Although Hyundai is our flagship brand, we are equally as excited about our relationship with: Lui Gong, Genie and Navigator. The new generation of Hyundai forklifts are truly groundbreaking in quality, durability, performance and value. LoneStar is proud of our longstanding partnership Hyundai, as the LARGEST Hyundai dealer in the WORLD. SHREVEPORT, LA: McSwain Material Handling We also found more information about the company, operating locations in Dallas and California as well.Thanks for stopping by! Here at LoneStar FORKLIFT, we are proud to be family owned and operated.įounded in 1991 in Garland, TX we now service all major geographies with branch locations throughout the great state of Texas: No one from Southwest Forklift ever called but they continued to do brisk business at the West Hardy location. He declined to give Davis a phone number for Ortega but said he would ask him to call her. He said he does refer people to Southwest Forklift, owned by a man named Anthony Ortega. The next time she called the same number to ask for Sergio Hernandez or the owner of Southwest Forklift, the man who answered the phone told her he was with a recruiting company. When we called the phone number sending texts to job seekers, a man told Davis he had job openings at Coca Cola, but she needed to go to Southwest Forklift as soon as possible to get her forklift certification. In the same post, he wrote “Hiring now for amazon warehouse shipping and receiving 3 shifts open and ready to fill with right candidates.” He posted forkift training and certification at 16613 West Hardy. On LinkedIn, his account shows he is the owner of a company called Forkift Solutions. In recent months, a man by the name of Anthony Ortega has claimed to be the owner. That is the same name of the man who originally leased the property at 16613 West Hardy in Houston. In 2014, a man by the name of Segio Hernandez, claiming to be the owner of Southwest Forklift, sued his landlord in Dallas for locking him out of the commercial property he was leasing for the business.

Based on public records, we were able to get some information about who owns the company. The receptionist shut the door on us instead of answering our questions.

“Are there forklifts in here at all? Could you show us the forklifts?” Amy said. “People say that you guys are luring them here with the promise of a job and then they never get a job,” Davis said to the receptionist who goes by the name Roz. When no one from the business would return our calls, we dropped by Southwest Forklift. “They’re fishing people in to take their money,” said Grace.Īccording to complaints online and to Houston Better Business Bureau, others say Southwest Forklift has made this job promise for years. The only thing missing is actual forklifts. On-site there are OSHA logos, training videos, and even reserved parking spaces for forklifts. “I was like, ‘Am I supposed to do the driving side of it?’ They said, ‘Oh, no. First, Selman watched a video and answered a 27 multiple-choice question quiz. “I did see a big sign with OSHA, so I was just thinking it was legit,” he explains.īut what happened next raised one red flag after another. Inside, he saw a very official-looking OSHA logo behind the receptionist where he paid his $80. He followed the instructions and drove to Southwest Forklift in the 16000 block of West Hardy in the Greenspoint area. “They described it as ‘We need you to pretty much hurry up, get to the place and get certified and send me your credentials,’” Selman told investigator Amy Davis. The certification training would cost $80, but the message assured him he would be reimbursed immediately at his job orientation the same day.

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