The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Channel Islands, has presented an award to the engineers at Wiggins Lift Co., Inc. The Project of the year Award was presented to Bruce Farber, P.E. (Technical Director) and Joseph Beck, P.E. (Senior Engineer), and Chase Menen (Mechanical Engineer) on February 25, 2016, during the National Engineers Week for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
The award is for the Wiggins Marina FLX, a revolutionary boat-handling forklift which allows the marina owner to lift larger boats, maneuver them in tighter conditions, and store more in a small footprint. With computer-controlled independent 4-wheel steering, traversing mast, and a rotating operator console, the FLX is the most innovative and technologically advanced marina lift in its class.
Salt water and seaside air and the sun are relentless in their attack against the longevity of your buildings and machines. Wiggins and our customers must work together to maintain and preserve the coatings that help protect the high quality steel used in the Wiggins Marina Bull.
The Wiggins Part
Provide a high zinc primer coating topped with high quality two-part urethane epoxy coatings. This sophisticated coating system takes days to apply and cure and becomes a strong barrier to the attack. Wiggins uses a fiberglass console with stainless fasteners. Wiggins provides touch up paint to all customers.
The Customer Part
Keep a close eye on every surface, edge, fitting and bracket through a daily visual inspection. Immediately counterattack against any spots of rust. Remove the rust with a wire brush, apply the touch up paint on the spot. If this inspection is performed daily, the spots are small and the restoration of the protective barrier is quick. Spots that are allowed to linger only become larger and more difficult to correct.
Did you know that Wiggins Lift does not only manufacture forklifts? We also offer facelifts—that is, facelifts for lifts.
We have been making and shipping forklifts for over 65 years, and they last longer than our competitor’s models (some have been in the field for well over 30 years). But sometimes their owners want a re-condition, renovation, or upgrade. We are always happy to re-unite with one of our children and make her like new! (We also do the same for non-Wiggins lifts, which makes them even better than new.)
All the wear and tear revealed her toughness and character. She didn’t need major surgery, just some minor maintenance and makeup. Our great team got to work, and a month later drove her out into the California day, ready to dazzle once again:
Thank you to the people at Haas for the opportunity to revisit our work of eighteen years ago! Our team enjoyed seeing the good work they did back then, and commenting about how our product and technology has progressed even more since then.
As always, we are happy to serve our customers and meet new ones. We love what we do!
Wiggins Lift Company began in Ventura County, California, in a shed with a welding rig. Today, the company ships premier forklifts all over the globe, with third-generation leader Michele Wiggins-McDowell at the helm. The founder’s wife, 95-year-old Hattie Wiggins, continues to come in to work each day. The story of how she and her husband began the company is a wonderful story of Americana, hard work, and attention to customers. We told that story in a previous post, and it garnered the attention of the local county newspaper, the Ventura County Star.
Emphasizing the family-oriented environment of the company—including the employees who are considered family—the article is a tribute to what Wiggins Lift is all about. We’d like to thank Mike Nelson and Rob Varela of the Star for the story.
Here at Wiggins Lift Co., Inc, we have had a wonderful year. We hope it was the same for you and your family.
Our facilities and offices will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year Day as the Wiggins team enjoys the holidays. We wish all of our friends and followers a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Channel Islands, has presented an award to the engineers at Wiggins Lift Co., Inc. The Project of the year Award was presented to Bruce Farber, P.E. (Technical Director) and Joseph Beck, P.E. (Senior Engineer), and Chase Menen (Mechanical Engineer) on February 25, 2016, during the National Engineers Week for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
The award is for the Wiggins Marina FLX, a revolutionary boat-handling forklift which allows the marina owner to lift larger boats, maneuver them in tighter conditions, and store more in a small footprint. With computer-controlled independent 4-wheel steering, traversing mast, and a rotating operator console, the FLX is the most innovative and technologically advanced marina lift in its class.
Provide a high zinc primer coating topped with high quality two-part urethane epoxy coatings. This sophisticated coating system takes days to apply and cure and becomes a strong barrier to the attack. Wiggins uses a fiberglass console with stainless fasteners. Wiggins provides touch up paint to all customers.
Keep a close eye on every surface, edge, fitting and bracket through a daily visual inspection. Immediately counterattack against any spots of rust. Remove the rust with a wire brush, apply the touch up paint on the spot. If this inspection is performed daily, the spots are small and the restoration of the protective barrier is quick. Spots that are allowed to linger only become larger and more difficult to correct.
Wiggins Lift Company began in Ventura County, California, in a shed with a welding rig. Today, the company ships premier forklifts all over the globe, with third-generation leader Michele Wiggins-McDowell at the helm. The founder’s wife, 95-year-old Hattie Wiggins, continues to come in to work each day. The story of how she and her husband began the company is a wonderful story of Americana, hard work, and attention to customers. We told that story in a 
