections to ensure the smooth operation of the machine. Forklifts require full maintenance and service every 200 to 250 operational hours or every 6 weeks.
Why Should You Get Forklift Maintenance?
Workplace safety is central to effective maintenance practices. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), under the U.S. Department of Labor, sets essential guidelines for occupational health and safety, including specific regulations for forklift maintenance.
Regular forklift repair and maintenance are key to maximizing your investment and reducing total cost of ownership (TCO). With our Total Service Plans, we focus on minimizing TCO throughout the forklift’s lifespan, boosting uptime and productivity to ensure long-term value and reliability.
Benefits of Routine Maintenance Service
Reliable forklifts are essential for businesses that rely on efficient material handling. Planned maintenance keeps operations running smoothly, benefiting both customers and employees by avoiding mid-shift breakdowns and maintaining productivity.
Here are some of the ways that regular forklift maintenance can positively impact your profit margins and maximize your forklift investment.
1. Extended Lifespan
A well-maintained forklift with regularly serviced parts and timely replacements can operate smoothly without unexpected breakdowns, maximizing its value and reliability. Following a strict maintenance schedule ensures your forklift delivers years of dependable service.
2. Higher Resale Value
Routine maintenance enhances a forklift’s resale value by signaling to potential buyers that the equipment has been cared for and respected. Up-to-date service records provide reassurance to buyers, allowing you to ask a premium price for a well-maintained, reliable machine.
3. Enhanced Safety
Operators need confidence in their equipment, which comes from knowing the forklift has been thoroughly inspected and serviced. Regular maintenance minimizes the risk of mechanical failure, allowing operators to work safely and efficiently in high-paced environments, reducing the likelihood of accidents or injuries.
4. Improved Productivity and Reduced Downtime
Scheduled maintenance allows you to plan downtime in advance, with technicians performing routine tasks and part replacements during off-peak hours. This proactive approach prevents unexpected breakdowns from disrupting your business operations, ensuring smooth workflows.
Total Warehouse Forklift Service Plans
Explore Our Forklift Repair and Maintenance Solutions: Total Warehouse Repair & Service Programs
We fully invest in forklift service support with over 200+ factory-certified technicians, GPS, wireless service technology, and customer response centers across the entire West Coast. Our highly trained service department outperforms the rest as we provide fast and expert repairs, service, maintenance for a wide range of forklifts, pallet jacks, & order pickers. Our goal is to maximize the value of your investment and minimize your total cost of ownership. Partner with Us To Optimize Your Investment, Productivity, and TCO.
By choosing a Total Warehouse forklift and Forklift Repair and Maintenance service package, you’ll be sure to receive reliable and fast service. With service technicians across the entire West Coast, service excellence is guaranteed. Our comprehensive services cover technology, equipment, safety, and optimizing the use of your industrial trucks and driverless transport systems. This ensures maximum fleet availability, enhances workplace safety, and cuts down costs.
Planned Maintenance – PM Service Package
Planned maintenance is the key to maintaining peak performance and safeguarding your material handling equipment. Designed to meet OSHA standards for regular upkeep, Total Warehouse’s PM Service Package ensures timely inspections and repairs, minimizing the risk of unexpected and expensive damages.
By signing up, you’ll gain access to vital information empowering you to make informed business decisions. Investing in regular maintenance not only prolongs the life of your assets but also boosts your bottom line.
Benefits of regularly scheduled intervals for operational inspection and testing to keep equipment in good shape:
Improved Safety
Improved Productivity
Increased Life Span
Increased Resale Value
Increased Savings
Comprehensive Fixed Price Maintenance – CFPM Service Package
The comprehensive fixed price maintenance program is a combined ownership between you and the dealer where you receive the benefit of having a forklift manufacturer with years of experience fully service your fleet. With decades of forklift manufacturing expertise behind us, we handle all your fleet servicing needs, freeing you to concentrate on your core priorities.
The Total Warehouse CFPM Service Package is meticulously crafted to optimize uptime, extend equipment lifespan, and enhance safety across your material handling operations.
Efficiently reduce emergency breakdown costs and keep equipment safe and operational.
Includes PM. Covers most routine maintenance repairs.
Discounted labor & parts rates for wheels, wearables, or repairs resulted of misuse or abuse
Reduced Monthly Lease Payments
Meet OSHA Maintenance Requirements
Maximize Trade-In Value
Reduce Operating Costs
Total Care Maintenance Package – TCMP Service Package
For those aiming to minimize involvement in servicing and repairs while ensuring maximum truck availability, a full service contract is the ideal solution. With this option, all essential activities—from planning and coordination to professional execution and thorough documentation—are entrusted to Total Warehouse service experts and highly skilled technicians.
Whether it involves meeting maintenance deadlines, handling repairs, sourcing spare parts, or conducting safety checks, the full service contract offers extensive coverage for all required maintenance tasks.
Receive the equipment needed with all maintenance costs included at a fixed low monthly cost for full utilization of the equipment.
Includes PM. Covers ALL routine maintenance repairs.
Covers all wearables including tires and internal misuse charges
Standardize Costs of Maintenance
Efficient Review & Approval of Repairs
Maximize Equipment Uptime
At Total Warehouse, we provide a range of service and parts programs to guarantee that you get optimal value for your investment, along with the most cost-effective ownership experience. We deliver high-quality products and services at competitive prices, representing products manufactured by Linde, UniCarriers Forklift, Big Joe Manufacturing, and Landoll. We’ve helped countless of businesses across the United States achieve lower maintenance, reduced costs, increased worker satisfaction, and increased economic sustainability. Our team of highly knowledgeable experts can help you make the right decision for your business. Give us a call at 833-868-2500 or contact us online.
