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Fewer trips between shop & worksite required, since all power & tools are already on the truck. Reduce fuel consumption: 1 truck is often able to do the work that used to take 2-3 trucks Reduce costs & time spent maintaining & operating equipment Standardize your maintenance equipment Improve asset utilization Provide work crews with unparalleled flexibility to choose the best tool for the job, whether that tool is air, electric or hydraulic Reduce the size of your fleet without sacrificing capability Environmentally friendly: Reduce emissions by eliminating multiple, single-function, gasoline powered engines at the worksite Create safer working conditions for crews There are several safety benefits HIPPO brings to a worksite: HIPPO allows you to operate in a smaller worksite footprint (fewer trucks, trailers, single engine units, etc), thus presenting less of a "target" for John Q. Public, and as such, is a safer worksite Only one fuel (diesel) is being used, which is much safer (less flammable) than gasoline HIPPO is very hydraulic friendly, and hydraulic tools have several of their own safety benefits. They don't create choking fumes down in the hole, like gasoline powered tools do. They don't create as much noise as other tools, especially pneumatic tools, and can even be used in confined spaces Operate faster & more efficiently How many trips does it take your guys to show up at the jobsite with everything they need? How much time does it take? Imagine if you could take all the power equipment and all the tools you need on one truck, and that all the tools were operational when it arrived. No more trips back-and-forth between the shop and the jobsite because somebody forgot to bring extra fuel, or because they left a certain tool behind. Reduce Maintenance Time and Costs Compare the costs to procure, operate and maintain two or three trucks (and all their ancillary equipment such as generators, air compressors, gas-powered water pumps, etc), and all their engines, versus one truck and one engine, and the advantages are obvious. Standardize your power program Most of our business is with municipalities, and as such, goes through some sort of bid process. As many fleet managers will testify, "low bid" and "best value" are NOT necessarily the same thing! Too often the old saying, "You get what you pay for" seems to hold true! One way fleet managers can get a handle on this is to standardize the power-portion of their work trucks. If you need to spec out a truck for Utilities, for example, and they need some combination of air, electric, or hydraulic power on the truck, HIPPO can provide a ready-made, field-tested solution, and allow you to standardize the "power component" of the truck, which is arguably just as important as the body or crane. This way, it doesn't matter who low-bid is; you're guaranteed to get a quality product/solution for the power needs of the vehicle. Improve Asset Utilization Chances are that right now - today - you have very powerful, very reliable, environmentally friendly, industrial strength diesel engines at the worksite, which are under-utilized. You paid a lot of money for that diesel engine, but other than running the air-conditioner or heater (depending on the weather) it isn't helping you do anything once you're at the jobsite, and yet it still demands maintenance! HIPPO simply allows you to tap into the power you've already got, and put it to work. Create Unparalleled Flexibility! Do your crews have the ability to run the BEST tool for the job, no matter what that job might be? Not just the "right" tool for the job - a sledgehammer and a jackhammer will both break concrete - but the BEST tool? HIPPO allows your guys to operate the best tool, period. In some cases (such as with water pumps) the best tool is a hydraulic tool. In other cases (such as when blowing out valve boxes) the best tool is an air tool. And when it comes to running lights, you MUST have electricity! Only HIPPO can provide all three power functions with the amount of power you need, as well as the capability to run those multiple functions simultaneously, for continuous duty operation. (There's a reason the US Army chose HIPPO! Achieve Fleet Reduction What if you could decrease the number of trucks at the worksite, while maintaining (or increasing) productivity and/or capability? That is, if it currently takes two or three trucks to complete a mission (like a water main break), how much money could you save/reallocate by using just one truck and/or one crew than can do it all? Safe - Powerful - Efficient - Convenient
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