Black Equipment
is About You
We empower your warehousing, 3PL, distribution center, manufacturing, or construction company to consistently deliver value to your customers by providing reliable forklift, material handling, and construction equipment & services. Our business is built around understanding yours.
Peace Of Mind to Help You Thrive
We’re not factory-owned. Rather, we’re part of a network of entrepreneurial dealers that work
independently and in unison “AsOne” to care for our customers and ensure they always win.
Our customer relationships are built on consistent, predictable, and rapid attention to your needs. Our culture strives to build trust by minimizing hassles, addressing your priorities, and being fair in daily business.
Business relationships aren’t built on empty claims. They’re built on respect for the gravity of
customer challenges, understanding those challenges, and reacting fast & flexibly.
Any company can deliver peace of mind in good times. We want our customers to trust that we
have their backs in the best and worst of times.
Like any business, we have standard operating procedures that continually evolve to meet changing customer needs. However, when a customer finds themselves in an unforeseen critical
situation, we adapt what we’re doing from the President on down to rush that customer back on
track . . . which may require pulling people, resources, and equipment from multiple locations. We don’t go get permission. We act.
From Large to Lean: Hamilton Beach's Smaller, Smarter, Round-the-Clock Facility
In this video, Clay Phillips, Sales Manager for the Black Equipment Southern Region in Memphis, TN, explains how Black Equipment partnered with Yale Lift Truck Technologies to create a more efficient material handling system for Hamilton Beach's new, 28% smaller facility.
Together, they designed, organized, and installed shelving and racking tailored to maximize advantages of a highly efficient fleet of rechargeable lithium-ion Yale electric lift trucks.
Black Equipment provided local support to ensure a smooth transition from the old facility to the new one.
To maintain operations during the move, a substantial transition fleet of lift trucks was deployed to run both locations while training staff and beginning operations at the new site.
Clay details the benefits achieved: reduced damage, significant energy savings, and increased productivity for an operation now running 24/7.
Hamilton Beach Customer Case Study: A World Class Distribution Center
That was a big ask, but Yale Lift Truck Technologies and Black Equipment worked to make it a reality. Check out this video and the Yale Hamilton Beach Case Study to see how they helped improve Hamilton Beach's operation in more detail.
- 274% efficiency improvement with new truck models
- 167 more carton picks/hr (263 vs. 96)
- Approx. 80% reduction in product damage
- Fewer emissions and 672.2 tons less CO2 emissions/yr*
- 75% reduction in utility costs even with fully electric lift truck fleet
*Based on Yale Electrification ROI and CO2 calculator. See Case Study PDF for details.
"I've been in supply chain for 30 years and at previous companies, we've had difficulty getting certain equipment serviced. The fact that we have Black Equipment and Yale as a turnkey provider is huge, with 24-hour on-call service and local parts availability. And to top it off we now have the most advanced lift truck technologies, for a world class operation." - Mike Bunge, Vice President, global Supply Chain and Operations for Hamilton Beach.
Hyster, Greenfield Products (custom attachments), and Black Equipment worked together to enable NUCOR Steel Arkansas to load steel coils into railcars up to 10 times faster per day than could be achieved with the stradle crane. This specialized reach truck enabled operators to load the railcars without the need to be positioned beneath the load as was the case with the crane.
"We make sure we have all the recommended spare parts on the shelf. . . and can get to it quickly. Our priority is to make sure our customers have zero downtime" - Scott Bonnell, President Black Equipment Co.
The Hyster reach truck and new custom coil attachment gave NUCOR more flexibility, and improved safety and efficiency.
Black Equipment continues to provide regular service and needed repairs for this valuable and complex equipment.
Continental Tires the Americas - Mt. Vernon, IL
Continental Tire the Americas in Mt. Vernon, IL produces over 11 million passenger and light truck tires and over 3 million commercial tires.
Continental Tire worked with Yale and Black Equipment to implement the Yale Vision telemetry system on their fleet of over 250 lift trucks.
Nathan Baugher said:
". . . another great benefit of the Yale Vision system is the automated fault code monitoring that comes with every system. And what that does is it allows Black Equipment to see issues with the truck that we may not even know is available yet and they can service it all, and it's really sped up our uptime."
Baugher said they pull up t-time, motion time and also idle time on every vehicle to evaluate if the truck is truly needed in their facility.
Continental Tires no longer relies on paper OSHA checlists for pre-operation inspections because Yale Vision automates that and has eliminated over 250,000 pieces of paper.
You’re in good hands
Our Simple Guarantees
Complicated Guarantees don't encourage Peace of Mind or transparency...
That's why our guarantees are simple and easy to understand
service guarantee
Our service work is guaranteed for 60 days. If the repairs we make fail anytime within 60 days, we provide a free loaner until the repair is corrected.
parts guarantee
Parts: Guaranteed for 12 months
Belts & Hoses: Guaranteed for 90 days
Rental guarantee
Delivered on time and ready to use or the first rental week is free.
Equipment guarantee
If your equipment doesn't perform as specified within 30 days of delivery, we'll buy the equipment back.
Helping You Succeed Every Day
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Fast response times & quick decision-making.
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100% Service & Repair Transparency with PREMIER FLEET.
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A sufficient rental & used fleet to sustain our customer base. Our fleet is currently at 1,370 units.
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Branch autonomy to respond & solve your problems quickly.
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Training service to train both your operators & your own in-house trainers TRAINING.
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Application consulting to help you plan both your space & equipment.
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24-hour emergency service.
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All classes of Lift Trucks & Attachments for all types of industries.
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Dedicated in-house resident technicians who understand your specific needs.
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Certified technicians who receive continual ongoing safety & mechanical training.
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Daily meetings between all locations to draw on our combined experience & kaizen our processes.
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Consultations to help you right-size your fleet & ensure you’re using the most efficient equipment
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Equipment designed with input from operators to maximize safety & comfort to improve labor retention
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$2.5 Million in Parts Inventory PARTS
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Lithium-ion technology LITHIUM-ION
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Leading-edge built-in and add-on safety equipment for your fleet:
• Advanced Truck Stability
• Object Detection
• 360° Proximity Detection. -
Mobile Tire Service Mobile Tire Service
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Telemetry & Predictive Maintenance Analytics
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Alternative Fuel options ALTERNATIVE FUELS
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