Versalift & BrandFX Build Smarter Equipment For Improved Safety and Efficiency

Versalift and BrandFX are both Time Manufacturing Company brands with value propositions that feature lightweight, durable equipment that is both easy to use and easy to maintain. There are several key advantages to lightweight equipment, including improved operator safety, greater fleet efficiency and reduced environmental impact.

Lightweight Equipment Leads To Lowers Costs

Versalift and BrandFX both offer lightweight, innovative equipment. The U.S. Department of Energy states that by reducing average vehicle weight by 100 lbs, fleet MPG is increased by 2%, which can save commercial fleets significant money. Many fleets are incorporating hybrid and electric vehicles into their operations. Opting for the use of lightweight composite BrandFX truck bodies or smarter, stronger Versalift aerial lifts improves fleet efficiency..

BrandFX – Fiberglass Division – Advanced Composite Materials 

BrandFX advanced composite truck bodies can create the opportunity for fleets to downsize their equipment without affecting payload capacity, which results in significant bottom line savings. Data suggest that by taking advantage of truck rightsizing, alternative fuels and lightweight materials, fleets can make significant gains in reducing fuel consumption.

BrandFX manufactures truck bodies from advanced composite materials which are, pound for pound, lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel.  It is common for BrandFX truck bodies to be remounted onto several new chassis over the course of their life cycles;many are seen in operation more than 30 years after their initial purchase date.

Versalift Electric Drive™ Saves Fuel, Improves Efficiency and Reduces Environmental Impact

Versalift designs and manufactures aerial lift equipment with operational safety and efficiency in mind. Electric Drive™ is Versalift’s proprietary ePTO system, which offers technicians and other operators a way to save fuel and improve jobsite efficiency by powering the aerial lift and other functional systems without idling the engine all day.

Features & Benefits of Versalift Electric Drive™ 

Electric Drive™ operates during aerial run time and includes features like full flow for hydraulic tool circuit operation, battery recharge of existing truck alternator, and full power-to-tool circuit operation. During its nearly 40 years of field operation, Electric Drive™ has been extensively tested and proven to create significant savings on fleet fuel costs.  With this innovative system, fleets can eliminate idle time, spend less money on fuel, stop contributing to noise pollution, decrease the amount of emissions from their trucks, and eliminate tailpipe emissions while working at the site.

Versalift engineers continue to innovate toward greater levels of environmental stewardship without sacrificing productivity, safety or power. Please take a few minutes to read a White-paper on ESG Factors, published by Time Manufacturing Company, that discusses how changing approaches to environmental, social, and corporate governance risk factors influence supply chain strategy.

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