The Hyster 2.50 is the metric-numbered lift truck shown in the photograph below, taken in Bueu. Like the rest of the range it comes from Hyster, the American materials-handling company founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1929 and now part of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. There is no Wikipedia article on the model itself, so this page follows the company behind it.
Hyster 2.50 at a glance
| Maker | Hyster Company, Portland, Oregon |
|---|---|
| Type | lift truck, materials handling |
| Model designation | Hyster 2.50 |
| Metric designation | 2.50, written in tonnes |
| Photographed in | Bueu |
| Photographer | Bene Riobó |
| Company founded | 1929, as the Willamette-Ersted Company |
| Owner from 1989 | NACCO Industries |
| Owner from 2012 | Hyster-Yale Materials Handling |
| Name origin | from the loggers’ call ‘hoist ’er’ |
| Plants | Illinois, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Northern Ireland, South Africa |
No Wikipedia article covers the Hyster 2.50: the facts here come from the English Wikipedia article on Hyster Company, a single source, together with the photograph below.
History of the Hyster 2.50
2.50 in the photograph
The photograph by Bene Riobó shows a Hyster 2.50 forklift in Bueu. The 2.50 is one of two metric designations in this collection, the other being the smaller Hyster 1.50; the rest of the trucks are recorded under plain numbers such as 50, 60, 90 or 120.
1929: the logging name
Hyster was founded in 1929 as the Willamette-Ersted Company in Portland, Oregon. The name is said to come from a term used by logging workers in the Pacific Northwest at the end of the nineteenth century: when a load of lumber was ready to be transported, a logger would yell ‘hoist ’er’, and according to the Hyster Company web page the phrase became synonymous with Hyster trucks. The company specialises in forklifts and other materials-handling equipment, and its home office has stayed in Portland.
Plants, owners and the 2012 spin-off
Manufacturing has been spread across Berea, Danville, Peoria and Kewanee in Illinois, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Craigavon in Northern Ireland and South Africa, with a specialist engineering department in Irvine, Scotland. NACCO Industries bought the company in 1989, and in 2012 the materials-handling business was spun off as Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., which continues to market products under the Hyster brand. Distribution is organised around North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
Design and features
- Metric model number: written as 2.50, in tonnes.
- On film: the truck is pictured in Bueu in the photograph below.
- Lift-truck line: part of the forklift and materials-handling range that made the Hyster name.
- Global support: distribution arranged around five world regions.
- Industrial pedigree: Hyster also built compaction machinery, road-rollers and logging winches.
Hyster 2.50 versions
- Hyster 2.50: the truck covered on this page.
- Hyster 1.50: the other metric-numbered truck in the collection, one size down.
- Plain-numbered trucks: the Hyster 50 and its larger sisters use whole numbers instead.
- The wider range: including the S series at the smaller end.
The metric pair is completed by the Hyster 1.50, while the Hyster 50 shows the plain-numbered system. All Hyster trucks are in the Hyster collection.
Sources
- Hyster Company, English Wikipedia: company history, ownership, plants, name origin
