• Thank you for visiting HeavyEquipmentForums.com! Our objective is to provide industry professionals a place to gather to exchange questions, answers and ideas. We welcome you to register using the "Register" icon at the top of the page. We'd appreciate any help you can offer in spreading the word of our new site. The more members that join, the bigger resource for all to enjoy. Thank you!

Who Builds Your Models?

Mat

Member
Joined
Aug 14, 2015
Messages
8
Location
Flagstaff, AZ
Occupation
Owner
I'm curious who builds your machine control models? Do you prefer to have an in house guy building all you models or one of those companies that just builds models?

In full disclosure I work for a company called Ranger Engineering Consulting. We are one of those companies that just builds models. I'm the business manager there and I'm looking for some honest and candid conversation about what businesses really want.

We often hear that operators really don't care if the model is extremely accurate as long as its close. Is this true?

Lastly, what kind of promotions would you be interested in from a company that made your models? We are currently doing things like "get your 6th model free", "monthly raffle for a $100 gift card", Potentially running a Quarterly raffle for a AR or some other gun.

Thoughts? I really am looking for honest feedback.

If you would like to check out our site: http://www.ranger.engineering
 

Mat

Member
Joined
Aug 14, 2015
Messages
8
Location
Flagstaff, AZ
Occupation
Owner
I'm curious who builds your machine control models? Do you prefer to have an in house guy building all you models or one of those companies that just builds models?

In full disclosure I work for a company called Ranger Engineering Consulting. We are one of those companies that just builds models. I'm the business manager there and I'm looking for some honest and candid conversation about what businesses really want.

We often hear that operators really don't care if the model is extremely accurate as long as its close. Is this true?

Lastly, what kind of promotions would you be interested in from a company that made your models? We are currently doing things like "get your 6th model free", "monthly raffle for a $100 gift card", Potentially running a Quarterly raffle for a AR or some other gun.

Thoughts? I really am looking for honest feedback.

If you would like to check out our site: http://www.ranger.engineering

And since the Forum Rules specify:
Advertising of goods and services are not permitted unless sponsoring heavyequipmentforums.com. A vendor of goods or services may start one introductory thread explaining their product or service and may answer questions about such within that thread. No further promotion of your product or service may be made without sponsorship. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, click “Contact Us” at the bottom of any page.

(Bold added for emphasis.)

Since you seem sincere, I merged the two threads you started, to keep you in compliance.
 
Last edited by a moderator:

GregsHD

Senior Member
Joined
Sep 26, 2014
Messages
557
Location
Mahood Falls, BC
Occupation
Self Employed HD Mechanic
I'm curious who builds your machine control models? Do you prefer to have an in house guy building all you models or one of those companies that just builds models?

In full disclosure I work for a company called Ranger Engineering Consulting. We are one of those companies that just builds models. I'm the business manager there and I'm looking for some honest and candid conversation about what businesses really want.

We often hear that operators really don't care if the model is extremely accurate as long as its close. Is this true?

Lastly, what kind of promotions would you be interested in from a company that made your models? We are currently doing things like "get your 6th model free", "monthly raffle for a $100 gift card", Potentially running a Quarterly raffle for a AR or some other gun.

Thoughts? I really am looking for honest feedback.

If you would like to check out our site: http://www.ranger.engineering

What are you even talking about??:beatsme
 

RBMcCloskey

Senior Member
Joined
May 4, 2011
Messages
399
Location
New Jersey
Occupation
Heavy Construction Contractor
GregsHD,

Look at his web site, they take paper grading plans and create a digital model for machine control grading systems.

The initial outlay for the machine controls is pricey, but once you have made the investment your cost to perform cuts, fills and grading drop drastically.

Bob McCloskey
 

GregsHD

Senior Member
Joined
Sep 26, 2014
Messages
557
Location
Mahood Falls, BC
Occupation
Self Employed HD Mechanic
GregsHD,

Look at his web site, they take paper grading plans and create a digital model for machine control grading systems.

The initial outlay for the machine controls is pricey, but once you have made the investment your cost to perform cuts, fills and grading drop drastically.

Bob McCloskey

Ok,
I didn't want to go to the website figuring it was some scam or something. He worded the whole post funny I thought he was talking about plastic models of machines :tong
So this guy is just trying to sell something....
 

Mat

Member
Joined
Aug 14, 2015
Messages
8
Location
Flagstaff, AZ
Occupation
Owner
Sorry guys I wasn't really trying to advertise. I really am looking for feed back on some of the things we are doing as a company. That is it. I shouldn't have put the website. I just thought it would be easier to understand what we do. So do any of you have any thoughts around what would work for you from a promotional stand point?
 

GregsHD

Senior Member
Joined
Sep 26, 2014
Messages
557
Location
Mahood Falls, BC
Occupation
Self Employed HD Mechanic
Aren't we all?
Not me, I am on this forum to learn, to help others with problems that I am familiar with and to have a good time doing it! Mat i'm sorry about my post above, no hard feelings :beerchug I checked out your website, very cool!!
 

Mat

Member
Joined
Aug 14, 2015
Messages
8
Location
Flagstaff, AZ
Occupation
Owner
No worries Greg. So this is the machine control forum, who do you guys have building your machine control files?
 

BidBandit

Member
Joined
May 19, 2018
Messages
13
Location
KS
We have ours custom built. Only ran a few of them so far but they seem to work out ok. My only trouble is I would like to see them cleaned up some, like get rid of small parking lot islands.
 
Top