The Hyster 1150 is one of the larger truck designations left in the site’s records. The video below shows a 1150 working on the docks in Hawaii. Hyster is the American materials-handling company founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1929; no Wikipedia article covers the 1150 itself, so this page describes the company and the range it comes from.
Hyster 1150 at a glance
| Maker | Hyster Company, Portland, Oregon |
|---|---|
| Type | lift truck, materials handling |
| Model designation | Hyster 1150 |
| Video | 1150 working on the docks in Hawaii |
| Company founded | 1929, as the Willamette-Ersted Company |
| Name origin | from the loggers’ call ‘hoist ’er’ |
| Owner from 1989 | NACCO Industries |
| Owner from 2012 | Hyster-Yale Materials Handling |
| Plants | Illinois, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Northern Ireland, South Africa |
| Engineering department | Irvine, Scotland |
| Other products | compaction machinery, road-rollers, logging winches |
No Wikipedia article covers the Hyster 1150: the facts here come from the English Wikipedia article on Hyster Company, a single source, together with the video title.
History of the Hyster 1150
1150 at work
The video below shows a Hyster 1150 working on the docks in Hawaii. The 1150 carries the highest number of the Hyster designations gathered in this collection, while the other trucks range from the metric 1.50 and 2.50 to plain numbers such as 50, 60, 90, 120 and 300.
1929: the logging name
Hyster was founded in 1929 as the Willamette-Ersted Company in Portland, Oregon. According to the Hyster Company web page, the name comes from the call loggers in the Pacific Northwest used at the end of the nineteenth century when a load of lumber was ready to be transported: ‘hoist ’er’. The phrase became synonymous with Hyster trucks, and the company went on to specialise in forklifts and other materials-handling equipment.
Plants, owners and the split of 2012
The home office stayed in Portland, with manufacturing in Berea, Danville, Peoria and Kewanee in Illinois, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Craigavon in Northern Ireland and South Africa, plus a specialist engineering department in Irvine, Scotland. NACCO Industries bought the company in 1989 and folded it into NACCO Materials Handling Group; in 2012 the materials-handling business was spun off as Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., which still markets products under the Hyster name.
Design and features
- Dockside work: the video below shows a 1150 in port duty in Hawaii.
- Big number: the highest designation among the Hyster trucks in this collection.
- Worldwide distribution: support organised around North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
- Two owners in two decades: NACCO from 1989, Hyster-Yale from 2012.
- Wider company range: besides lift trucks, Hyster built compaction machinery, road-rollers and logging winches.
Hyster 1150 versions
- Hyster 1150: the truck covered on this page.
- Dockside example: the working 1150 in the video below.
- Smaller siblings: the Hyster 300 and Hyster 120 carry lower numbers from the same range.
- Metric trucks: the Hyster 2.50 shows the metric side of the designation system.
The Hyster 300 and Hyster 120 are the nearest numerical neighbours in the collection. All Hyster trucks are in the Hyster collection.
Video: Hyster 1150 working on the docks in Hawaii
Video on YouTube.
Sources
- Hyster Company, English Wikipedia: company history, ownership, plants, name origin
