Forklifts & Material Handling

Used Hyster & Yale Hyster RS46-31CH: Sell or Buy at Auction

Hyster-Yale Group is an American manufacturer of Hyster and Yale branded forklifts, two of the most recognized forklift brands in North American warehousing and manufacturing. Hyster forklifts are known for heavy-duty durability; Yale for versatility and operator ergonomics. Both brands have extensive dealer networks ensuring parts and service availability.

The Hyster RS46-31CH is a diesel powered reach stacker built to lift and stack loaded ISO shipping containers, not a counterbalance warehouse forklift. Its Hyster model code maps the capacity curve: about 46 metric tons in the first row of a container stack, easing to roughly 31 metric tons in the second row and less again in the third as the telescopic boom extends out and up to work boxes deeper in the block. A telescoping top-lift spreader lets it handle standard 20 foot, 40 foot, and 45 foot containers, and the CH designation marks it as a purpose built container handler. Buyers for this specific unit are port and marine terminal operators, intermodal rail yards, and heavy industrial or steel service yards moving loaded containers or oversized freight, a narrower and more specialized crowd than the bidders chasing a 5,000 lb electric warehouse forklift. Because so few used reach stackers of this capacity come to market compared with standard forklifts, KD Auctions leans on its full 500,000+ industry contacts to connect with the port, rail, and heavy-yard operators who actually run this class of machine.

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