The GLC050 is Yale's cushion-tire 5,000 lb standard — the smooth-floor sibling of the GLP050 and the corporate twin of Hyster's S50FT, filling warehouses by the thousands.
Get Free Quotes 👑5,000 lb capacity, LPG power, cushion tires for indoor smooth-floor duty, standard warehouse masts, and Hyster-Yale family engineering shared with its twins across eras.
New units generally price in the $26,000–$33,000 band. Used GLC050s are among the most plentiful trucks in America: roughly $8,000 to $17,000 buys most clean examples, with fleet turnover keeping the market liquid.
Strengths: proven shared engineering, comfortable ergonomics, value pricing, and effortless parts availability. Watch-points mirror the family — transmission service history on higher-hour units, and resale a step behind Toyota's cushion twin.
The leverage play never gets old: quote the Hyster S50FT twin against it. Also cross-shop Toyota 8FGCU25 and Cat/Mitsubishi cushions. Standard checklist — records, mast, hydraulics, honest hours.
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Yale nomenclature: G for the gas/LPG engine family, C for cushion-tire configuration, 050 for the 5,000 lb capacity class.
Typically $8,000 to $17,000 depending on year, hours, and condition — with its Hyster twin always worth quoting alongside.