Everyone likes saving money, but when it comes to lift truck fleet management there's no shortage of stories about those who attempted to be a penny wise only to end up with pounds of trouble. Lease agreements that look good at first can result in big costs at the end of the term. The practice of holding on to spare or aging equipment is handy dur- ing peaks, but saps resources the, rest of the time. Fleet waste at any given time often comes down to the number of lift trucks in that fleet. Too many and unnecessary expenses add up. Too few and production suffers.
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