Sales Department
5 Tips for a First-Time Forklift Buyer
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 Finding the right forklift for your business requires specialized insight if you hope to find the most productive, cost-effective machine. In addition to the power source, you'll be evaluating a variety of factors that impact your long-term cost, including how much and how high the machine can lift, how careful you need to be when manipulating the load in sensitive areas, and whether you should buy new or used. Investing in any large-ticket item for the first time can be daunting, but use these five tips to ease your mind when purchasing a forklift:
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Company News
Open House! - New Location in Byron Minnesota
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 On May 24th, Toyota-Lift of Minnesota will host an open house at its recently opened Byron, Minnesota branch. Located just seven miles east of Rochester on Highway 14, the location gives us the perfect position for serving customers across the entire southern Minnesota and south western Wisconsin area. Watch for your mailed invitation in early May, or email us and we would be happy to get one to you.
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 "A lot of our lifts have forks that drag or slide on the floor, now we're told that some are unsafe because of wear and have to be replaced. How can we get our drivers to keep them off the floors?"
Primary lift chains should be checked and adjusted to see that the chain tension is equal on the left and right side. Check to insure there is no chain twist. Due to a combination of tire and chain wear, it may not be possible to prevent forks from touching the floor. The operator always has responsibility for preventing that contact during use.
Check chain wear, replace as needed. Then look at the wear on your tires, just because they're still round and black doesn't mean they don't need to be replaced.
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| Parts Department
5 Crappy Facts About Forklift Parts Everyone Thinks Are True
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 Forklift parts are not generally the focus when a discussion about forklift maintenance is held, most often more time is spent focusing on the technician's role in the repair. While that isn't wrong, it does run the risk of overlooking a critical element in maintaining your equipment's efficiencies and up-time. Forklift parts have to be addressed with the same level of concern that any other aspect of equipment maintenance is given or there is serious risk that decisions will be made that quietly add to the forklift's total cost of ownership, while diminishing its dependability and value. When parts are considered there are dangers that several "truisms" will direct those considerations away from "what's best for the customer.". |
| Manage Your Risks and Control Your Costs
Train Your Trainer: Forklift Safety - Next Class May 31st
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 How much would it cost in emotional and financial terms if your company experienced a serious forklift accident? How much is it costing you today with the small accidents that happen every day? Should there be a reportable accident, how comfortable are you that in a courtroom your forklift safety program won't wither under scrutiny? One way is limiting the risk to your employees, product and equipment by having well trained and certified forklift operators. With new personnel coming in, and others changing positions, how can you manage your risk and control your expenses effectively? One answer is by having your own forklift trainer on staff. An individual familiar with your equipment, your physical layout and your company's plan and vision. Toyota Lift of Minnesota is holding another "Train the Trainer" course May 31st. We invite you to look at the details and decide if it is time for you to control your risks and costs. Train the Trainer can be an easy choice. |
| Forklift Photo Moment
Forklift Safety and Parkour, They Don't Blend
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See more material handling photos and videos [many of them fun] at our Pinterest site. Follow this link.
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| Service Department
Forklift Technicians: What Wikipedia Won't Tell You
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 Forklift technicians as a group are an unheralded part of the supply chain. The best of them are armed with experience, training, tools and parts needed to keep forklifts and other material handling equipment operational. Up time is efficiency to any forklift owner, the best forklift technicians maximize up time at the most economical cost. But who are these forklift technicians, and what do we know about them? |
| Rental Department
7 Reasons a Short-Term Forklift Rental Makes Sense
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 Have an unexpectedly good quarter? Land a new, high-volume deal? Need a special attachment to handle an unusual product? These are just a few times a short-term forklift rental makes practical and financial sense. When else should you consider a short-term rental? |
"Your technician tied off our cab doors here explaining that you have a lockout/tagout procedure for that?"
You becha we do! We are responsible for protecting our workers and customers from hazardous energy. The unexpected start up or release of stored energy [a swinging cab door for example] can result in serious injury or death to workers. We have quite a number of specific lockout/tagout [LOTO] procedures, and additional safe practice guidelines. The example our tech cited you is defined here:
Specific Procedure Steps:
Step 1: An authorized employee will identify a truck cab exists and understand the risk present if a cab door should close while repairs are being completed, and know the method to prevent this if no OEM mechanism is present.
Step 2: The cab doors will be fully opened.
Step 3: With the doors open, a length of rope will be used to tie them in place, either to the opposing door, or to another fixed object available on the equipment.
Step 4: The equipment will be disabled by insuring the ignition or key switch or other mechanism is in the off position. If the unit is a keyless unit see lockout/tag out procedure for securing keyless units. A lockout/tag out tag will be placed on the steering wheel to identify the unit as one that has been purposely
disabled.
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Warehousing Systems
Dangerous Distractions in the Warehouse
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 Warehouse management goes beyond the ins and outs of supplychain activities. Recently The Forklift Pro highlighted important concerns in warehouse safety. We can all agree that driving a car while distracted is risky behavior. Dan Clark, from The Safety Brief, accurately states that "Forklift safety starts when the driver understands a forklift is not a car." While they're definitely not the same, similar rules apply to both. |
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About Us
Toyota Lift of Minnesota has been serving its customers and the industry for over 37 years. Our mission is to improve your productivity and bottom line through better products, services and customer service personnel.
Toyota-Lift of Minnesota
8601 Xylon Court North
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55445
Phone 763-425-9066 Toll Free 800-523-0611
1526 Voll Drive Northwest
Byron, Minnesota 55920
Phone 507-444-0063 Toll Free 844-351-3777
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Do you have an existing service, parts or rental quote from TLM?. Call us with the code 051716JOS and we'll take ten percent off the amount you were originally quoted [limited to parts, labor or rental fees and cannot be used in conjunction with other specials or discounts nor applied to any services sublet].
Take advantage of this now, we genuinely appreciate your business and look forward to working with you in the future.
Coupon can be used on only one quote thank you, and cannot be used along with any other offer extended or work/sale previously billed. | Offer Expires: May 16th 2016
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| GSA Sales
Providing Product and Service Leadership
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Offering most favored customer pricing and volume discounts, the Toyota Lift Truck brings you savings in both time and money. Through Toyota Lift's GSA Schedule, you can purchase Toyota forklifts, the number one rated forklift in the world for quality and customer satisfaction. Also, we offer Crown industrial batteries.
- Pre-qualification of pricing and quality has already been done by GSA for all government purchasers
- Through Toyota Lift of Minnesota's GSA Schedule, customers benefit from a direct relationship with volume discount pricing, 100% quality products, warranty and delivery, with significant opportunities to help meet your small business goals
- Orders placed against Toyota Lift Truck's GSA Schedule meet FAR regulations and are considered to be issued using full and open competition.
Contact Toyota Lift of Minnesota for your GSA Schedule needs. |
 | Free OSHA Forklift Rules Poster
Would look great in your lunchroom! | Call us or email us at
sales@toyotaequipment.com
We'll mail one off to you immediately! |
 | On Line Catalog:
Great Source For Warehouse Supplies |
Toyota Lift of Minnesota offers you an easy way to shop for all your associated needs. Follow the link below and see for yourself. From lockers to storage bins, we have it all.
Catalog |
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| | Two Near Misses In One Moment |
There is always an opportunity to make your work place safer. Watch how in just one moment these folks could have done just that.
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| Lift Truck Stuff Catalog
Great Source For All Things Forklift |
A catalog that brings it all together for you. Our "Everything Around the Lift Truck" catalog. Click the "Catalog" link at the bottom to review or download our catalog or through this link place your on-line order. It's that easy.
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