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Equipco Pittsburgh

On Saturday the Owner of Equipco, Carl Swanson died. What will this mean for the future of Equpco with YHG reducing the number of dealers. Looks like another Hyster/Yale dealer.
  • Posted 27 Dec 2016 12:42
  • By malcolm1
  • joined 11 Apr'12 - 49 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
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MH is further up northern PA.
  • Posted 16 Jan 2019 02:15
  • By partsman1
  • joined 29 Dec'15 - 27 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
MH dealer's territory..
  • Posted 11 Jan 2019 22:54
  • By Allensims
  • joined 11 Jan'19 - 2 messages
  • Arkansas, United States
That's a shocker. They had been in business for over 100 years.

From Burns website-
Burns Industrial Equipment Acquires Equipco
We are pleased to announce that Burns Industrial Equipment has acquired the assets of Equipco, effective April 6, 2018.
  • Posted 5 Dec 2018 23:45
  • By duodeluxe
  • joined 11 Feb'05 - 923 messages
  • United States
duodeluxe
Certainly someone has taken over the territory by now via buyout or replacement or territory was assigned to another H-Y MH dealer's territory (APR) or
  • Posted 5 Dec 2018 23:01
  • Modified 5 Dec 2018 23:11 by poster
  • By johnr_j
  • joined 3 Jun'06 - 1,452 messages
  • Georgia, United States
It meant the end of an era! Equipco closed its doors in April 2018.
  • Posted 5 Dec 2018 07:38
  • By MONGO
  • joined 21 Apr'11 - 3 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States

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