New & Used Forklifts in Richmond, VA

Richmond runs a broader mix of building types than most markets its size. The riverfront industrial corridor and the Richmond Marine Terminal handle barge freight, breakbulk and heavy material on outdoor aprons — pneumatic-tire territory, often at higher capacities. Move a few miles out and you are into conventional distribution space along the I-95 and I-64 corridors with finished slabs and tall rack, which is electric counterbalanced and reach truck work.

The city also retains real manufacturing and processing, including food, tobacco and paper. Those operations tend to need attachments — clamps and rotators particularly — more often than a pure distribution building does. An attachment derates the truck's rated capacity, sometimes substantially, so it belongs in the spec conversation from the start rather than being bolted on afterwards.

Because we design and install pallet racking in the same buildings, we spec the truck against the rack. Aisle width and top beam height eliminate whole categories of equipment before price is discussed, and finding that out after delivery is an expensive way to learn it.