Production Safety Equipment for the Working
Class Above & Below Ground
You Measure Everything… Or so you think. Load weights. Cycle times. Downtime. Injuries. Throughput. You track it all. But there’s one silent metric that rarely shows up in dashboards—yet costs you more than you realize: Friction. Not the mechanical...
Why most cranes underperform in tight spaces, and what smarter design really looks like. A crane system can check every box on paper—and still let you down in practice. It happens all the time: a system is installed, meets the technical spec,...
Cold mix is being phased out—not because it’s inconvenient, but because it’s unsafe. Cities and counties across the U.S. are rewriting trench safety protocols, moving away from outdated, high-liability materials in favor of more secure, long-term...
6–8 Week Lead Times: Don’t Let the Shop Schedule Wreck Yours Jobs don’t wait. Neither should you. Aluminum and steel trench boxes are moving at 6–8 weeks lead time on smaller orders, and that window can slam shut fast when the shop fills up. Larger...
By KUNDEL Crane Systems Idle equipment is expensive—and risky. These six clear benchmarks, shaped by KUNDEL’s decades of crane innovation, show when it’s time to replace. 1. Annual Repairs Near or Exceed 50% of Replacement Cost Once your yearly...
Why Leading Contractors Are Replacing Steel with Smarter Alternatives Every project manager, municipality, and utility contractor knows the story: Steel plates are strong—but they’re also heavy, loud, and expensive to manage. The industry is...
You never really know what’s under there. Maps lie. Pipe clusters hide. And just when you think it’s a straight trench day, you uncover a twisted mess of decades-old utilities fighting for the same underground real estate. That’s where V-Panel...
When you’re working with heavy, high-value products like wheels, tires, or rotating components, secure handling from the inner diameter (ID) isn’t a preference—it’s a necessity. At KUNDEL, we’ve engineered a semi-automated spindle tool for...
Built for the Work That Doesn’t Wait Spot repairs. Utility taps. Broken mains. These aren’t jobs you plan—they're the ones that call at 5 a.m. And if you're the crew responsible for fixing it fast and fixing it right, you need gear that shows up...
