Testimonials

Art.com’s ramps and power needs no problem for the Linde three-wheel electric truck lift.

In 2007 Art.com’s Facilities Coordinator David Shannon had some pain with his lift-truck fleet. Art.com has two ramps that they use to access the outside work area. "Our old forklifts did not like those ramps" explains Shannon. "However our biggest problem was we were running out of battery power on second shift."

Art.com’s work day starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 1 a.m. the next morning. They were opportunity charging their batteries but were still running out of power on second shift.

Manufacturing company on the Ball keeping forklift maintenance costs down and safety up with Fleet Team’s Managed Maintenance.

Ball Corporation’s Columbus, Ohio plant is a 24/7 metal can manufacturing operation that makes approximately 4 million cans, can ends, and can domes every day. Ball’s forklift trucks log over 4,000 engine hours annually and are critical to their operations. "We can’t afford to have our trucks down," explains forklift operator John Wilson. Ball recognized that there was a problem that needed to be corrected. “With our previous supplier we had to rent lift trucks while our trucks were in their shop” comments Warehouse and Shipping Manager, Tammy Robson. The answer was a Managed Maintenance program from Fleet Team. Towlift Inc. is the servicing dealer providing the parts and service. Ball’s Planning and Control Manager, Chris Fluitt, really likes the reports from Fleet Team. "The way Fleet Team categorizes the repairs helps us identify and control our costs, we know where our money is going, and we can determine if it is an expense that we can control."

Towlift Energizes Blue Line’s DC Fleet with Solutions from Linde and Hawker

Blue Line’s aging fleet of electric forklifts were running out of charge on second shift, forcing the operators to plug them into the chargers during breaks to get them through the shift. The problem was that the old forklifts, batteries and chargers were not engineered for "opportunity" charging and this practice only shortened the battery life. "We were losing battery cells after three years" explains Warehouse Supervisor Eddie Crabtree.

Going Green With C Series From Cat^® Lift Trucks

TOWLIFT Columbus recently delivered 19 new LP powered Cat lift trucks model C3000 to Ceva Logistics cross dock operation in East Liberty, Ohio. The new C Series trucks are equipped with low emission, fuel efficient model K25 engines with a fuel saver mode. Towlift’s Service Department programmed the travel speeds to 8.5 MPH and added an optional traction control device that reduces tire spin. Ceva Logistics Senior Supervisor, Sonny Goings reports that Ceva has reduced LP tank consumption by 8 to 10 tanks PER DAY! Tire wear has also improved. After 800 hours of run time, the drive tires look like new. Accident and product damage is down significantly as well.

Towlift keeps up with technology - Services the first hydrogen fuel cell forklift in Ohio

GrafTech, a world leader in graphite material science, produces the graphite plates found in hydrogen fuel cells. President George W. Bush and Crown President Jim Dicke visited GrafTech in 2007 to see a demonstration of a fuel cell. GrafTech teamed up with Crown Lift Trucks and Plug Power and took delivery of the first hydrogen fuel cell powered forklift in Ohio in 2008. They wanted a working demonstration of the new technology. Towlift delivered the unit and currently services the truck as needed.

GrafTech has been a long time customer of Towlift for material handling equipment, parts and service, dating back to when the company was part of Union Carbide. "Towlift has serviced GrafTech’s material handling fleet for well over 20 years," comments Julian Norley. "They’re dependable and their commitment to technician training has kept them up with the latest technology in material handling equipment."

Case Study: Today’s electric lift trucks are well suited for tough recycling applications.

Recycling applications are tough environments for forklift trucks, and typically you’ll find internal combustion (gas, LPG or diesel) forklift trucks at work in this industry. Likewise, Legend Smelting & Recycling, founded in 1982, always used forklift trucks powered by internal combustion engines. That is until November, 2011 when they purchased their first 80 volt electric lift truck, a Linde Model RX60-25C. “We wanted to try electric lift trucks hoping to reduce cost,” commented John Ellis, Director of Engineering and Maintenance. “We need to buy more - our new Linde has only had one service call and that call was for a routine PM Service.” The new Linde logged over 1,000 maintenance free hours in a tough recycling application.

Liberty Casting purchased Linde Hydrostatic Drive forklifts because we wanted a cost effective, reliable and rugged Forklift.

We were not disappointed.

We run our fork trucks up to and sometime past the design limits and they just keep on running. Linde's performance far exceeds all other forklifts that I have worked with over the years.

These trucks are priceless to us. They are reliable and low maintenance. They are the heart blood of the production floor. If they don't run the production floor stops running.

Our forklift drivers love them too. The cab controls are easy to use and the hydrostatic drive gives them exceptional control.

Towlift and their team of dedicated professionals understand the needs of our business and the importance of the Linde forklifts in our operation. Our relationship is built on trust and respect. They have provided excellent advice and service.

I can't say enough good things regarding Towlift and Linde forklifts.

Keep up the GREAT work!

George Hardiman
Maintenance Manager
Liberty Casting LLC

Towlift donates lift truck and helps Foodbank increase food storage

Towlift’s Columbus Systems Division designed and installed the racking systems for Mid-Ohio Foodbank’s new food logistics center in Grove City, Ohio. Towlift also donated a New Cat ES3500 quad mast stand-up forklift. The truck and rack systems will allow the Mid-Ohio Foodbank to maximize its new warehouse from floor to ceiling, including its new 12,000 sq. ft. freezer and coolers equipped with high density rack storage systems. The warehouse section also has a built in plan for expansion. All of this effectively cuts the cost of storage eliminating the need and expense of paying for outside storage space. The rack and donated truck ultimately allows the Foodbank to increase food storage capacity and helps further its mission of providing food to all those who need it in Central and Eastern Ohio.

"Mid-Ohio Foodbank is grateful for the generous machinery donation by Towlift. Without it, our operation would not be as efficient - both in cost and space utilization." - Matt Habash, Mid-Ohio Foodbank President and CEO

Roth Produce recommends Linde 3-wheel truck for busy dock applications

Roth Produce is a full service supplier of produce in Columbus and the surrounding areas. In 2010 Roth purchased a new Linde RX50-16, a 3,000 lb., 3-wheel electric forklift for their high demand loading dock application. Randy Borden, Roth Operations Manager, comments on the Linde forklift. “I would highly recommend the RX50-16 for demanding, low weight applications. There are all your standard trucks but this truck is superior to them.” Roth likes that the truck fits well into tight racking areas, as well as how the truck’s wheelbase extends when the mast and carriage are tilted back - an exclusive Linde feature that provides extra stability and added capacity.

Here’s what Roth Produce is saying about Jungheinrich pallet trucks

Randy Borden, Facilities Manager, comments on the Jungheinrich ECR327 powered pallet truck.

Energy Efficiency: “The trucks have a real nice battery life. Prior to switching to Jungheinrich equipment we had to charge our trucks every day and sometimes even between shifts. Our opera-tors are assigned to specific trucks and when the third shift operators came in to and found their truck dead, it caused a real problem. Our opera-tors are compensated by piece picking so without their workhorse machine they cannot pick as many cases therefore have less income. Now that the energy efficient Jungheinrich machines are in use, the third shift operators never have to worry about coming into work to a machine that has a dead battery. We could probably get by two to three days without charging.

Innovative charging technology saves TS Tech time, space, and money.

TS Tech North America, Inc. designs and manufactures automotive seating and interior trim components. Chad Englehart, TS Tech Material Services Manager, explains the problems they were having with battery changing. "There are safety issues with changing lift truck batteries, we were losing valuable production time, and the battery changing equipment took up space that we need to build products for our customers. We needed a solution!"