Forklifts, Lift Equipment & Material Handling Vehicles worked example
Cost Per Lift Truck at 110% included truck scope: a worked example
What does the result look like when included truck scope reaches 110%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when rolling up base equipment, options, labor, attachments, batteries, chargers, tires, dealer prep, warranty reserve, freight, and fixed costs into a truck-level cost.
The inputs for this scenario
- Lift trucks in the cost scope: 10 trucks (unchanged)
- Variable cost per lift truck: 38,500 $ / truck (unchanged)
- Included truck scope: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
- Fixed program or order cost: 9,200 $ (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Total cost per lift truck = lift trucks in the cost scope × variable cost per lift truck × included truck scope + fixed program or order cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 432,700 $ for total cost per lift truck, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 43,270 $ / piece for cost per lift truck.
- At this operating point the engine returns 423,500 $ for variable cost per lift truck.
- At this operating point the engine returns 9,200 $ for fixed program or order cost.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where included truck scope sits at 100% and the headline result is 394,200 $, this scenario comes in 9.77% above the baseline at 432,700 $.
- A figure at this level is achievable when included truck scope is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes a flat variable cost per truck; in reality volume discounts, configuration differences, and learning-curve effects mean per-truck variable cost can drift across a large order.
Results at a glance
- Total cost per lift truck: 432,700 $ (headline result)
- Cost per lift truck: 43,270 $ / piece
- Variable cost per lift truck: 423,500 $
- Fixed program or order cost: 9,200 $
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Cost Per Lift Truck calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.