Pallet Racking Guide — Maximize Your Warehouse Efficiency
Pallet racking systems offer many advantages for warehouse operations. These solutions help your facility maximize efficiency and supercharge your daily operations, from streamlining inventory management practices to optimizing storage capacity. With various racks available and ever-changing warehousing needs, finding the…
Taylor-Dunn Celebrates its 75th Anniversary
Taylor-Dunn Celebrates 75 Years of Industrial Electric Vehicles Skip to content Our CompanyMenu Toggle About Us Our People Our History Looking Forward Contact Our BrandsMenu Toggle GEM Taylor-Dunn Tiger Media Room Careers Main Menu Our CompanyMenu Toggle About Us Our…
Top Forklift Safety Tips
When you’re managing day-to-day forklift operations, safety checks can be the difference between severe injury and liability or a job done well. Complying with OSHA forklift safety requirements and best practices can help you keep everyone at the facility safer…
Mariotti, Manufacturer of the Smallest Sit-down Forklift, Celebrates 100th Anniversary in 2020
With 100 years of experience designing and manufacturing specialty forklifts, Burns is excited to share in recognizing this huge milestone for Mariotti. Founded and headquartered in Italy, Mariotti has been the leader in offering forklifts with a compact design, state-of-the-art technology,…
Top Tips for Extending the Life of Your Forklift Battery
The average electric battery will last 1,500 charge cycles, which is about five years if it’s well-maintained. By providing regularly-scheduled preventative maintenance, you will get the most out of your investment. Here are the most important things to do to…
New Combilift Delivered to Pittsburgh Steel Mill can Move 60,000 lbs. of Metal
Check out this photo of a special unit we just put into service at an area steel mill. The Combilift straddle carrier is today’s version of this metals industry workhorse. Whether moving coils or slabs, this 60,000# capacity Combilift gets…
Burns Employees Donate to Salvation Army’s Treasures for Children Holiday Campaign in Pittsburgh
In the spirit of the holiday season, we are proud of our Warrendale, PA employees for their generous donations to the Salvation Army’s Treasures for Children campaign. The Treasures for Children campaign provides toys and holiday joy to children from birth to…
Six Signs You Need to Re-Evaluate Your Lift Truck Power
Today’s manufacturing and distribution operations face unprecedented competitive pressures, with a challenging labor market, rising commercial real estate costs and e-commerce growth all coming together to mandate greater efficiency. In the quest to make the most of available resources, companies…
There’s a New Big Truck in Town
Burns Equipment has the big truck rentals you need, shipped on our own heavy hauler rig for immediate availability. Our fleet of late-model high weight forklifts brings the modern ergonomics, visibility, and safety of Hyster heavy capacity trucks to your…