by Markus McDowell | Sep 14, 2015 | Marina
Those of us who work around the water know of its corrosive nature—especially salt water. Despite all of the Marina Bull’s great features to ameliorate rust and corrosion, Neptune is patient. He will eventually overcome the best of precautions. This is one reason why most of you (all of you?) rinse down the bottom of a boat once it is away from the seawall and raised about 6-8 feet.
When you lift a boat out of the water and tilt it back, sea or lake water often flows back over parts of the lift. So when you finish washing the boat, take that opportunity to wash down the forks, carriage, mast, and other parts of your Marina Bull that were exposed to water.
That 5 minutes will make that long-lasting Marina Bull last even longer.
by Markus McDowell | Aug 31, 2015 | Marina
Naples Bay Yacht Stowage bought a Wiggins marina lift a year ago. Today they could not be happier. Their Marina LoPro is running great and handles everything they can throw at it—and it looks fantastic! The lift is a W3.8M2-130 WV LP and can lift up to 42,000. Naples has named the LoPro “Wingfoot IV”—a fitting name for such a maneuverable lift.
Naples Bay Yacht Stowage is located in Naples, Florida and has space for more than 170 boats. The marina boasts enclosed dry stack units for boats (“rackominiums”), as well as slip rental and sales. They can store boats up to 42′.
Visit the website.
A warm thank-you from Wiggins Lift to Naples Bay! We are happy to have you as part of the Wiggins family.
For more on our Wiggins LoPro marina lifts, visit the product page.
by Markus McDowell | Aug 17, 2015 | Press Release
Welcome to our new website! We have been busy designing new products, exploring innovative manufacturing, and entering new markets. We solve problems that others said could not be solved, and deliver quality products to our customers. With all this activity, we wanted to share our excitement through a redesigned website that matches our innovative work, and makes it easy for new and existing customers to learn about us, our products and services, and to keep in touch with us.
- The Home Page presents a slideshow of our products at work, customer testimonials, and excerpts from our blog.
- At the top, the “Products” menu provides access to our major product categories: Agricultural Equipment, Marina Lo Pro, the new Marina FLX, Military Equipment, Mining Equipment, and Yard Trucks.
- The “Custom Engineering” menu provides information on our skill and focus in designing products to meet the unique needs of our customers, with examples and pictures.
- The “Parts” menu gives customers information about the Parts Department to help you with maintenance, repair, update, and service.
- “About us” tells the story of Wiggins Lift Company, from our beginnings in the agricultural fields of the Oxnard Plain to a world-wide leader in the production of high-capacity forklifts.
- The Wiggins Blog (this blog!) publishes product and service highlights, customer interviews, behind-the-scenes features, interviews with members of the Wiggins team, and industry news and events. (To receive notice of new posts, enter your email address and click “subscribe” at the above right on this page.)
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Explore our new site! It is packed full of information, pictures, graphics, and news about all of the exciting things going on at Wiggins Lift Co., Inc. Let us know what you think—we love hearing from our current customers, potential customers, and anyone who is interested in what we do.
by admin | Jun 25, 2015 | Custom Engineering, Press Release
The Oxnard Chamber of Commerce presented Wiggins Lift Co., Inc. with the “Innovative Business of the Year” award at its 65th Community & Business Awards Luncheon on Friday, June 26, 2015 at 11:30 at the Courtyard by Marriott Oxnard.
CEO Michele Wiggins-McDowell was present to accept the award for the company, and spoke briefly:
“On behalf of all the employees of Wiggins Lift Company, thank you to the Chamber of Commerce for this award. I am especially honored to accept this award for innovation, because that’s where the roots of our company lie. In the 1950s, my grandfather, Mel Wiggins, worked on agricultural equipment in Oxnard. He was frustrated that the engines were not easily accessible in the fields. He believed he could build a better machine, and Wiggins Lift Company was born.Under his leadership, and then of his son—my father—Mike Wiggins, the company continued to provide unique and innovative solutions in areas of agriculture, construction, stevedoring, military, mining, and the marine dry stack industry. Customers come to us with problems, and our engineers and fabricators design solutions. Our products are unique, customized, and reliable.”
“As today’s third-generation leader of Wiggins Lift, I am proud to say that the tradition continues as we ship products all over the world. Wiggins lifts are found working on the decks of Navy ships in rough seas, deep inside dark mining tunnels, handling nuclear waste in Canada, and transporting boats in marinas on lakes and oceans everywhere. Last year we shipped the world’s largest Marina lift to Florida; this month we sent our most innovative product ever to Australia—the Marina Flex.”
“Oxnard has been home to our business and our family for over 60 years and four generations. It has been home for our extended family—our employees. To receive an award for innovation celebrates our work. To receive it from the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce celebrates our home.”
“From all of the employees of Wiggins Lift Company, past and present…thank you.”
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by Markus McDowell | Mar 1, 2015 | Marina
The Miami Boat International Boat Show 2015 was a resounding success for Wiggins Lift Company this year. Held every February, this massive show hosts more than 1,700 companies who produce over 80% of marine products used by boaters in the U.S.
Wiggins Lift Co., Inc. was on hand, as we have been for over 20 years, with our booth ready to meet new and existing customers, talk to anyone interested in the dry-storage and boat-handling industry, and see old friends and meet new ones. In front of our booth were two Marina Bull LoPro machines—one for Caribee Marina and another for Snake Creek Marina. We also presented the world’s first marina industry tire: the Wiggins Marine Titanium Extreme Duty.
Next year’s show is February 11-15, 2016. Save the dates, come to Miami, and stop by out booth and say hi!
