The business decisions and day-to-day operations fall to Schertz and it can be a challenge. But he has a unique approach in all that he does. “I just don’t accept the word, no. The word simply doesn’t exist in my vocabulary. I just do whatever needs to be done,” Schertz says.

In a business challenge as old as time, the owner says that getting clients to pay is often his business’s biggest hurdle. “Chasing money is the biggest problem I have,” he states. “When you’re dealing with a big corporation, you would think they have deep pockets.” Often, it’s the just getting through the paperwork and the process that drags out the payment from large companies.

In the immediate future, Forklift Service is looking to acquire a forklift dealership in order to be the sole distributor of a particular brand of lift. Beyond that, Schertz sees a bright future ahead for his company and plans to keep growing slowly but steadily. “The fact that we’ve done so well in the last seven years without any advertising speaks volumes about Forklift Service,” Schertz finishes.