Most rental yard customers need to load their rental equipment onto a trailer to get their skid steer, scissor lift, or mini excavator off your lot and to their job site. With hydraulic drop deck trailers you could reduce loading time by up to 75%, a figure which translates into real ROI for your equipment rental business.
GoodMFG® works closely with the equipment rental industry to provide trailers that make life easier for rental yard managers and customers alike. Our rental yard partners both sell and rent our trailers, or offer them to customers as rental bundles to make life easier for everyone. Reducing loading times is one of the main ways we help our equipment rental partners increase ROI.
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Reduce Load Times
The typical load time for a traditional flatbed with a high-angle ramp runs between 15 and 20 minutes. The traditional workflow looks something like this:
- Deploying heavy ramps and adjusting their width.
- Loading via slow, precision driving.
- The struggle to avoid falling or slipping off the narrow ramp which is often 1/3 the width of the deck.
- Securing the equipment by climbing up and down the high deck.
- Folding and lifting heavy ramps back into place.
By contrast, loading a hydraulic drop deck flatbed like the GT19FL usually takes 3 to 5 minutes. The workflow looks like this:
- Push the button on the remote control to lower the deck.
- Fold down the easy, low-angle ramp that spans the full deck width.
- Secure the equipment at ground level.
- Folding up the ramp.
- Pushing the button to raise the deck.
The process is completely stress-free for everyone involved, from the yard manager to the customer.
Reduce Loading Anxiety
The #1 cause of loading and unloading accidents is falling off high-angle ramps. Roughly 9 people a year while trying to load heavy equipment onto high-angle ramps.
That’s not a huge number comparatively, but you still don’t want one of those deaths happening on your lot. There are of course many more non-fatal injuries, each representing a liability concern most rental yards don’t want to deal with.
By investing in hydraulic drop deck trailers, you greatly increase the safety of every load and keep the experience smooth and simple for even the most inexperienced of operators.
Reduce Damage
Hydraulic drop deck solutions let you reduce damage both to your equipment, and to your relationships with your customers.
Inexperienced operators struggle with high angle ramps and loading anxiety. They make frantic phone calls to ask for help. Worse, they often damage the equipment. You have to bill them. They may or may not pay. The relationship is damaged, you have to get your equipment fixed, your cash flow suffers, and your stress levels rise.
The repairs aren’t the only thing that cost you money. If a $300/day skid steer is stuck in the shop for 10 days thanks to a loading accident, you’re looking at $3,000 in lost revenue on top of the repair bill. A hydraulic drop deck flatbed trailer needs only to prevent 5 accidents before it’s more than paid for itself, and that’s only if you factor lost rental revenue into the equation.
Reduce Yard Congestion
Picture this: it’s a busy Saturday morning. A particularly inexperienced operator has taken half an hour to get their mini excavator loaded. Customers are piling up in your parking lot. Your staff is struggling to help the operator and to serve the rest of your customers. You hope nobody gets frustrated enough to leave.
The faster you can get customers loaded up and on their way, the smoother your operations run. By using hydraulic drop deck trailers to reduce loading times by up to 75%, you achieve great dividends in customer satisfaction, greater revenue, and staffing needs.
Boost Profits Now
Ready to boost your profits while reducing your headaches? GoodMFG® is actively looking to partner with equipment rental companies in Oregon and northern California right now. Contact our team to discuss partnership options today!
See also:
Hydraulic Drop Deck Trailers for Equipment Rental Fleets: Boost Profits & Safety
