How long will my forklift battery last?

　

How long will my forklift battery last?

A forklift battery is designed to last an entire eight-hour shift on a full charge,

but this can vary based on the age of the battery and how hard the equipment is working.

A truck that doesn’t travel much doing minimal lifts might get twelve hours off one charge.

Conversely, an older battery on a truck doing heavy lifts might last only two or three hours.


The lifetime of an average forklift battery is five years or 1,500 cycles.

The five-year average assumes the battery is charged once per day,

300 days per year with infrequent fast-charging and deep-discharging.