Anybody have experience with 2000 Skytrak 4266 Millenia? Someone said it was junk while another said it was a redesign from a previous troublesome machine. I am looking to buy a Skytrak and stumbled upon this 4266 machine. It has 2700hrs and is selling for $35,000. On guy told me its selling so cheap because it is junk. Another tells me that is a reasonable price considering the hours. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Seems like a lot of money for an 8 y/o machine, low hours or not.
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seeyou,
The hours don't scare me as much as the machine.. that's not a low maintinace model, they tried to cut manufacturing costs and wound up creating a whole series of continueing problems.
Too many hours.
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Hagen
I can't tell where you are from, but if you are near a Ritchie Brothers Auction facility that machine can be purchased for about $25,000. $35. Sounds a little on the high side even if you are buying from a retail seller. I am the Sr Asset Evaluator for one of the largest banks in the world so I value this kind of stuff every day. Not that that means anything in the real world.
Hope this will help you a little bit. In the end it's your call.
Hagen
Older Sky tracks were decent low priced machines, newer ones the parent company tried to cut manufacturing costs to return a profit on a company they over paid for.. Owners wound up regretting it.. Lull suffered at the same time and their quality fell apart as they were sold, resold and then sold again and again..
Gehl and Ingersols tend to be much lower cost units to maintain. If you need the 42 feet of reach I'd go for a Ingersol Rand 642. Much more stable! Avoid Cat's and other foreign made forklifts. The smaller Ingersols/ bobcats are all made in France and not worth a tinkers damn, the ones made in Pennsylvania were great machines. Smaller Gehls are one of the best forklifts out there. The bigger ones have weak hubs and a near impossible maintenance schedule on those hubs. It takes more than 45 min. per hub to drain and near the same to refill and should be done monthly!
Gradealls are solid durable forklifts but not worth squat in the heavy mud or clay.. strictly a solid ground machine..
Conditions and equipment determine value far more than hours. Remember a new hour meter costs $45.00 and takes only a few minutes to replace.. Unlike a car it's legal to change it for any reason whatsoever..
Avoid any forklift with concrete on it.. It's the death knell of one A four or 5 year old forklift used in masonry applications is near junk. Ask and I'll explain completely.
equipment that's valuable are side tilting forks swing carriages and foam filled or low profile tires.. A cab adds about $3000 to the value of forklifts in the north and is considered a negative in the south..
Outriggers are an expensive option that is used like training wheels, once you get used to the machine you'll find them seldom if ever used. From then on they actually hurt the machine.
Once JLG got into the business they bought the majority of brands out there and tried to cut costs by standardizing on one machine with different paint..