In this episode of The Weekly Iron:
1. Fleet management & tariffs: Ryan Incorporated Central's Aaron Mayer discusses his company's approach to fleet management and tariffs, holding tight to the fleet management principle of minimizing cost basis in equipment to ultimately make his company more competitive - and then making important decisions around life cycle, etc. from there.
2. What if you could swap out the energy module on your excavator in the same way that you swap out the battery on your electric weed eater at home? That's the vision of Zquip, a division of Moog Construction, as they recently outfitted two Case excavators with these exciting energy units that can transform a diesel machine to either a hybrid machine or an electric machine.
3. What do mining trucks and street trolleys have in common? Komatsu is taking electrification and autonomous operation to the next level with the next step in its trolley assist program.
