All Pro Alaska: Forklift sales, rentals, parts and support--with caring and commitment.

When the Alaska Railroad needed to replace some of its antiquated rail support equipment, it tapped All Pro Alaska to provide four new Toyota forklifts. The multi-million project was a long time in the making: All Pro initially bid the job in 2005. The project was also complex, requiring meticulous execution from all parties involved.

Manufactured in Toyota's Columbus, Indiana facility, the forklifts had to be disassembled after production and testing and then shipped on about six tractor-trailer trucks to Tacoma, Washington. Then the forklifts-each weighing 228,000 pounds--had to be barged to Whittier and moved by train to Anchorage and assembled or trucked to Fairbanks and constructed there. "This project was only possible due to the coordination of the Alaska Railroad's top managerial and technical people," says All Pro Alaska CEO Jesse Thacker. "They were absolutely the best to work with through the entire process."

All Pro's stellar managers, parts and sales teams, and mechanics worked fastidiously to finalize the two-year job. Despite the weather, logistics, and other challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company was able to complete the fourth and final assembly and placed the forklifts into use May 2021. "It is a mighty accomplishment that not only the Alaska Railroad and All Pro can be proud of but every Alaskan should be proud of," Thacker says. "Our great Alaska Railroad not only invested in our country by buying a US product and invested in our state by buying from an Alaska company, but also invested in its customers and suppliers for years to come. All Pro is privileged to have been part of such an endeavor."

With seventeen employees, Anchorage-based All Pro is Alaska's leading provider of forklifts and material handling equipment. Although it is the official...