HTS Systems' Hand Truck Sentry System HTS Ultra-Racks
Freightliner M2 GMC 3500 Navistar 4300 beverage trucks. No matter what make or model of delivery truck you operate, there's an HTS Ultra-Rack ready for you!
"The HTS significantly improves the productivity and performance of our route operations and our hand trucks always come home!"
MICHAEL MAY - FLEET OPERATIONS MANAGER - LT VERRASTRO COORS DISTRIBUTING - APRIL 2007 - customer 3 years
How the HTS Ultra-Rack works:
The vehicle arrives at the delivery location and the driver determines the hand truck is required. Prior to turning off the vehicle’s ignition, the driver activates the HTS release switch located in or under the interior cab dash. This action opens the HTS Ultra-Rack and releases the hand truck. The driver exits the vehicle, walks up to the HTS unit, moves the hand truck to the upright position and then pulls the lower section of the hand truck out, removing it from the HTS Ultra-Rack receiving chute.
After the delivery or pick-up, the driver fully inserts the hand truck into the HTS receiving chute and moves the hand truck forward contacting the HTS Push-Bar. The driver then rocks the hand truck forward firmly to a complete locked position for safe travel.
If the hand truck is not loaded aboard the vehicle or the HTS Ultra-Rack is not properly locked, the LED indicator light and alarm will sound when the truck is started. The HTS warns the driver before departure eliminating lost, forgotten and stolen hand trucks and retrieval time. The HTS saves fuel and time! The HTS Ultra-Rack Hand Truck Sentry System also allows for more cargo capacity and eliminates hand truck contact, preventing damage and freight claims.
The HTS Ultra-Rack saves a route driver a minute or more per delivery stop, that's about 2.5 hours per week! It simple; save a minute per stop X 30 stops per day = 600 mins. per month or 120 hours per year X $10 per hour = $1,200 dollars in annual savings! For one delivery vehicle over a 4 year time period = $4,800 dollars in labor + $400 in fuel savings + $300 in hand truck replacements = $5,500 dollars! Include additional payload cargo area, less freight claims damage, less driver injuries, reduced DOT fines, reduced liability and insurance costs = $2,000 every 4 years! Add it up, $5,500 dollars + $2,000 = $7,500 dollars per delivery vehicle over a 4 year time period! Save approximately $1,875 dollars every year, per delivery vehicle! Prevent a workmen's compensation injury claim or an expensive liability lawsuit and well... you get the point! Any driver who rushes back (off-route) in a hurry to retrieve their forgotten hand truck is no longer a safe driver, they instantly become a liability!
What other investment could you possibly make in your company and truck fleet that will give you that large of a return and that type of protection? The HTS is a hand truck safety rack that's safer, faster, easier, a one-handed method; a patented solution that pays for itself over and over again! The ancient hand truck carrier racks of the past eventually fail and it usually occurs when the delivery truck is traveling. Often these types of failures result in catastrophic highway accidents, severe injuries and costly lawsuits and legal settlements.
Every month large companies will spend millions of dollars marketing their products, advertising and protecting their brand's positioning, identity and reputation. Just one accident resulting in a serious injury or death caused by negligence can damage the reputation and inadvertently change the confidence and opinion of the buyer towards the brand's name. This consumer perception may take years to overcome, even if the company is later found not negligent or liable for a highway accident! Adverse media exposure that focuses on a brand name vehicle can have dire consequences.
When we visit with our HTS customers and their route drivers we discovered that most beverage distributors and food service employees are very protective as they proudly express their loyalty and the quality of their company's products and brands. Companies have long known that employee professionalism, attitude and appearance are extremely important to protect the brand's image. Providing new technology or equipment that allows route drivers to accomplish their tasks safer, faster and easier reduces daily stress and dramatically improves a driver's confidence and attitude.
HTS Systems' Hand Truck Sentry System HTS Ultra-Racks
Freightliner M2 GMC 3500 Navistar 4300 beverage trucks. No matter what make or model of delivery truck you operate, there's an HTS Ultra-Rack ready for you!
"The HTS significantly improves the productivity and performance of our route operations and our hand trucks always come home!"
MICHAEL MAY - FLEET OPERATIONS MANAGER - LT VERRASTRO COORS DISTRIBUTING - APRIL 2007 - customer 3 years
How the HTS Ultra-Rack works:
The vehicle arrives at the delivery location and the driver determines the hand truck is required. Prior to turning off the vehicle’s ignition, the driver activates the HTS release switch located in or under the interior cab dash. This action opens the HTS Ultra-Rack and releases the hand truck. The driver exits the vehicle, walks up to the HTS unit, moves the hand truck to the upright position and then pulls the lower section of the hand truck out, removing it from the HTS Ultra-Rack receiving chute.
After the delivery or pick-up, the driver fully inserts the hand truck into the HTS receiving chute and moves the hand truck forward contacting the HTS Push-Bar. The driver then rocks the hand truck forward firmly to a complete locked position for safe travel.
If the hand truck is not loaded aboard the vehicle or the HTS Ultra-Rack is not properly locked, the LED indicator light and alarm will sound when the truck is started. The HTS warns the driver before departure eliminating lost, forgotten and stolen hand trucks and retrieval time. The HTS saves fuel and time! The HTS Ultra-Rack Hand Truck Sentry System also allows for more cargo capacity and eliminates hand truck contact, preventing damage and freight claims.
The HTS Ultra-Rack saves a route driver a minute or more per delivery stop, that's about 2.5 hours per week! It simple; save a minute per stop X 30 stops per day = 600 mins. per month or 120 hours per year X $10 per hour = $1,200 dollars in annual savings! For one delivery vehicle over a 4 year time period = $4,800 dollars in labor + $400 in fuel savings + $300 in hand truck replacements = $5,500 dollars! Include additional payload cargo area, less freight claims damage, less driver injuries, reduced DOT fines, reduced liability and insurance costs = $2,000 every 4 years! Add it up, $5,500 dollars + $2,000 = $7,500 dollars per delivery vehicle over a 4 year time period! Save approximately $1,875 dollars every year, per delivery vehicle! Prevent a workmen's compensation injury claim or an expensive liability lawsuit and well... you get the point! Any driver who rushes back (off-route) in a hurry to retrieve their forgotten hand truck is no longer a safe driver, they instantly become a liability!
What other investment could you possibly make in your company and truck fleet that will give you that large of a return and that type of protection? The HTS is a hand truck safety rack that's safer, faster, easier, a one-handed method; a patented solution that pays for itself over and over again! The ancient hand truck carrier racks of the past eventually fail and it usually occurs when the delivery truck is traveling. Often these types of failures result in catastrophic highway accidents, severe injuries and costly lawsuits and legal settlements.
Every month large companies will spend millions of dollars marketing their products, advertising and protecting their brand's positioning, identity and reputation. Just one accident resulting in a serious injury or death caused by negligence can damage the reputation and inadvertently change the confidence and opinion of the buyer towards the brand's name. This consumer perception may take years to overcome, even if the company is later found not negligent or liable for a highway accident! Adverse media exposure that focuses on a brand name vehicle can have dire consequences.
When we visit with our HTS customers and their route drivers we discovered that most beverage distributors and food service employees are very protective as they proudly express their loyalty and the quality of their company's products and brands. Companies have long known that employee professionalism, attitude and appearance are extremely important to protect the brand's image. Providing new technology or equipment that allows route drivers to accomplish their tasks safer, faster and easier reduces daily stress and dramatically improves a driver's confidence and attitude.