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Summer 2024

Nuts & Bolts Summer 2024 Ledwell Newsletter

Celebrating 100 Years of Buddy Ledwell

 

As we celebrate what would have been Mr. Ledwell’s 100th birthday, we’re reminded of the remarkable impact he had on our lives. Though he departed in 2013, his spirit continues to inspire us through cherished memories and enduring lessons.

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The Ultimate Solution for Safeguarding Cargo From the Elements

 

With its innovative design and superior functionality, the Gull Wing™ offers a groundbreaking alternative to traditional curtain side trailers and stakebed trucks, ensuring your materials arrive safely and intact at their destination.

 

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Employee Spotlight: Chris McCormick

 

Meet Chris McCormick, who began his career at Ledwell in 2011 and has been a crucial part of the team ever since. He is now a Truck Shop Leadman and oversees over 30 bays, where his team mounts truck bodies to chassis.

 

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Buddy Award Winners

 

The Buddy Award is an employee recognition program honoring individuals who embody Buddy Ledwell’s spirit. Recipients are celebrated for their unwavering commitment to our core values: Quality, Grit, Legacy, and Family.

These outstanding team members excel in their roles and inspire others. The Buddy Award is a testament to their hard work, integrity, and positive impact at Ledwell.

Haden Sanders

Brake & Shear

Jerry Snider

Torch

Charley Parker

Machine Shop

Upholding Quality: Ledwell’s Commitment to Code Welder Testing

 

In manufacturing, ensuring equipment safety and reliability is crucial, especially in pressure vessels and boilers used in vacuum trucks, where following standards can mean the difference between success and disaster. Ledwell, known for its dedication to quality, incorporates the ASME Code Welder Testing into its manufacturing process to uphold the highest safety and reliability standards.

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Elevating Water Truck Performance

 

In the world of water trucks, Ledwell offers top-tier models and incorporates many benefits that enhance functionality and reliability. Let’s dive into the added advantages that improve the performance of these industry-leading water trucks:

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Cutting-Edge Precision: New Laser Enhances Production

 

Ledwell is excited to announce the integration of a state-of-the-art Messer Laser into production, which will revolutionize cutting processes with unparalleled precision and efficiency.

Michael Applebaum, who operates the new laser, highlights its remarkable impact on cut quality across various materials. “It has improved cut quality tremendously on many different materials,” he says. The laser easily handles different thicknesses, using nitrogen for clean, fast cuts on thinner materials up to 3/8 inch and oxygen for slower, precise cuts on thicker materials.

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The Ledwell HydraTail truck allows us unmatched efficiency in our machinery hauling. The tail is strong and is long enough to set up a loading angle that even our rollers and scissors can handle. We are happy to recommend Ledwell equipment to our industry friends.

Chris ClintonAll Star Equipment

Y'all have great equipment. We love it!

David DunaganThompson Tractor

 

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Cultivating Excellence: Unveiling the SEED Program

 

In 2023, Ledwell began a program to strengthen the company’s next generation of leaders. The Skill Enhancement & Employee Development Program, also known as the SEED Program, is an initiative providing insights and connections among participants.

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Ledwell SEED Program - HR Development
Ledwell SEED Program - Trailer Shop
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Ledwell SEED Program 2023

Elevating Road Safety: Customize Crash Trucks

 

In today’s world, where road safety is a high priority, innovative solutions continually evolve to protect construction site workers and the drivers who share the road. Among these solutions, Truck Mounted Attenuators (TMAs) have become essential for safeguarding lives during roadwork and maintenance activities.

 

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Employee Spotlight: Mike Hensarling

 

After serving in the Navy and learning to be a machinist, Mike Hensarling made his way to Ledwell in 2006, where he began in the Machine Shop and now serves as Foreman.

 

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Your Solution for On-The-Go Fleet Maintenance

 

When your equipment requires service after a long day in the field, the traditional approach often involves a time-consuming trip back to a service center, leading to downtime and increased expenses. However, Ledwell has a solution – the Ledwell Lube Buddy.

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Ledwell’s Commitment to Inspiring Future Innovators

 

Every year, on the first Friday in October, Manufacturing Day is celebrated across the United States, reminding us of how important manufacturing is to our economy. It’s a day to acknowledge the manufacturing industry’s significance and inspire the next generation of makers, creators, and innovators.

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The Power of Ramp It Up

 

Ledwell employees have come together to create a unique and inspiring shirt design, showcasing their creativity and teamwork. The design features a clever play on words based on a comment, “We need to ramp it up.”

Often heard in the Ramp Shop, this phrase has since become a motivating statement for Ledwell, encouraging
employees to strive for excellence and maintain the high standards the company is known for.

Ledwell went above and beyond in designing and building our heavy haul truck. This thing is a game-changer for our field operations and far exceeds the expectations we had.

Kenny DubeECCO Enterprises, Inc.

This type of service and hospitality is rarely seen, it’s obvious Ledwell values each customer and takes pride in their products.

Arnie Tognozzi

 

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Summer 2023

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Nuts & Bolts: The Ultimate Solution for Portable Hydraulic Power

 

The Ledwell Self-Contained Unit is the perfect solution to provide portable hydraulic power. Thanks to its powerful engine-driven pump, this innovative unit allows you to operate any Ledwell Trailer with any tractor.

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Fostering a Community of Growth

 

Ledwell takes great pride in its commitment to growth and community development. To showcase this dedication, our Education Outreach Team organized a signing day that served as a platform to welcome talented individuals who will join Ledwell this summer.

 

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Featured Employee: Jeff Harlow

 

When you reach out to Ledwell, chances are Jeff will be the friendly voice on the other end of the line or the smiling face greeting you when you visit in person.

 

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Ledwell celebrates additional 66,000 square feet of manufacturing space
Ledwell celebrates additional manufacturing space
Ledwell celebrates additional manufacturing space in 2023
Ledwell Celebrates new manufacturing space with ribbon cutting

Ledwell Celebrates Manufacturing Space Expansion

 

With this significant expansion, Ledwell aims to add new jobs and increase efficiencies by focusing on technological refinements to its production line and engineering. Ledwell hosted a ribbon-cutting event on Thursday, May 18th, 2023, to celebrate this momentous occasion.

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Ledwell East goes the extra mile! I’m very grateful for the service they deliver to assist their customers.

Chuck BrittBritt’s Contract Services LLC

Sure is nice to have center tie-downs on our trailer! I can fit 13 welders where before maybe eight or nine.

DriverNational Rental Company

This type of service and hospitality is rarely seen; it is obvious Ledwell values each customer and takes pride in their products.”

Arnie TognozziTognozzi Debris

My hats off to your service department for getting our trailer repaired and back on the road in record time. Your shop guys and gals are rockstars!”

Brett ThomasMajestic Milling

 

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Winter 2023

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Nuts & Bolts: Proof is in the Patent

 

Innovation is a marker of success at Ledwell. Ledwell holds numerous patents for its unique designs of individual parts as well as entire apparatuses to make work more efficient for its customers.

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Ledwell Gull Wing
tilt deck hydratilt truck by ledwell, patent pending

Expanding into the Future

 

As Ledwell expands, the need to increase task efficiency is an integral part of continuous improvement.

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Featured Employee: Tyler Cowling, Regional Manager

 

When he was a teen, Tyler Cowling thought deer hunting would provide a way to make ends meet. Then he grew up.

 

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Ledwell East Providing Refurbished Solutions

 

Ledwell added a second location on the east side of Fayetteville, North Carolina in 2008 to serve as a parts and service center for the East Coast.

 

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2023 Events

CRA Rental Rally

January 23 – 25

IPPE

January 24 – 26

ARA Rental Show

February 12 – 15

ConEx

March 14 – 18

 

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Fall 2022

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Nuts & Bolts: Taught Well With Ledwell

 

Ledwell is known for manufacturing truck bodies and trailers, but the company also collaborates with schools in the Texarkana area.

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Hanor Company Keeps the Port Industry Moving

 

What started as a single 1000-sow farrow-to-finish operation—which includes all stages of pork production from breeding to market—has expanded to seven states and now sells 1.4 million market hogs each year.

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Featured Employee: Gary Gathright, Engineer

 

His dream of becoming an engineer had been a dream since childhood. Gary Gathright started his career at Ledwell in 1998, a couple of years after graduating from Louisiana Tech.

 

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Deduction & Depreciation – Tax Incentive

 

Are you taking advantage of Section 179? Businesses can deduct the total purchase price of qualifying equipment during the tax year…

 

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Manufacturing the Future

 

Ledwell is expanding! An additional 66,000 square feet of manufacturing space will be added to the existing 12 acres of space under roof.

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2023 Events

CRA Rental Rally

January 23 – 25

IPPE

January 24 – 26

ARA Rental Show

February 12 – 15

ConEx

March 14 – 18

Fantastic Ledwell Ramp

 

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Summer 2022

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Nuts & Bolts: Strategic Partnership Helps Companies Grow Together

 

With 24 dealerships in eight states, Lonestar Truck Group isn’t your average truck dealership.

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Ledwell Joins the Stellar Distributor Network

 

Ledwell is excited to announce it is now a part of the distribution network for Stellar Industries, an employee-owned and operated manufacturer of high-quality service trucks.

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Featured Employee: Cliff Harvin, Trailer Shop Foreman

 

Cliff Harvin believes that having a mindset to learn a trade skill is only half of the equation.

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ASME Certification Continues

 

In 1916 ASME began its program for certification to companies in the pressure equipment industry.

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Ledwell Made Mission & Values

 

At Ledwell, the mission is simple: manufacturing tough, innovative equipment that moves you forward.

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Congratulations to our 2022 retirees!

 

Thank you for everything each of you has done over the years. Your dedication is appreciated.
We wish you a happy retirement.

Jim Greger, 17 years, IT

Mike Harris, 42 years, Feedbody Shop

Chuck Kift, 22 years, Vacuum Tank QA

Andy Squillante, 11 years, Hydraulics

Tereso Tenorio, 15 years, Feedbody Shop

Roberto Torres, 31 years, Truck Shop

Expanding into the Future

 

As part of our continuous improvement, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our time on tasks. With the addition of a HAAS ST 45L Lathe to our Machine Shop, we can machine more sizeable parts than ever before. Our cylinder manufacturing process is now more efficient and productive due to this lathe.

 

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Spring 2021

Nuts & Bolts: The Legacy of Buddy Ledwell

 

As we celebrate our 75th year, we’re taking a look back at the inspiring life of Ledwell founder Buddy Ledwell.

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Ledwell Partners with Texarkana College for Welding Internship Program

 

The program gives students the opportunity to earn college credit while gaining real-world experience.

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Free Webinar and E-Book Download on Efficiency in Feed Delivery Systems

 

In this free webinar and e-book, learn about technology, delivery systems, hydraulics, safety, and service practices that can help make your feed delivery program more efficient.

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Featured Employee: Arturo Lasanta, International Sales

 

International Sales Manager Art Lasanta (pictured top row, third from left) sells Ledwell trucks and trailers across the globe.

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Custom Truck Design Helps Wholesale Electric Speed Up Daily Deliveries

 

Ledwell engineers helped Wholesale Electric transform their logistics operation with the custom designed, patent pending Ledwell Gull Wing.

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Congratulations to our 2021 retirees!

We’d like to thank them for their years of service to Ledwell.

Kevin Lansford, 33 years, Tank Shop

Gaylen Ramsey, 14 years, Tank Shop

Jimmy Mayton, 21 years, Machine Shop

Dale Bowser, 5 years, Sales

Ledwell Installs New Haas VF6 CNC Machine

 

The larger table on this vertical mill enables us to do larger parts than ever before with improved efficiency and increased productivity. We’d also like to congratulate Texarkana College on their new CNC machine, which will be used for their brand new CNC Machinist Operator course starting this summer.

Ledwell new CNC machine

Ledwell Employees Enjoy a Family Night at the Fair

 

Check out the fun family photos our employees took during our company fair night!

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Fall 2020

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Get Low with the Ledwell HydraTilt Truck

 

What do you get when you take a HydraTail Truck and add a unified hinge and hydraulic tilt deck? Ledwell’s groundbreaking, patened HydraTilt Truck.

“We saw an opportunity to create a more versatile truck. One that takes up less space on the street, accommodates low ground clearance equipment, has a shorter bed height, and has a deck that tilts high enough to unload containers.”

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CARES Act Offers Significant Tax Savings for Small Businesses

 

There has never been a better time to buy Ledwell equipment! 2020 has been a tough year for many, but thanks to the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act), which was signed into law in March, you can deduct current year tax losses against income from a prior tax year and receive an immediate tax refund.

 

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Tread + Pull Keeps Employees, Customers Safe

 

Early summer 2020, Lesley Ledwell Dukelow, president of Ledwell, visited the Electronics Shop when she saw Electronics Specialist Phillip Anderson installing a bracket at the bottom of the shop door.

“Because of the pandemic, the electronics crew didn’t want to touch the door handle,” Phillip said. “They were spraying disinfectant everywhere. So I took a piece of metal and had another shop bend it to create a bracket that lets you open the door with your shoe.”

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Celebrating Ledwell’s 2020 Retirees

James Turnage 

Feedbody Shop  |  27 Years

David Wooten

Engineering  |  37 Years

Boots Thomas

Service & Warranty  | 45 Years

James “Buddy” Smith

Truck Maintenance  |  15 Years

Thad Rollins Jr 

Maintenance  |  23 Years

Employee Spotlight: Jim Greger

 

When Jim Greger started as Ledwell’s Information Technology Director 15 years ago, the company had just one server supporting its IT infrastructure.

 

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Employees Support ArkLaTex 100 Club

 

The Ledwell team loves to rally around a good cause. One cause we support each year is the ArkLaTex 100 Club, a nonprofit organization that’s sole purpose is to benefit our local police and firefighters in Bowie and Miller Counties.

The goal of the Arklatex 100 Club is to raise funds for the dependents of our first responders lost in the line of duty. The remaining funds will be used to purchase any unbudgeted but necessary life-saving equipment and additional training.

 

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