Louisville Switching Blog

At Louisville Switching we like selling Ottwa yard dogs, or terminal tractors for those who like the technical term. When we sell a new Ottawa or Kalmar truck, we get excited. We get just as excited when we sell a refurbished unit—sometimes more excited because we know that we’re helping our customers even more in this tight economy.

We recently refurbished a 1995 BMW 325i convertible and wanted to share some of the particulars that went into the refurbishment. Although we don’t have after pictures to share at this time, we will be posting pictures in the near future, so keep checking back.

Last week, Chris and I spent most of the week in Alabama. We went there to help get a new operation started with some of our trucks that were delivered on Wednesday morning. We also visited some of our current customers while we were there.

You definitely know as a new and refurbished Ottawa truck dealer. You also probably know that we sell and lease Ottawas. But did you know we sell used cars and trucks too?

We all know the economy has been tough the last several years. Are we turning the corner? Your guess is as good as ours. So in our mind, it’s still a great time to buy used and to refurbish. Or why not let us re-power and refurbish your existing truck. Are the frame and cab good? If you’re thinking about going that route, it’s one of our specialties. It’s in our bailiwick as they say. Our sweet spot. It’s almost our favorite thing to do, besides play golf.

We finally bought another service truck! After a long and hard search, we decided to purchase a partially refurbished 1996 model. We did most of the fine-tuning in our shop with our team. Since a big part of our business is buying and refurbishing used Ottawa and Kalmar trucks to lease or sell to our customers, we thought, why not use the same process to find our service truck? When we started the search, we knew we needed a truck that had a mounted crane and would be able to lift heavy parts in the field. This can lead to less down time and less cost in transporting a truck back to our bay for service. This truck has proven to serve those needs well and it’s made our service tech, Gordon very happy. That’s important to us.

It’s that time of year again… Mid America Truck Show time! Though we’re still a few months out, we thought we could take a minute to remind everyone about the show, which runs from March 31 – April 2 at the Kentucky Exposition Center.