Cash For Forklift / Forklift recycling
Forklift recycling
A forklift at the end of its working life still has value. The frame, mast and counterweight are heavy steel and cast iron, and plenty of the parts can be reused. We pick it up at no charge, pay you for it, and get it taken apart and recycled instead of left in the back corner of your yard.
Tell us what the forklift is and where it’s sitting. We’ll get back to you with a price and a pickup time.
Rather talk? Call 604-670-7288, 8am to 8pm, 7 days.
Most forklifts we recycle aren’t worth putting back to work. A few of the usual reasons:
A new mast cylinder, transmission or engine on an older unit can easily cost more than the forklift would sell for once it’s fixed.
Older or less common models get harder to keep running every year. Once you’re waiting weeks for parts, it’s usually time.
Bent forks, a damaged mast or a cracked overhead guard can take a forklift out of service for good.
The new truck is in, the old one is parked by the fence, and nobody has time to deal with it.
On an electric forklift, a new battery can cost a big share of what the truck is worth. Many owners decide to recycle instead. More on electric forklifts.
Leases end and equipment has to go. We can take one unit or several in the same visit.
Here’s roughly how a forklift gets broken down once it reaches the recycler. It’s also why a forklift that doesn’t run still gets you paid.
| Part | Where it goes |
|---|---|
| Counterweight | Solid cast iron and often the single heaviest piece of the truck. It goes to the metal recycler with the rest of the iron. |
| Frame, mast and forks | Steel. Cut down and sent for melting, unless the mast or forks are good enough to reuse. |
| Engine, transmission and hydraulics | Pulled and sold as used parts when there’s demand for that model. Otherwise recycled as metal. |
| Lead-acid battery | Recycled on its own. The lead and the plastic case are both recovered and reused. |
| Oil, hydraulic fluid and coolant | Drained before the metal is processed and sent for re-refining or proper disposal. |
| Propane cylinder | Kept out of the scrap metal completely. Pressurized cylinders are handled separately. |
| Tires | Taken off and recycled separately from the metal. |
If you want to know how those parts turn into a number, we’ve written up what decides a scrap forklift’s value.
Scrap yards around the Lower Mainland will take a forklift, but getting it there is your problem. That usually means renting a tilt deck or paying for a tow, and a dead forklift can’t drive itself up a ramp.
We bring a truck that can winch it on where it sits, whether that’s a loading bay, a gravel lot or the back of a shop. You don’t move it, load it or drive anywhere.
No. The pickup is free and we pay you for the forklift. How much depends on its weight, its condition and how much of it can be reused.
Yes. A frame with no engine, or a mast without the truck, still has metal value. Tell us what is missing when you send the details so the offer matches what we find.
Leave it in if you can. A lead-acid forklift battery is heavy and worth something on its own, so it helps your price. If it has already been pulled out, mention it and we will sort out how it gets picked up.
Yes. If you are clearing out a warehouse or replacing a fleet, send us the list and we will quote the whole lot together.
It is the same job from two sides. Removal gets the forklift off your property and recycling is what happens to it afterward. With us you get both, and you get paid for it.
Tell us what it is and where it is. Free pickup, paid when it’s loaded.
