A Forklift Facelift
As originally published in POWERSOURCE
Harlo Products Corporation put a lower-horsepower diesel engine in its rough-terrain forklift without compromising speed and lifting power
California’s fertile soils and numerous sun-fi lled days give rise to a tapestry of vineyards, citrus orchards, and vegetable crops. During harvest, bins of fresh produce burst with color — displaying a visual reward for a season of hard fi eld labor.
For the Harlo HP5000 forklift, the work is just getting started. Equipped with bin-carrying attachments, the forklift loads the produce-packed bins onto trucks — flexing its muscles fueled by a diesel engine that’s well acquainted with work on the farm.
John Deere engines have been powering Harlo forklifts for decades, stemming from a history that began in the 1980s when Harlo collaborated with John Deere to build rough-terrain forklifts. Today, Harlo Products Corporation of Grandville, Michigan, continues to build rough-terrain forklifts to meet a variety of needs. John Deere–powered models include the HP5000, HP6500, and HP8500, whose numeric model numbers refl ect their lift capacity in pounds. The forklifts fi nd work on farms, construction sites, oil and gas pipeline projects, scrap yards, and lumberyards.
What Our Customers Have to Say…
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Nathan Gamble – Ag-Pro
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