Hyster Forklifts

Hyster Company specializes in forklifts and other materials handling equipment. The company was founded in 1929 in Portland, Oregon. According to the company web page, the name 'Hyster' comes from a term used by loggers in the PacificNorthwest in the late 1800s.

The logger would yell 'Hoist 'er!' The trucks being used were Hyster trucks. Thus, the term became synonymous with the trucks.

NACCO Industries purchased the company in 1989. However, it continues to market products under the Hyster brand. Look at the affordable new, used and refurbished Hyster forklifts on eBay now.