2nd hand photos

Despite the fact that a 10-year-old unit will have been subjected to heavy work scheduling in a port, there have always been operators seeking this type of equipment whenever it becomes available.

Bizarrely, for a vendor of second-hand equipment, some more recently built units can be harder to shift. In the case of a reachstacker, if it is too new, a potential purchaser will compare it against the cost of a brand new unit. To be competitive it would have to be sold at no more than 60% of the original catalogue price. Very recently built material being discarded by its original purchaser would struggle to fit within this band.

Vendors, however, stress that virtually any unit being made available to the second-hand market, irrespective of age, will still eventually find a buyer. A 1970s reachstacker, for example, while no longer fit for front line service, will invariably find a home in applications requiring limited lifted capacity.