How should you roll?

Landscape trucks and pickups are industry standards – but picking the best fit for your business can be tricky.


Published October 31, 2018
Landscape truck or pickup? The wheels you give to your team can make or “brake” your productivity, and there’s a lot that goes into a vehicle decision. What services do you offer? How are the weather conditions in your region – and what about the traffic? Do you have certified technicians on staff who can repair vehicles or do you need the support of a dealer that can turn around repairs quickly?

At Wild Ridge Lawn & Landscape in Indianapolis, owner Joe Wildridge has considered these factors and he’s making a switch. Right now, he has six cab-over trucks for sale. Those landscape trucks are “phenomenal,” Wildridge says, citing their ability to maneuver in traffic and covered storage as benefits. “With the cab-over, you don’t have a hood or engine in front, so you can turn tighter and the visibility is great.”

The issue Wildridge ran into was the cost of replacing a turbo engine on the cab-over. For one, diagnosing the problem was costly and the time to get an engine imported was about four weeks. “That’s lost productivity,” he says. “So, we have our whole fleet for sale.”

Read the rest of the story in our October 2018 edition here.

 

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