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What you Need to start a Moving Company

February 8, 2013

Moving is a pretty hard job, and most people would love to outsource that job to others. With demand that seems only to be increasing, the number of moving companies being started around the country is appropriately on the rise as well. Before starting such a company, though, aspiring movers will need to purchase a few key kinds of equipment to make each move easier and more enjoyable. After all, even those volunteering to do the job on behalf of others deserve to take it easy on themselves.

Material Handling Companies in Miami FL

February 7, 2013

Large cities have lots of activity, especially cities that are close to waterways and international ports such as Miami. Every day there is not only a large influx of people into Miami, but there is also a large influx of property, equipment, products and merchandise. A large city that has lots of movement has needs that other cities might not have. Items need to be moved from one place to another, off of ships, onto trucks, into other vehicles and forms of alternate transportation. Each time material is to be moved there are different needs depending on how and where it needs to be moved.

Scissors Lift Tables Make Your Work Much Easier

February 6, 2013

Material handling equipment has been designed to make every task easier, including storing and transporting heavy boxes and raising them to the appropriate height for processing or transfer. Chief among the material handling equipment options available to consumers for this task is a scissors lift table. These unique tables combine the efficiency and utility of a traditional table with a pneumatic lift that can actually raise the table’s height to the best level for a day’s work. Because they’re often pneumatic, these tables are easy to operate and highly ergonomic for packages of all sizes.

What Type of Caster do I need?

January 18, 2013

Shopping for casters is no simple task, with a large number of sizes and varieties available to handle a wide range of uses. Casters find themselves most often in commercial and industrial environments, but also come in varieties that are designed specifically for medical businesses, homes, and offices. Some casters are even specially designed to…

Casters for Movable Walls

January 17, 2013

The most popular floor plan for offices, hospitals, and even educational facilities, is an open one. This open floor plan is then divided by a series of movable walls that can help the space adapt to any need that might arise. Because it is so flexible and adaptable to any need, this floor plan only…

Casters for Luxury Hotels

January 16, 2013

The hospitality industry has a unique set of needs when it comes to casters, and one of those needs demands that the casters look as well-designed and pleasing to the eye as possible. That’s especially true for the owners and operators of luxury hotels, where every aspect of a caster must fit well into the hotel’s aesthetic and its reputation for high-quality service, materials, and experiences, for each of its customers. Unfortunately, casters have often been associated with a more industrial look than one that’s friendly to the needs and appeal of luxury hotels and suites.

Casters for Special Surface Usage

January 15, 2013

While the vast majority of casters are probably used on rather standard flooring and surfaces, like concrete or basic tile, there are a large number of caster implementations that are on rough surfaces or those that require special attention from the caster wheel itself. These casters need to be extra durable, with special materials that can compensate for the diverse nature of the surface on which they are used, so that they remain as useful and durable as casters used in more standard environments.

Casters to Move Heavy Furniture

January 14, 2013

If there’s one activity that can bring everyone together in a moment of dread, it’s moving heavy furniture from one place to another. There’s just nothing particularly fun and exiting about picking up heavy couches, business machines, or industrial equipment, and transporting it to another area in the home, office, or warehouse. Luckily, though, there is at least one tool that can make the process at least a little more enjoyable. When it’s time to move the next big item of furniture around a home or business facility, look to casters to improve mobility, reduce the effort required, and make things a bit more pleasant.

Wholesale Casters Company

January 11, 2013

Great Reasons to Choose a Wholesale Casters Company Caster shoppers have several options when their casters have failed them and need to be repaired or replaced. They can either buy those casters one-by-one, on an individual basis, or find a company that sells in bulk at wholesale prices. Typically, many customers end up choosing to…

Shepherd Casters for Sale

January 10, 2013

There are few names in casters that command as much respect, and as much business, as Shepherd Casters. The company’s history dates back to its first caster product, designed and produced in 1945, and it expands over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries. For more than half a century, Shepherd Casters has been…