The Hyster 50 is a counterbalance lift truck. The Portuguese-language video below shows a Hyster of the E45-70XN series, whose numbers run from 45 to 70, so the 50 belongs to that family of trucks. Hyster was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1929 and is today part of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling; no Wikipedia article covers the 50 itself.
Hyster 50 at a glance
| Maker | Hyster Company, Portland, Oregon |
|---|---|
| Type | counterbalance lift truck |
| Model designation | Hyster 50 |
| Series in the video | E45-70XN, covering the numbers 45, 50, 55, 60 and 70 |
| Language of the video | Portuguese |
| 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 50: the facts here come from the English Wikipedia article on Hyster Company, a single source, together with the video title.
History of the Hyster 50
The E45-70XN series
The video below is titled ‘Empilhadeira Hyster contrabalançada E 45 50 55 60 70 XN’, which names a counterbalance Hyster truck and the numbers of the series: 45, 50, 55, 60 and 70. The 50 recorded on this page therefore sits inside that family, between the 45 and the 55. The clip is in Portuguese, one of the markets where Hyster trucks are sold and supported.
1929: the name from the woods
Hyster began in 1929 as the Willamette-Ersted Company in Portland, Oregon. According to the Hyster Company web page, the name comes from a phrase used by loggers 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 the term became synonymous with Hyster trucks. The company went on to specialise in forklifts and other materials-handling equipment.
Owners, plants and the split of 2012
NACCO Industries bought Hyster in 1989 and made it part of 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. The home office remained in Portland, with plants in Illinois, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Craigavon in Northern Ireland and South Africa, plus a specialist engineering department in Irvine, Scotland. Distribution is organised around North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
Design and features
- Counterbalance layout: the video describes the truck as a counterbalance machine.
- Series range: the E45-70XN numbers run from 45 to 70, with the 50 in the middle.
- Portuguese-language film: the clip comes from a Portuguese-speaking market.
- Worldwide support: distribution arranged around five world regions.
- Wider company range: Hyster also built compaction machinery, road-rollers and logging winches.
Hyster 50 versions
- Hyster 50: the model covered on this page.
- E45-70XN series: the family named in the video, with the 45, 50, 55, 60 and 70 numbers.
- Nearest plain-numbered sister: the Hyster 60.
- Metric trucks: the Hyster 1.50 and Hyster 2.50 use tonnes instead.
The Hyster 60 is the next number in the same series of designations, while the Hyster 90 is a larger plain-numbered truck. All Hyster trucks are in the Hyster collection.
Video: EMPILHADEIRA HYSTER CONTRABALANCADA E 45 50 55 60 70 XN
Video on YouTube.
Sources
- Hyster Company, English Wikipedia: company history, ownership, plants, name origin
