This year has been a challenging year for many of you and for us it's no exception. Covid has had a significant impact on our sales and the Dericho Storm August 10th was devastating to our infrastructure.  We are doing the very best we can, but we have to make some adjustments to our operations.  
Our office hours are now Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 9AM to 4PM.  You can always call and leave a message and we will do be sure to return your call the next day.  Wednesdays and Fridays are days we are focused on rebuilding our facilities and managing the circumstances surrounding that.
We continue production of product and we've taken measures to ensure we maintain very strict quality standards; but our volume of production has decreased significantly.  Unfortunately, we have also seen significant cost increases in 2020.  Raw material, powder coating, and utilities have all gone up.  This means we will have a 10-15% price increase November 1.  We will honor any orders placed prior to November 1st at the current price, regardless of delivery.

Today we had a facebook live video that illustrated how we weld the fill necks for our GC Series tanks.  This is a video that we made separate from the live feed which you can see on our Facebook page here.  We've taken an older Miller wire feeder and converted it to hold the fill neck and the 1/4 turn bung in place while we weld the two together with a slow rotation.  Works great and we get a fantastic weld.

Recently we had a customer who wanted to insert the lift flush with his shop floor.  He provided us some great feedback on how he did it and how it worked out.  He built a custom insert pan which we then poured concrete to fit precisely.  The pan even included a floor drain in the event fluids got into the pan or he was going to use the lift to wash and clean his bike. As you can see in the photos, he routed his hose through the floor and attached his control foot valve to the wall.
Since the lift sits about 7 1/2" off the floor, by insetting it to be flush the working height is reduced by the 7 1/2"; however HMC lifts all raise to a impressive 40" so this allows plenty of height when installed flush with the floor.
If you are planning to build a new shop and want your lifts flush with the floor, let us know and we'd be glad to help you with dimensions and plans!

The other day I stumbled on a nice review on one of the BMW forums.  You can find the review at here:  
This particular customer has done a very nice and fair review of our SL-3086 lift and provided several quality photos of him using our lift to service his bikes. We always appreciate customers sharing their thoughts about our products.... especially when they are such a positive review! LOL  Of course, not everyone is always 100% happy... while that's our goal, I'm sure we've had someone upset with us.  But, at HMC, we strive to meet our customer's expectations on every product we sell.  If you have posted a review that you'd like to share with us, please don't hesitate to send us a link via email so we can post it to our blog.

Just picked up the first 10 Veteran Special Edition lift tops! Can't wait to get them on a frame and show everyone! These babies are a tribute to the worlds' baddest military from the worlds' best lift company!

Enjoying a 2 day project in Iowa City at the Iowa State Extension office learning about Google Analytics and how that will help us know what content our customers want to see and how we can improve giving them better information.  Thank you to CIRAS for putting on this boot camp!

​HMC Gas Caddies and Fuel Caddies are available in 4 unique colors.  Red for Gasoline, Green for Diesel, Blue for Kerosene/Coolants, and Black for Oil.  Tank capacities include 30, 20, & 15 gallons - all with a stable aluminum front foot, solid tires made from recycled rubber, a convenient hose nozzle holder on the handle, and the most reliable and time tested  pump on the market; the GP-1 bi-directional rotary 3 vane pump.

If you like to buy the best equipment and work with a company who will treat you fairly, please give us a call at 844-957-1502. HMC products are manufactured in Marshalltown, Iowa.  We are ready to solve your fuel storage needs...just give us a call to place your order for a new American Made GC-30, GC-20, or GC-15 Fuel Caddy today!

We constantly sell product to new and interesting customers.  The latest that caught my attention was an order through our friends at #NorthernTool.  This order was going to a great program in California called Vallecito Camp CalFire.  California helps to reduce the inmate population by offerinq qualified inmates the opportunity to work forest fires under the supervision of the California department #Calfire.  Here is a nice artical about how the program works.   http://archive2.capradio.org/articles/2013/05/21/fire-camps-key-to-reducing-prison-overcrowding/

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