So far we have had a mild winter, and that leaves tons of
room for building and equipment maintenance when you’re not plowing snow. What
kind of quick tricks or simple fixes can you do to make the summer maintenance
season simpler and/or easier?
Adding trash grabbers to your riding
mowers, so employees don’t have to get on/off equipment multiple times. Not
only will this help reduce the potential of a fall, it will hopefully increase
productivity with shorter stops. The City of Pipestone installed Trash Grabbers
with Clamp Mounts so every mower can pick up trash while mowing.
You could also add a mounting system to the
mowers that could hold weed whips. These additions are for mowers that are out
all day and may find locations that need some trimming. These could be for the
smaller trimming areas like sign posts, trees, or the monument on the edge of
town. Maybe not for all areas, but it’s a start!
How many of you are using old 55 or 30 gallon
barrels for trash cans? Simple, low cost, and usually plenty of them to use.
Most of you have cut a hole in the top and drilled a few holes in the bottom to drain the
rain water, but how many of you have added handles? Adding handles could help
in lifting these, especially when you
dump them. I’m sure we all have dumped a trash can or two and gotten the Trash
Can Slime on our hands - YUK! Not only will the handles help in picking up the
cans and dumping them into a dumpster or truck, it also keeps the slime off
your hands…
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