2006 Hyster E55Z-4

Power: 36V

Type: Electric Rider

Capacity: 5,500 lbs.

Lift Height: 131″

Lowered Height: 84″

This piece of equipment is located in our Lexington, KY branch. Visit our Used Equipment website for more information.

2007 Hyster S60FT

Power: LP Gas

Type: IC Cushion

Capacity: 6,000 lbs.

Lift Height: 187″

Lowered Height: 88″

This piece of equipment is located in our Cincinnati, OH  branch. Visit our Used Equipment website for more information.

For the past three years, manufacturing must have seemed like a high-stakes poker game to some people. It also seems the game has been played only two ways—fold, or go all in.

If you have ever seen the World Series of Poker, though, you know the only people who go all in are either supremely confident or desperate, and neither seems like an especially sound business strategy.

There is a third way to play, of course. It takes a lot more work and a lot more patience, and it won’t always yield positive results on every play, but it is a surer way to build your chips. You have to place your bets in the right places, at the right moments. You must manage the game for the long term, and not just play the game looking for the one big hand.

Manufacturers around the U.S. and around the world are succeeding in manufacturing because they have placed their bets on the right aspects of their business. They cannot control what other players have in their hands. They play the cards they are dealt and seize the opportunity to improve when it comes along.

Our 2011 Top Plant winner, NACCO Material Handling Group of Berea, Ky., is an outstanding example of placing your bets in the right place. NACCO bet on its people to help grow the organization. In doing so, the company has helped grow the community.  Read More…

Originally published by http://www.plantengineering.com Bob Vavra, Content Manager 12/15/11

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2006 Hyster S50FT

Power: LP Gas

Type: IC Cushion

Capacity: 5,000 lbs.

Lift Height: 189″

Lowered Height: 83″

This piece of equipment is located in our Dayton, OH  branch. Visit our Used Equipment website for more information.

2007 Hyster S60FT

Power: LP Gas

Type: IC Cushion

Capacity: 6,000 lbs.

Lift Height: 187″

Lowered Height: 88″

This piece of equipment is located in our Cincinnati, OH  branch. Visit our Used Equipment website for more information.

Mitch Holland is our Aftermarket Representative in Dayton, OH and has been with the company 29 YEARS!!

Mitch started out at a competitor before coming to Bode Finn in 1983 which became Hyster Mideast and eventually MH Equipment.

“My expertise is has  been in the parts area – that’s where I first started in the business before moving into the sales department.”  He says his proudest sales experience was setting up and managing a large parts consignment at the GM plant in Dayton, OH for many years.

Mitch’s wife Nancy is an RN at Miami Valley Hospital and they have 2 children.  His son Ryan and his wife Kristi have given Mitch 3 little grandchildren – Haley, Coby, and Brady.  His daughter Brittany attends college at Cleveland State University where she is studying speech therapy.  Brittany is also an avid volleyball player and Mitch and his wife really enjoy spending time together traveling to her volleyball games.

When Mitch has extra time he likes to play softball, go bowling and fishing, and watch the Cincinnati Reds or Miami Dolphins play.

“What I like most about working at MH Equipment is that all the people are committed to their jobs.  Everyone enjoys helping others –  I can say they are my friends and we all work together to make MH Equipment a great place to work.   It’s nice to work for a company that cares about me as a person and understands about family life – that’s always a good feeling to have about a company.”

2006 Hyster S55FTS

Power: LP Gas

Type: IC Cushion

Capacity: 5,500 lbs.

Lift Height: 189″

Lowered Height: 83″

This piece of equipment is located in our Lexington, KY  branch. Visit our Used Equipment website for more information.

“After 20 years in the aftermarket automotive accessories field, I realized that I was ready for more of a challenge, so I entered the industrial equipment industry. I started in the industry with Equipment Depot (formerly Levee Lift) as a Product Support Representative and was promoted to Field Service Manager.  However, due to the economic downturn, my position was eliminated. What I thought was a bad thing turned into a very good thing. I was able to apply for a position with MH Equipment. After meeting with Chad Brocious and John Kinder, I felt very comfortable with the culture and philosophy of MH Equipment and knew that I wanted to be of part of it.”

Shawn says that the most rewarding part of his job so far has been the freedom that MH Equipment has given him to refine his sales skills and step into new territories that he has never been given the opportunity to explore before. He adds, “It’s important to be able to talk to people and understand their needs. I believe that when you develop a relationship and are able to communicate with them at a level everyone is comfortable with, you are able to focus more on the need and less on the translation. It’s a very satisfying experience to make current customer relationships stronger and also have the opportunity to develop new ones.”

The most unique product application Shawn has been faced with was an ordinance handler that he proposed to the United States Navy. “They needed an ordinance handler that would pick up a vertical 2000lb, 16 ” diameter bomb and lay it into a horizontal bomb cradle. We were able to come up with the design and the safety features to insure that the load was not released until it was in the cradle.”

Shawn has been married to his wife Penny for almost 16 years.  Together they have 3 children – two sons – Kaelin who is 14 and Christian who is 11 and a 4-year-old daughter, Kiersten. “In the summer we like to take weekend trips. We also like to camp and fish. When the weather is cold, we like to hang around the house and play games as a family.”

Shawn says he never really grew up when it comes to electronics.  “In reality I’m still a kid when it comes to new gadgets and games. I even went as far as going to the Consumer Electronics Trade Show (CES) in 2001. So I guess if there was one thing that people don’t know about me, it would be the fact that I am still a video game nerd.”

“I enjoy the freedom that MH gives me to develop my sales ability and the opportunity to build my business on the needs of my region. More often than not, companies try to make everything uniform along with their employees. MH Equipment recognizes that not all customers are the same and must be treated on an individual basis, and insures that MH personnel understand, nurture and promote that.”

Benefits of having a forklift license include:

• Job placement opportunities
• Proven competency of forklift operation
• Reduced risk of workplace accidents
• Improved forklift efficiency and reduced operating costs
• Improved productivity and increase profits for the business

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require all forklift operators to study forklift safety and operation, both in a class and behind the wheel before they can be licensed.

MH Equipment has been making material handling operations safe for over fifty years with our industry leading forklift operator training and safety courses. Our trainers do an excellent job of keeping participants engaged while teaching useful techniques and stressing the importance of safety.

We offer specialized and comprehensive forklift training classes, materials and programs that meet OSHA requirements.

We also offer training courses for those operating an aerial lift (scissor, boom, self-propelled, articulated boom), skid steer, railcar mover or other heavy equipment at our Midwest locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio ,Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

1994 Advance Sweeper

Power: LP Gas

Type: Sweeper

Capacity: N/A

Lift Height: N/A

Lowered Height: N/A

This piece of equipment is located in our St. Louis, MO  branch. Visit our Used Equipment website for more information.