Toyota Lift Northwest's Story

What you may not know about Toyota Lift Northwest is that we have been around for 50 years, and it all started because two business owners were determined to have Toyota forklifts in their warehouse. In 1967, the Pacific Northwest was without a Toyota forklift dealership, so Holman Distribution Center owners, Herbert & Leonard Clark, began their own dealership in Portland, Oregon: CB Toyota Lift.

It is now over 50 years later and a lot has changed:

In 1978 our business grew to two locations in Washington and Oregon. In 2002 our forklift became the #1 rated forklift in the world and has continued to stay #1.

In 2008, our ownership changed from the Clark family to Toyota Tsusho Corporation and we were renamed Toyota Lift Northwest.

In 2021, we expanded to two new locations: Medford, Oregon and Lakewood, Washington.

In 2022, we opened two more locations: Creswell, Oregon and Redmond, Oregon. We also welcomed Genie Aerial Equipment and Landoll Material Handling products to our line-up.

In 2024, Toyota Lift Northwest’s ownership changed from Toyota Tsusho Corporation to Toyota Industries North America. We also joined into a strategic partnership with Raymond West