I love how this response started with a very pragmatic checklist and then quickly turned to some very specific and personal wishes. What would you be doing with that forklift and/or pallet jack now that the house was paid off?

You need to be able to move stuff around in a machine shop. I'd make gears and things for fun. The last job I had was very satisfying, but the pay and commute sucked. Doing it for funsies in my own shop would be awesome.