Exhibit 10.1

December 15, 2004

Mr. Jeffrey Mattern
Treasurer
NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
650 Northeast Holladay Street, Suite 1600
Portland, OR 97232

RE:  (i) Restated and Amended Joint Venture and Shareholders Agreement dated
April15, 1998 as
amended from time to time (the “JV Agreement”);
(ii) International Operating Agreement dated April 15, 1998 as amended from time
to time
(the “Operating Agreement”);
(iii) Recourse and Indemnity Agreement dated October 21, 1998 as amended from
time to time
(the “R&I Agreement”)

Dear Jeff:

NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (“NMHG”) and General Electric Capital
Corporation (“GE Capital”) and all of their respective affiliates and
subsidiaries which may be parties to any of the above-referenced agreements
(collectively the “Agreements”) hereby agree that the “Base Term” (as that term
is described in each of the respective Agreements) shall be extended and shall
now expire on February 15, 2005 (“New Base Expiration Date”) and all of the
duties and obligations of the parties under the Agreements shall continue
unmodified and in full force and effect until such date. Accordingly, in
conjunction with the extension of the Base Term to the New Base Expiration Date,
the obligations of NMHG arising under (i) the Recourse for Wholesale Accounts
set forth in Section 3.7 of the Operating Agreement; and (ii) the R& I
Agreement, shall continue unmodified and in full force and effect through the
New Base Expiration Date.

By their respective signatures below, NMHG and GE Capital each hereby agree to
all of the extensions noted above.

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

     
By:
  /s/ Edward J. Simoneau

   
Edward J. Simoneau
Vice President and General Manager – Dealer Financial Services

NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP, INC.

     
By:
  /s/ Jeffrey C. Mattern

   
Jeffrey C. Mattern
Treasurer