With a focus on providing sustainable manufacturing and reducing carbon emissions, Turf Care Supply has embraced the electric power market with the latest mobile equipment upgrades. Completed in June 2023, TCS received all deliveries of electric forklifts to all three manufacturing facilities, including Hatfield, MA, Martins Ferry, OH and Sebring, FL. 

Even though electric powered equipment is not new to the industry, technological advances have made them more accessible and manageable to manufacturing facilities. Including, great improvements when it comes to the task of maintaining and operating electric equipment. The equipment charging is opportunity based, allowing support to multiple production shifts per day. With the increasing cost of fuel, reducing the amount of labor costs to maintain electric equipment (compared to internal combustion equipment) and a reduced CO2 footprint creates a good economical and sustainable solution.

At Turf Care Supply, electric forklifts now make up 75% of the total fleet. The team quickly noticed another added feature, the electric forklifts made significantly less noise, which can be beneficial to the operator. However, the louder forklifts did help identify where the equipment was even if not visible, like when they are in a row picking pallets. So, the crew members now rely more on the blue safety floor lights that TCS has always assured were on the forklifts to identify the advance of the equipment’s directional movement.

Additionally, it is much easier and safer to plug in an electrical unit to charge than to change a propane tank. Even though the team experienced a slight learning curve in the beginning, after training and equipment classes, it did not take long before the team was back to efficient operations.

Turf Care Supply will continue to focus on sustainable and efficient updates to best support our environment, our employees, and the needs of our very valued customers.

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