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Experience Our Silver Service®

Since 1944, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï has been the premiere provider of material handling equipment in the western United States, and prioritized customer satisfaction above all else. View examples of this customer satisfaction in our new Silver Service® video.

What Our Customers Are Saying

Kevin Briles has been very helpful to my company. Hats off to him for going above and beyond to help keep our equipment running well.

Brian Herron | High Country Beverage-Montrose

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï has been a great company to work with, always willing to help me out when needed. Service techs that come out when needed are great knowledgeable. Parts guys are great to work with as well.

Colten Ballantyne | Westrock

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï provides excellent service every time we need them. All of the staff and sale persons are very nice and friendly as well as helpful when we need anything. The techs are very god at repairing whatever the case may be. They just have all around good service and highly recommend them for your repair needs.

Dave Hyatt | Denver Intermodal Express

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï goes above what is expected and always follows through and it shows in the service and customer service.

David Mathias | CBRE/Amazon

Ray is outstanding and amazing! I always get a detailed interaction about the state of our equipment and preventative measures we should take to get the most use out of our lifts .

David Willard | L&W Supply

Just to have a company that’s selling you to sell and make quota is not what Arnold’s about, so for us it’s more of a partnership, a relationship. So to have that backing and that comfort makes us feel a lot more comfortable about trying new technology, trusting them, and going with them because they actually have some skin in the game and they back what they sell.

Kirk Hellofs, V.P. of Operations | States Logistics

I’ve worked as a customer with ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï for the last 10 years, and I can say that they strive to be the best they can be. I’ve seen changes in their business practices over the years to stay up to date with technology, innovation and customer relations. I think that Hyster and Yale products are the best in the industry, and they do their best to keep us up and running. With their SILVER SERVICE® in mind it gives you the complete customer satisfaction. I’ve sat down in meetings with their management and they always have our best interest at hand.

Steve Siebenhaar | Bishops Central Storehouse

Brett Pohl was great to work with and I’m very glad we gave you a chance to earn our business. You have a much more honest and customer centric business than some of your competition, which is why we decided to go with ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï.

Tony Witt | Air Squared Manufacturing

The Character Traits that Separate Us From the Rest

Integrity
Utter sincerity, honesty, and candor. Avoiding the appearance or act of deception, expediency, or artificiality of any kind.
Discipline
Self-control and self-restraint. One’s systematic, willing, and purposeful attention to their performance of personal company objectives.
Empathy
The intellectual or emotional identification with another. The capacity for participating in or a vicarious experiencing of another’s feelings or ideas.

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Material Handling History

1920s

L.E. “Doc” Arnold & Floyd C. Stannard incorporate Stannard-ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï representing several construction equipment lines. Later that year, Mr. Stannard resigns, company becomes ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï.

1940s

The Company moves into the material handling industry in 1944. This made us the first distributor of Hyster forklifts.

1970s

In 1970, a new headquarters facility in Salt Lake City, Utah designed to accommodate machinery sales and service operations was completed. This was followed by the 1971 opening of a branch in Twin Falls, Idaho, and the 1979 dedication of a separate Material Handling Division headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT.

1980s

Al Richer became President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board in 1985. SILVER SERVICE® and CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS OUR ONLY POLICY® were introduced at the Strategic Planning meeting in 1986 to emphasize our commitment to our customers. This established a culture prioritizing customer service, and created the foundation of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï to this day.

1990s

In 1990 a new facility was built in Boise, Idaho housing Material Handling along with Arnold’s other two divisions. American Material Handling of Arizona (Hyster distributorship) was acquired in 1992, combined with Western Machinery and the total entity became ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï in Arizona. In 1993, the Hyster distributorship in Las Vegas was acquired from Los Arcos. In 1997, a new MH branch was built in northern Las Vegas.

2000s

A new facility was built in Twin Falls, Idaho in 2001. Years later in 2006, Materials Handling Equipment Company (MHECO), the Hyster distributorship in Colorado and Wyoming was purchased. This expanded our MH territory into those states. The facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado was replaced with a new one in 2007, and a new building to house the Johnstown, Colorado location opened. In August 2009, the Material Handling Division purchased the Yale forklift business from H&E Equipment. This made ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï the first dealer to represent both the Hyster and Yale brands.

2010s

In 2013, the Phoenix MH branch moved to a new location adjacent to the Phoenix Construction Equipment branch. In the same year, Mesa Liftruck, Inc. in Grand Junction, CO was acquired and became a branch of the division. Later, in 2018, a new branch was established in Ogden, UT, to better serve northern Utah. In 2019, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï celebrated its 90th Anniversary, and acquired Wyoming Lift Truck in Casper, Wyoming. Making it MH’s 14th branch, and expanding service into Wyoming.

2020s

In 2021, the Phoenix West Branch and ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï opened in Phoenix, AZ.

Arnold Machinery enters the automation space, signing partnerships with cutting edge robotics and various automation brands.

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï will celebrate its 100th year in business in 2029.

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ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï also provides:

In-house forklift/ warehouse training
Apprenticeships
Other applicable benefits