About Hull
Since 1962, Hull Lift Truck Inc. has grown into one of the most respected material handling companies in the country. Today, Hull Lift Truck is a regional leader in material handling solutions, serving thousands of customers from five locations in Indiana and Michigan.
60+
Years of Excellence
We are committed to creating long-term, mutually beneficial relationships by offering high-quality products and services at a fair price, with a sincere dedication to our customers’ satisfaction.
19x
Toyota President's Award Winner
We attribute our success to our dedicated professional team along with our customers, who continue to partner with us to ensure that their expectations are exceeded.
5
Locations
Across Indiana and Michigan and a new headquarters built in 2022 to continue to operate in the growing industry.
Our Mission
To empower every one of our partners to focus on their core competencies, rather than material handling – by working together, applying the highest quality solutions to their unique goals, and maximizing the value of their material handling investments.
Quality
Passion
Integrity
Leadership
Loyalty
Growth
Our History
When every day counts and each hour matters, downtime can be costly. Hull Lift Truck offers rental equipment to keep things usual, saving you time and money. With one of the most comprehensive rental fleets of rental equipment in the area, we ensure competitive prices and timely delivery.
1958
Established
Business started out of a single office garage.
1962
First Location
Hull Lift Truck established the first location in Elkhart, Indiana by Ed Hull. At the time a growing city in the industry, Ed wanted to be a part of the buzz.
1992
Official Toyota Partner
When Toyota Material Handling built the new plant in Columbus, Indiana in 1989, to continue to provide the highest quality solutions, Hull officially partnered with Toyota.
2022
New Headquarters Established
In the fall of 2022, Hull Lift Truck finalized the construction and began operating out of the new headquarters facility in East Elkhart. The structure has provided Hull to expand operations, provide a more unique customer experience and optimize our ability to help our customers.
Awards
For more than five decades, we have been working diligently to earn your business and trust. As a result of that hard work, we have earned several prestigious awards from our suppliers over the years.
Toyota President’s Award
We are honored to have received the Toyota President’s Award numerous times, placing us in the top 3% of all Toyota dealers nationwide. We take immense pride in the fact that this symbolizes the highest level of achievement for a Toyota forklift dealer.
Fairbanks Award
We are incredibly honored to receive the Fairbanks Award from the Greater Elkhart Chamber in recognition of our efforts in the beautification of Elkhart. We are greatly proud of our contributions with our new Headquarters facility and love our local Elkhart community where Hull has grown its roots in.
Community Involvement
We believe in more than just delivering cutting-edge material handling solutions; we believe in actively contributing to society in meaningful and lasting ways. We are proud to engage and partner with organizations that impact our community and beyond.
Boys and Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County has been a partner we are privileged to support for many years. Their mission is focused on inspiring and empowering all young people - especially those who need them the most, to reach their full potential as Productive, Caring, and Responsible citizens. We look forward to continuing to support
Red Cross Donations
Hull Lift Truck has hosted multiple blood drives at our branches every year to support the Red Cross mission. We are thankful for their staff for hosting these events and proud of the contributions are employees have made to impact those in our neighborhood and across the nation.
Testimonials
At Hull, we are committed to our customers’ satisfaction. For over fifty years, we’ve been diligently working to provide a world-class experience with each interaction. We’ve compiled a few testimonials below that we’re proud to share. Read what some of our customers have to say about working with our team. If you’ve had a notable experience, we’d love to hear about it.
The sales and service experience that we had at Hull Lift Truck, far exceeds their competitors! They are professional, honest, to the point, and have quick responses every time we need something from them. I would definitely recommend working with their team. We look forward to growing the partnership together.
Tony Bono
Purchasing Manager/Customer Service Manager, J. Rettenmaier USA LP
Everyone at Hull Lift Truck is always so helpful and professional. I deal with many vendors on a daily basis and I am sometimes stunned at how difficult it can be to get quotes, service or support. This is certainly not the case with Hull, so thank you for being such a good business partner/vendor over the years. The Toyota stock pickers and the narrow-aisle Bendi lift trucks have been a game changer for us. We have been able to increase our warehouse space by nearly 60%! Looking forward to the next project together.
Dave Holdread
Alpha Systems LLC
We have a lot of moving parts in our production and have many different procedures in place to ensure our manufacturing lines are running smoothly. It's very important to have superior equipment and excellent service contracts in place so our business never sites idle. Hull Lift Truck has been there for us, and, more importantly, continues to be there for us. We run 10 Toyota forklifts at a time and continually count on Hull to move our product from the production line, to storage, to loading outbound trucks. In 2014, we packaged 155,000 tons of calcium chloride. We would not have been able to package and move that much product without their superior equipment and excellent preventative service. Hull has made this part of the manufacturing process worry-free for us and we always know we are in good hands.
Mike Papes
Plant Manager, Cal Chlor
Hull Lift Truck has been very responsive and worked hard to understand our needs before determining the specifications of the equipment we need to operate our business. They are a low-pressure, high-service company with employees who have been easy to work with over the years. They also follow up to make sure we have the service agreements and/or arrangements in place to keep our equipment operating with minimal downtime.
Vernon E. Schoore
CFO, Indiana Marine Products
Before buying a new forklift for our company, I did a lot of research and Toyota seemed to have the best reviews. After meeting with the representative from Hull Lift Truck, I knew we were getting the best bang for our buck! We are extremely satisfied with our Toyota 8FGU25 and the level of customer service we receive from Hull.
Chad Wren
Wrengineering