Assets
As the Southeast Territory Manager for Bluff Manufacturing, I have many assets to call on when I am providing an answer to a problem for one of my dealers. One of the assets that all Bluff Dealers know about is our inside Sales Department. Their professionalism and knowledge of product is unmatched in our industry. Another […]
SKU’D UP!
SKUs, SKUs and more SKUs! Everywhere all kinds of distributors are faced with the challenge of handling a product offering inclusive of often ten fold the number of stock keeping units (SKUs) they managed just a few years ago. SKU counts will more than likely continue to grow. In most cases distributors are handling all […]
New Product from Bluff Makes Forklift Driver Safer – Press Release
Bluff Manufacturing of Fort Worth, TX has modified it’s workhorse dock board….the “T” series to include the “Speedy Board” (SB). This simple no cost modification allows the forklift driver to move, set in place and retrieve the dock board without leaving the seat of the forklift. This simple notch pattern on the leading edge of […]
AGAIN WITH THE STANDARDS
Our president Clark Smith recognized several years ago that there was a potential for low quality product to work it’s way into the US marketplace on dock boards and dock plates. The “open door” was the material itself, the steel or aluminum used to produce these loading dock products. Being the good stewards that we […]
Application of Yard Ramps
We are sometimes asked about the traction when using yard ramps for loading docks outside in the elements. Bluff Manufacturing uses a serrated grating in combination with a diamond deck steel plate. Both surfaces offer a bite for the fork truck drive wheel and as long as the driver is competent most operations can continue […]
You Get What You Pay For with Yard Ramps
We at Bluff Manufacturing are seeing more and more of this design ramp and are being asked “What happened?” Most of the time the answer is “You saved 10 – 15%”. If you are putting a human life and $30k to $100k worth of truck and product on cheap loading ramp, you have made a […]
Buying decisions are made for one of five reasons…Reason #5 Service
In looking back at the other four articles in this series, I need to point out that these are not numbered in order of importance. The statement is; when you or anyone else chooses one product or service over another it will be for one or more of these reasons. Because price is listed first, it does […]
Constructing a Site for Portable Steel Railboard Use
Portable steel railboards (rail boards) are a great solution to bridging the gap between railcars of all types and loading docks. Bluff Manufacturing has been manufacturing railboards for these applications for decades and it seems that no two rail sites are alike. Due to that fact, every railboard built is a custom fabrication for a specific […]
Steel vs. Aluminum Dock Boards – you make the call
As the Plant Manager for Bluff Manufacturing, I often find myself looking over our products staged for shipping to our customers and thinking to myself,Why would someone order that product? This question always comes to mind with respect to large aluminum dock boards, AC and BC products. Example: a few weeks ago a customer ordered […]
Buying decisions are made for one of five reasons…Reason #4 Technology
Sometimes we get lucky and there is a glaring difference in the features of our product, one that sets it apart. If we are really lucky it is one for which the customer feels justified in spending more. This is the part of the job that demonstrates either our professionalism or that we are just […]
