Last year I ordered a new forklift for my dock team since ours is just plain old. I’ve been told it will be ready in August, which is the current sliding date from May, June, and July and a delay of nearly 18 months from time of order. And that one will cost me ~$1k a month in payments when it finally arrives. The ones for sale for ~$1k are tempting!
Also, “some” of his equipment? From my manufacturing knowledge, some of the items he’s selling are difficult to live without unless he oddly had multiple of key items. This seems a bit like “everything must go”.