Hydraulic upgrades on state and municipal fleets save money.

Replacing old manual spreader valves with state-of-the-art electronic spreader controls provide enormous benefits to state and municipal fleets. According to Mike Knox (TSG) the advantages sell themselves; “We can’t keep them on the shelf once they hear about the salt savings and how easy it is to upgrade, they’re sold.” Since most state and municipal budgets have been cut due to our tough economy, new truck orders have been pared down. The opportunity exists to upgrade existing trucks at all levels of government. Here are just some of the advantages:

• Improved operator safety by getting the hydraulics out of the cab
• Salt conservation by utilizing ground-speed orientation
• Ground-speed orientation provides a more consistent application
• Ease of installation, system is shipped as a turnkey package
• Ease of use, functions in either “manual” or “auto” mode
• Works with either Open center or Closed center hydraulics
• Cost of upgrade can be recouped in 2 seasons
• Options are available for pre-wetting controls and data logging

Knox added, “a municipality can upgrade its entire fleet for less than the price of one truck and recoup that expense by using less salt, it’s kind of a no-brainer.”