If you're shopping stock chasers, you'll land on the two legacy names fast: Taylor-Dunn (now under Polaris Commercial) and Cushman (Textron). Both build proven industrial vehicles with decades of installed base. Here's how to think about the choice—and what's changed in the category.
What the legacy brands offer
Taylor-Dunn built its reputation on rugged, simple burden carriers and stock chasers with a deep dealer network and long parts history—a safe default for large fleets. Cushman brings a broad utility-vehicle lineup spanning stock chasers, personnel carriers, and haulers, with strong dealer support through Textron's channel. For either brand, buyers should verify current model availability, lead times, and battery options directly—lineups and specs change.
What to compare, whichever brand you're quoting
- Total acquisition cost including freight, batteries, and chargers—the sticker rarely tells the story.
- Lead time: legacy industrial vehicles can carry long build queues.
- Parts and service model: dealer-dependent service is fine near a dealer, painful otherwise.
- Battery chemistry: lead-acid remains common in legacy lines; lithium options cost more upfront and less over life.
- Fit: deck size, width, and turning radius against your actual aisles and loads.
The modular alternative
The newest option in the category is the modular approach TexTrack takes: a vehicle platform where drive, battery, deck, and control modules are standardized and field-replaceable. The practical differences are ownership-cycle level: worn subsystems get swapped instead of shop visits, one platform reconfigures between people-moving and cargo duty, and you're not locked to a dealer network for routine service. For lean operations without in-house vehicle mechanics, that self-serviceability is often the deciding factor.
Run all three quotes against the same five criteria above. Get a TexTrack quote to put the modular option in the comparison.
