Sage Oil Vac’s success comes from more than its quality equipment — it comes from a quality team of oil vac dealers, and our team just can’t stop growing. This year Sage added six new dealership partners to our roster of now 38 U.S. dealer locations and five international dealer locations.
Meet our newest oil vac dealers:
Hoekstra Truck Equipment (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Hoekstra sells work-ready vehicles and accessories; they have several ties in the bus market in Michigan. We’re excited about working with them to create a few additional Sage products to change the oil in boats in a much cleaner and more efficient way. These guys are extremely motivated and we are happy to have such good representation in that area.
Truck Equipment Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa)
Truck Equipment sells and services products from a variety of manufacturers. We were introduced to the team in 2015 when they did some installation work with one of our LubeBuilders for a customer in Iowa. They have since agreed this year to represent our product line in Iowa. Every time we have visited they’re always excited to get on the road and show off our equipment.
Woodfield Canada (London, Ontario)
Woodfield Canada specializes in vehicle up-fit packages for commercial service and trade vehicles. We met the Woodfield team at the NTEA show in March 2016. They’re doing a great job of representing Sage in Ontario. They’re really picking up the product and running with it. With their knowledge and willingness to represent our brand, we hope to continue our momentum in the Canadian markets.
Intercon Truck Equipment, Inc. (Aston, Pennsylvania)
Intercon distributes and installs a full line of truck bodies, snow removal equipment, and related accessories. The Intercon team has been a bright spot for us — they have really been active with our product lines. There is a huge need for our equipment in the railroad and transit market and we know Intercon is going to be very successful in helping us communicate our solutions to that industry.
Southern Truck Equipment (Almont, Michigan)
Southern Truck specializes in rust-free truck parts and restorations. We also met their team at the NTEA show this year. They have worked extremely hard in promoting Sage Oil Vac equipment in the surrounding Detroit area — and they’re having some good success! These guys know their stuff when it comes to truck equipment and we’re happy to have them representing us.
Smyrna Truck & Cargo (Smyrna, Georgia)
Smyrna is a large and diverse truck equipment company that distributes several premier equipment brands. This team has been instrumental in getting our equipment out into the Atlanta area. We are getting tons of interest from Georgia and the surrounding states! It’s been great to have a Sage Oil Vac dealer in that area that can represent and educate customers about our product benefits.
Are you interested in representing Sage Oil Vac products? We’ll let you in on our top secret new dealer onboarding steps:
- We recruit, contact and introduce our company, products, and program over the phone and digitally.
- We then execute a face-to-face meeting.
- Next, we ship a demonstration model to your facility and change oil for you to demonstrate the Sage method. (This usually seals the deal.)
- Afterward, we’ll present our marketing program, dealer contract, and stocking requirements.
- Then you sign agreements and purchase a stock unit for demo purposes.
- Once everything arrives, we’ll travel back to your location to train your sales staff and conduct a few joint sales calls with your customers.
Want to hear more? Contact Sage Oil Vac!
We think Sage Oil Vac is a great company with efficient service trailers, but it’s always nice when someone else says it — especially when that “someone” represents a top of the line company like Nixon Power Services.
“Nixon Power currently uses six (Sage Oil Vac) oil change trailers to change the oil in customer-generator sets,” said Chuck Cameron, Nixon Power Services Vice President of Aftermarket Operations. “Sage Oil Vac is a great company with great equipment.”
All six Sage Oil Vac service trailers used by Nixon Power are the Preventative Maintenance 1C5H-3 model — one of Sage Oil Vac’s most popular models. Its tandem-axle design works well for off-road maintenance jobs.
About Nixon Power Services
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Nixon Power has boasted several solution-based offerings like design, installation and maintenance for power systems since 1914. Today, they reach customers in 13 states from five branch locations in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Nixon Power discovered Sage Oil Vac products while they were visiting a fellow Kohler industrial generator distributor. After receiving their first Sage Oil Vac service trailer, they worked with the mobile lube equipment company to customize it to better meet their needs.
“We might use Sage trailers for a single job in a day or we schedule a week-long route where a tech travels to perform work at remote sites,” Cameron explained. “Before we ramped up to purchase a service trailer for each servicing branch, several locations would share one trailer.”
Service trailer features
The 1C5H-3 trailer features two fresh product tanks and one used oil tank, this service trailer works great for oil changes and antifreeze top offs. The open trailer design also optimizes load conditions, tongue weight, and axle weight for a safer transport to your job site.
Commitment to proper training
“We always want to make sure that our customers are comfortable running their new Sage Oil Vac equipment before we leave,” said Chance Castillo, Sage Oil Vac Midwest Territory Manager. “With Nixon Power’s staff of 70 technicians, this could have presented a bit of a training challenge. Luckily, they have a new-process trainer on staff, so we just needed to train him and he ensured everyone else received proper Sage equipment education.”
“Sage has been nothing but accommodating with the requests we have made,” Cameron said. “Training time has been minimal and (we like) the large tank capacities and the ease of use. We plan to purchase additional trailers as we continue to grow our services and also expand locations.”
To learn more about Nixon Power Services visit, www.nixonpower.com
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