Wait, a company that works on ICE powered equipment has a sustainability plan?

Yes, we do.

Just because we work on diesel engines doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate the planet we live on.

Recycling of used coolants

Old coolant from customers equipment is collected and brought to the local environmental company in West Chester, PA. The coolant is filtered and recycled with new additive for resale and reuse. We also take in any waste coolant from our friends, family and neighbors who enjoy DIY jobs. This way, they responsibly dispose of their coolant from say, their car, instead of putting it in a bucket and leaving it behind the shed for years.

Waste oil reused for heating

Engine, compressor, hydraulic, gearbox and even fryer oil are collected, filtered and used in our shop waste oil boiler to provide heat and hot water in the cold months. Doing so provides a double life cycle for an oil that would otherwise only be used for lubrication or cooling and then disposed of. Excess oil is picked up by the local environmental company and recycled. Like with coolant, we collect oil from our neighbors who need a responsible way to dispose of their at home DIY project fluids.

Diesel fuel remediation

We partner with companies such as Diesel Dialysis that provide diesel fuel remediation services (commonly called “Fuel Polishing”) to restore and recycle old diesel fuel that has been sitting for long periods of time, or has become contaminated by moisture or water intrusion. This is an excellent option instead of just disposing of and refilling the fuel - and often less expensive per gallon. Fuel that is too far gone is brought to our local environmental company for proper disposal.

Metal reclamation and recycling

All of the machines we work on contain all kinds of different metals - steel, copper, aluminum, brass to name a few. When parts are replaced, rather than just tossing them in the trash headed for a landfill, we separate and dispose of them with local scrap metal recycling yards, such as West Chester Recycling. This way, those metals can be smelted down and reused again, helping reduce our need for constant new ore.

Proper E-waste disposal

Electronic waste has been, and will continue to be, a huge problem as we continue to build and depend on electronics for our everyday life. Almost every machine built in the last 30+ years all contain electronics loaded with precious metals. If tossed into the garbage, these electronics leak toxic metals into the ground, contaminating the soil and groundwater. We partner with groups such as Clean Earth in Coatsville, PA and Chester County Solid Waste Authority to ensure these electronics are disposed of in an environmentally responsible way.

Battery recycling and disposal

Batteries have become a hot topic lately, and a growing concern is the end of life cycle when the batteries can no longer perform their intended jobs. The batteries themselves are incredibly toxic to the environment if thrown away or left to decay. All batteries we use are returned to our vendors for, what we hope, is a proper recycling process for a second life.

Unless you’re an eccentric billionaire, we will not be terraforming or colonizing Mars anytime in our life. Do better, take care of the planet, give a crap about your neighbors and stop treating our home like its not your problem. We can still enjoy the world we have made while being responsible.

Also, we don’t need anymore strip malls, we need more forests, parks and preserved space.

A big ticket item we can control to help long term sustainability goals?

Stop throwing things away so easily.

Consider rebuilding before "just replace it"

We deal with a large quantiy of used equipment, and regulary visit auction or scrap yards looking for machines left to rot - doomed to be shipped off to foreign countries. Many of our scrap yard revivals turn a machine sent out to pasture into a reliable piece of equipment all over again.
Trusting "Old Iron"is not always a bad thing

Modern day manufacturers love to build proprietary systems that only they can access and work on - then after 5 years deem a part obsolete because “we no longer support that product” Older equipment can often times be made better than new with cost effective, open source upgrades.
Can everything be saved? No.

But in the case of this major engine failure - the entire engine can be replaced instead of replacing the entire machine. Preventing an entire piece of equipment to be sent to a scrap yard and rust away, leaching metal and toxins into the soil.