Apr

24

Touch-a-Truck Event – Helping Kids Learn About Trucks

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : April 24, 2012

Category: Bucket Trucks

Today, I’m writing about an event that I find rather interesting and quite inspirational. It makes me want to think up cool events to hold for children to help them learn while having fun. The event is called “Touch-a-Truck” and is held annually in the City of Galesburg in Illinois. This is the 12th year this event has taken place. The main point of the event is to allow youth to explore different types of large equipment, up close and hands-on. Different from an average museum, the children can climb on, get in and touch all the equipment that is on exhibit. This year, they will be featuring a Boeing CH-47D Aircraft form the Illinois National Guard.

There will also be tractors, police cars, delivery trucks, ambulances, bucket trucks and many other varieties of large trucks. What a great idea. Local schools take fieldtrips to this event and basically the kids are allowed to check out anything they want. This is a great way to help kids, from an early point in life, realize and get a hands-on awareness that there are so many different vehicles that help the world go-round. It sounds like a great, and fun, learning experience.

There are surrounding nature trails at the event location as well as shelters and picnic tables. For more information about this event in Illinois, you can visit the Galesburg Planet website.

Apr

03

Pressure Digger Stock Number 08138

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : April 3, 2012

Category: Bucket Trucks

Picture of a Pressure Digger

The pressure digger above is available to be rented or sold. It’s a 2005 International truck with a Texoma 270 Digger on it. The digger has a 10′ foot digging depth, pole claws, rotating extendable table and it’s an automatic transmission. It’s currently listed for a great price and if you’re planning to rent, we’ve got weekly, monthly and bi-monthly specials.

Give us a call for more details or stop by the shop to see it for yourself. You can also click on the image above to be taken to the full details of this pressure digger. We are excited to hear from you!

*If you were looking for bucket trucks instead, please visit the link to be taken to our stock page.

Mar

22

Bucket Truck Stock Number 9207

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : March 22, 2012

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Here’s another great truck available for rent or sale. This truck is a 2005 Chevrolet 42 foot Altec bucket Truck. It falls under CDL, so you will need one to drive it. The boom is located over the center of the truck and this is a single man bucket. It also is equipped with a material handler that can hold 1,000 pounds. The engine is a CAT C7 Diesel with automatic transmission and A/C. Click on the picture below to be taken to the entire list of specs about this truck:

Picture of a bucket truck

Available for rent or sale.

If you have any questions aboout this Altec bucket truck, please call us today or stop by the shop! We’ll help answer any questions you have. While you’re here, you can look around our yard to see if there are any other trucks that fit your needs, too! We look forward to serving your needs for aerial lift and utility truck equipment.

Have a good one!

Mar

16

2001 Freightliner Texoma Pressure Digger

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : March 16, 2012

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Today, we are talking about a Freightliner Texoma Pressure Digger. This pressure digger is stock number 07739 and ready to be rented! The truck is a Freightliner and the equipment is a 330-30 manufactured by Texoma. Current mileage is 71,599 and the digger has 9,619 hours on it. Check it out for yourself below:

Texoma pressure digger

You can click the image above to view more details about this truck. While you’re there, check out out other pressure diggers too! You can give us a call or stop by the yard, as well. This truck would be a great addition to any company fleet and we have daily, weekly and monthly specials so hurry before this truck is gone.

Mar

12

Tree Trimmers Are About to Be Busier

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : March 12, 2012

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Picture From Wikipedia of an Emerald Ash Borer

A plague of Emerald Ash Borers is sweeping through North America and Canada and is threatening to kill off our entire population of Ash Trees. Wikipedia states they were accidentally introduced here back in the 90′s but were discovered in 2002. Indiana is being hit pretty hard with over 200 communities affected, and several states have implemented quarantines including Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, New York and Ohio. Ontario, a province of Canada, has also enforced a quarantine. There have been tens of millions of trees to die so far and has cost property owners and cities millions and millions of dollars.

Tree trimming work will be very high in the short few years to come. The Daily Herald in Indiana reported that David Brown, public works director, said this:

“It’s hard to predict these things but based on our research and getting into the crowns of trees with our bucket trucks, we’re seeing more and more damage than last fall,”

Cities are working to remove these trees completely and replace. Dead trees will need to be cut down and moved also. In the northeast of the country, it’s a great time to be a tree trimmer. It’s a sad time to be a tree.

There is tons of info at www.emeraldashborer.info on how to identify these devastating beetles, studies dating back to were first discovered in North America, etc.

If your community has been hit with these beetles, tell us the details below and how they have affected you.

Mar

08

More Bad Weather in the Midwest and Southeast

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : March 8, 2012

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It is that time of the year again. A time dreaded by anyone across tornado alley and the south. Tornado season is here and this year, it started off with a bang. Last week, at least 45 tornadoes ripped through the heartland of our country and left total chaos and destruction behind them. At least 41 people are dead from Indiana to Georgia. There was an EF-3 tornado that touched down in Kentucky and didn’t let up until 95 miles later in West Virginia. Indiana had the strongest tornado registering at EF-4 with winds as fast as 175mph which spanned 45 miles or so in Indiana and Kentucky.

Picture of Hazel Green Tornado

Photograph Courtesy of Heather Bowman, Hazel Green, Alabama

It seems to be getting worse year by year, and reports say that climate change is the cause.

Picture of Tornado that hit Alabama this past week

Photograph courtesy of Joshlyn Shareck, Ardmore, AL

This year in Texas, we barely even had a winter.

The destruction caused be these violent acts of mother nature is detrimental to millions across the country. It’s particularly bad for small towns that can be completely wiped out within a matter of seconds. It’s worse when these towns aren’t ready with proper equipment to handle the aftermath and support the cleanup efforts. The worst situation is when you’re town is too small to afford the equipment to have on hand in the first place. We’ve heard several awesome stories in which case larger surrounding cities and counties lend their hands or equipment to the smaller ones who don’t have the funds to take care of themselves. We encourage you to be a part of that by lending your city bucket trucks to those in need. Typically, if you provide the equipment, they’ll have enough for the electricity or gas to run it. The problem with this, though, is that, maybe your town got hit too and your equipment is currently being utilized for your city. To that, we say consider paying to rent a bucket truck or other heavy equipment to help your neighboring town’s cleanup effort.

Picture of Hazel Green Alabama Tornado

Photograph Courtesy of Heather Bowman, Hazel Green, Alabama

Picture of a Tornado in Alabama

If you aren’t able to help with respect to the cleanup equipment, there are several other ways to help tornado victims. Recovering from these storms doesn’t happen over night. It is a long and lengthy process. Anything you can do to help is better than doing nothing at all.

Mar

08

Spotlight on Bucket Truck Stock 2532

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : March 8, 2012

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Hello again.

Take a look at this beautiful truck! It has been reconditioned from the inside out including the engine, the boom and bucket, the interior and the exterior paint job. This bucket truck is available for rent or sale so if you are looking to buy, this is a great choice!

It has a 35 foot boom, is non-insulated and under CDL. For those of you who don’t know, that means it requires a commercial driver’s license to drive. Its an automatic, has power windows and locks, and is equipped with a 6.6L Duramax diesel engine.

bucket truck stock 2532

The picture will take you directly to all the details about this truck. Here, you can view our entire stock of bucket trucks for sale. If you have any questions about our trucks, feel free to give us a call or stop by today.

Have a great day and come back soon for more updates!

Mar

02

A Sunny Day, A Bucket Truck Ride

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : March 2, 2012

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Bucket truck rides

Yesterday was so beautiful, we decided it was time for the girls to get up in one of our bucket trucks! After some coaching, and a whole lot of coercing, we agreed to try it out! It was extremely scary and we were quite surprised someone didn’t have a heart attack (we were that scared).

We can’t wait to do it again!

In case you weren’t aware, we are the top supplier of used bucket trucks, digger trucks and boom trucks. Bucket trucks are great for several different reasons, but mainly because they help us get to really high places! If you are looking for one, then give us a call today.

Feb

16

Southwest Equipment Is Going Green!

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : February 16, 2012

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Well, our paint shop is anyway..

Occasionally, we have requests for a paint job on a bucket truck or digger that is out of the normal realm for us. We will accommodate any of our clients with a custom paint job for the color of their choice, if they’d like. Recently, one of our clients decided they wanted to have their truck painted the same color as their business logo, which is green, silver and black. It’s been so fun watching this truck transform. Around the shop, we’ve been calling it “The Hulk”. We have been excited about this project around the office, because, as you can see, the green is certainly bright! It is definitely the first time we’ve used green in our paint shop! Check out these pictures… (apologies for the poor image quality)

Green Bucket Truck

The machine part of the truck, painted green.

 
It sure is bright, but it’s always exciting to change things up a bit. What do you think? Let us know by dropping us a comment below!
 
 

Green Bucket Truck

The other side of the truck bed painted green.


Green Bucket Truck Bed

The bed of the digger painted green.




We’re almost finished with this awesome paint job and then it will be back to the regular white, black and yellow paint. Which brings me to my next thought:

Did you know that Southwest Equipment has a full service shop that includes a garage where we provide maintenance and repair of bucket trucks and additionally where we do all our refurbishing? We don’t stop our refurbishing process at the parts! Our shop is also equipped with our very own paint shop. We completely redo the body and paint work too! Because of our extensive knowledge about bucket trucks and our full service shop, we can offer you the lowest prices around!

If you own a bucket truck, you should definitely stop by one of our locations to check out the awesome work areas we have. Our mechanics are top notch and our painters won’t be outdone! If your truck is getting old and worn out, maybe it’s time for a refurbish. When you decide that is what you need, give us a call; we’ll be waiting.

Jan

25

What Are Bucket Trucks?

Posted by : Bucket Trucks Blog | On : January 25, 2012

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Picture of a Frestry Bucket Truck
Bucket Trucks are what you use to safely reach heights that you can’t get to with a ladder. That means all kinds of industries utilize bucket trucks in their everyday work. The most common industries you see using “cherry pickers” are electric co-ops, cable companies, sign repair, window washers, and forestry businesses.
Bucket trucks have different types of action for lifting. Some utilize a type of scissor lift where the bucket raises and lowers on a hinge. Other types of lifting action include a telescoping and articulating boom. The boom moves out and up from a single mount, sort of how the name implies.

Surely you’ve seen bucket trucks on the side of the road, working on telephone poles. They are much more common than you would think. These trucks allow much of the modern amenities we have to be installed and expanded at a fast rate. Services like telephones, electricity, cable, and internet are all widespread and available thanks to the use of bucket trucks.
Although they make higher jobs safer, bucket trucks actually are quite dangerous. Most accidents involve human error and can be avoided with the correct amount of caution. When operating a cherry picker, be sure you have the knowledge and training that is necessary. Being unprepared to operate an aerial lift can be extremely dangerous.
The next time you see a guy in a bucket working on a telephone pole, you will have a greater appreciation and understanding of what it is he is doing. People that work in bucket trucks are often called to restore power or cable during a storm or natural disaster. Keep that in mind during the next storm. Give linemen and bucket truck workers a big thanks for keeping life the way it is today… safer and more convenient.

If you need a bucket truck for sale in America, then visit our inventory page. You are sure to find exactly what you are looking for. Make sure you find a trusted dealer that has a good working history. Do you research about the company you choose. Check online to see if there have been any bad reviews about the company you are working with. Bucket Trucks Online is proud of the great feedback our customers provide…and keep providing!!

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