Greetings!
Thank you for taking a moment to review our first newsletter. We hope that this and future offerings contain something you may find useful in your business.
It is our goal to provide more informational content than "sales" related material, however you'll likely find some specials here as an additional thanks for your time and support.
Sincerely,
Toyota-Lift of Minnesota
763-425-9066 - 800-523-0611 |
| Sales Department
Your material handling consultants |
At Toyota-Lift of Minnesota , your sales experience should be more than review of a proposal. Our sales representatives could actually be referred to as "unpaid consultants". Each representative has on-going factory training on forklifts and financial merchandising. They can help you fit the correct machine with the right terms.
Toyota forklifts are our flagship brand. The world's number one manufacturer of forklifts continue to provide the greenest, safest, highest quality forklift.
Call or email our award winning dealership for an appointment with a sales consultant today.
In addition to our Toyota brand we also offer Taylor-Dunn personnel carriers, tow tractors and burden carriers.
Our Flexi Forklift also provides a very narrow aisle option. Please call or email to find out how one of these specialized products may benefit your application. |
| Rental Department
What to know, when to rent |
 There are any number of reasons a rental truck might be needed. Seasonal or unexpected demand, an emergency replacement while your unit is in the shop, or even product evaluation. [More here].
Prior to calling for a rental there are a few questions you'll need to be prepared for:
- You must know the weight and dimensions of what you are picking up. For reasons of functionality and safety you do not want to guess this.
- How high do you have to lift your load? You measure this in feet and inches.
- What is the smallest aisle and doorway the unit will have to pass through?
- Will the unit require pneumatic tires or cushion tires? Generally if it needs to go out into your parking lot or yard at any time you'll want pneumatic tires. Cushion tires are more compact and turn tighter.
- What type of loading dock do you have? This will help us determine if delivery will be a ground drop.
Toyota Lift of Minnesota has a large selection of high quality new Toyota, Taylor-Dunn, and JLG equipment ready to fill your needs. Call Tom at 763-425-9066 and we'll give your productivity a boost today. |
| Service Department
Static Electricity And Your Lift |
As an ever increasing number of printed circuit boards and replaceable "firmware" computer chips are used in today's product, we all need to be aware of the potential damage to these components that can be caused by static electricity. Static electricity can be created during normal operation of lift trucks, as well as, movement or contact between the vehicle and non-conductive materials.
An obvious step that can reduce the potential of static problems is the addition of a static strap to the lift truck. Remember however a static strap with a build up of material between the strap and the ground (i.e. dust or plastic wrap) will not function properly. Another point to remember is that a strap that has worn and no longer touches the ground is of no value for static protection. The negative effects of static electricity are greatly increased on a product that is equipped with non-marking tires.
Technicians need to take great caution when handling static sensitive components, such as printed circuit boards and replaceable firmware chips; following are a few cautions to remember:
- Use a static discharge wrist strap around your wrist connected to a clean unpainted surface on the lift truck frame when available.
- When transporting static sensitive components always carry and leave them in an anti static bag or box until time for installation.
- When handling the above mentioned parts during installation or removal, never hold the component so that your skin or clothing completes a path across any exposed circuit board pin connections.
- Always use the proper extraction tool when removing and replacing firmware chips on circuit boards.
More quick articles like this are available through our blog, visit there and see for yourself. |
| Parts Department
Here To Work With You |
 In this do it yourself world we'd like to buck that trend and ask that you allow us to work closely with you during any parts purchase.
We have a well trained and greatly experienced parts staff with all the tools they need waiting to hear from you. If you're certain of what you need work with them via phone, fax or email. You can also call and request a TLM supplied part breakdowns to help insure you get the right part the first time.
We appreciate the manner in which so many companies are handling parts information today. There is however, much concern over production dates and serial number breaks. Working closely with our staff will insure the sale goes down correctly.
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| American Warehouse Systems
Grants Available Through MN Workplace Safety Council |
 When American Warehouse Systems began the campaign to promote Safety Grant Money through the Minnesota Workplace Safety Council, the acceptance of the program was slow, followed by a rapid series of improvement stories. One such story comes from Central Container Company based in Minneapolis.
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About Us
Toyota Lift of Minnesota has been serving its customers and the industry for over 31 years. Our mission is to improve your productivity and bottom line through better products, services and customer service personnel.
Toyota-Lift of Minnesota
8601 Xylon Court North
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55445
763-425-9066 |
| Save 10% |
Do you have an existing quote service, parts or rental quote from TLM?. Call us with the code 1209JOST and we'll take ten percent off the amount you were originally quoted. Take advantage of this now.
Coupon can be used on only one quote thank you.
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| Offer Expires: January 18th 2010 | |
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| Flexi Lift
Get 30% more out of your existing space. |
| Store more in less space at a lower cost!
Watch a video with this link
The FLEXI G4 will store 48" pallets in a 7' wide isle (a standard reach truck requires a 9' isle) with capacity up to 4500 lbs and lift heights up to 354". Unlike conventional reach forklifts, FLEXI off loads directly from the truck to the rack yielding up to 30% more warehouse storage capacity. FLEXI works outside and on grades effectively. With one truck doing the job of two, double handling your product is eliminated, enabling FLEXI to cut handling costs up to 50%! Call us or email Sales for more information. |
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| Tires Pressed Right |
| The expense of tire replacement is unavoidable, but TLM has an excellent tire replacement system available to reduce costs and downtime. Visit our tire pressing page. |
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| Visit American Warehouse Systems Website |
| Toyota Lift of Minnesota is very proud of its AWS division. Serving customers locally and around the globe. AWS is a Federal Government GSA Contractor. Click here to visit their website. |
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| Toyota Lift of Minnesota's Blog |
| Updated almost daily with material handling, warehouse and safety tips. We're working to put good information in small bites out to our readers.
We are also on Twitter
@ToyotaEquipment |
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| Work involved becoming a Toyota Tech |
| We posted a blog article that tries to iterate the level of work and aptitude it takes to become a Toyota certified technician. | |
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