Ring Power Corporation News

Ring Power Corporation proudly announces their 50-year, golden anniversary as a Caterpillar dealership in Florida. In 1961, L.C. Ringhaver, the owner of the world’s largest shrimp boat manufacturer, Diesel Engine Sales, Inc. (DESCO), acquired the Caterpillar engine dealership rights from Jacksonville-based Gibbs Corporation. Originally established in St. Augustine, Fla., Ring Power Corp. was founded to sell and service Cat® marine engines to Northeast Florida’s thriving shrimp trawler industry. 

Following the death of Cat dealer Lobrano Machinery Company’s president and owner, Tom Lobrano, Ring Power Corporation was awarded the dealer territory in Jacksonville, Ocala and Tallahassee, Fla. for the full line of Caterpillar equipment in March of 1962. 

In 1986, Caterpillar awarded the Central Florida dealership rights to the Ringhavers. Lance Ringhaver moved to Tampa, Fla. to start a new dealership, Ringhaver Equipment Company, while Randy Ringhaver took leadership of Ring Power Corporation in Jacksonville. For nearly two decades, both Cat dealerships continued to flourish, taking on new business opportunities and products such as an expanded power systems line, rental equipment operations, forklifts, cranes, air compressors and utility equipment, all backed by parts and product support.

In 2004, Ringhaver Equipment Company and Ring Power Corporation officially merged into one consolidated company with Randy Ringhaver as Chairman and President of the new Ring Power Corporation. The combined Cat dealership territory now consists of 44 counties throughout North and Central Florida.

Ring Power Corporation, the North and Central Florida Caterpillar dealer, is headquartered in St. Augustine, Florida. Ring Power is comprised of eight divisions and has 50 years of experience servicing and supporting Caterpillar and allied equipment.

The year 2012 is off and running and 2011 is rapidly fading into history. During the past year, Ring Power saw new faces in new places, launched new and exciting products, like Caterpillar's new CT660 Vocational Truck, and formed new partnerships to meet the equipment and energy needs of new customers in far off places. Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. achieved a huge milestone in 2011 by rolling out its 350,000th new forklift off the factory floor located in Houston.

Here's a quick rundown of Ring Power's top blog postings in 2011.
1.  Heavy Construction Equipment Regional Manager for Central Florida Territory Named
2.  Construction Equipment Rental Division Appoints New Sales Managers
3.  New Orlando Regional Heavy Equipment Sales Manager Appointed
4.  Custom Generator Enclosure Designer & Builder Joins Phoenix Products
5.  Electric Power Generation Business Development Manager Named
6.  New Tampa Heavy Equipment Sales Manager Appointed
7.  Caterpillar® & Ring Power® Sign Agreement with APR Energy®
8.  Roadside Vegetation Management & Mowing Seminars Repeat in 2011
9.  Ring Power Crane Offers Manitowoc EnCORE Factory Certified Crane Rebuilds and Repowers
10. Crane Division Announces Promotion of Regional Sales Manager

All of Ring Power's associates look forward to providing the ultimate in equipment service to past, current and prospective customers in 2012.

Ring Power® Crane promotes Jeff Murray to Regional Sales Manager, and Hires Bryant Gaines to sales.

Ring Power Crane recently announced the promotion of Jeff Murray to Regional Sales Manager. Now, in addition to overseeing operations at the branch facilities in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Murray will continue to serve his sales territory in Ga. and the southern tier of South Carolina.

Murray, who earned college credit while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and attending South Carolina Law Enforcement School, joined Ring Power’s crane division in 2002. His 25 years of heavy lifting experience includes work as a crane operator for the USMC, sales representative for Pioneer Engineering and Manitowoc Boom Trucks and, most recently, 10 years as a sales rep for Ring Power Crane. Based on his extensive experience and knowledge of the region, Ring Power Crane management looks forward to Murray’s continued success in his new role.

Ring Power Crane also added Bryant Gaines to the sales team in the Carolinas. A recipient of a four-year athletic scholarship, Gaines is a recent graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, where he lettered every year as the pitcher for the baseball team, was team captain and NCAA College World Series participant from 2009-2011. Ring Power Crane management believes Gaines’ determination will be a fine addition to the sales force in the Carolinas. After completing an in-house training program, Gaines’ sales territory will cover the northern part of S.C. and all of N.C.

Ring Power Crane is a division of Ring Power Corporation offering new and used crane sales and rentals with locations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Ring Power Crane is a full service dealer for new and used boom trucks, rough and all terrain cranes, truck cranes, crawler cranes, super stackers and lattice boom cranes by Grove, Manitowoc, National, Tadano, Manitex, Broderson PTC and other leading manufacturers. Ring Power Crane also exports cranes from our office in Miami, Florida.

ICUEE 2011 - The Demo Expo "Hands Down the Best Place for Hands On"

Ring Power is eagerly anticipating this year's ICUEE [pronounced I.Q.] at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville Kentucky. Held October 4-6, ICUEE is the International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition. Also known as The Demo Expo, ICUEE is the best place for hands on demonstrations of construction and utility equipment operation. Attendees can operate the equipment themselves and explore the newest industry products and innovations.

Students from 83 Florida highschools, tech centers and colleges compete in the 44th Annual SkillsUSA Competition.

This past spring, the 2011 Florida SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference drew to a close at the Manatee Civic Center in Bradenton, where over 3000 students, educators, business people and supporters from across the state gathered for the 44th annual event. In all, more than 1300 students from 83 high schools, technical centers and colleges throughout Florida competed in 188 skills and leadership contests—the largest number of contests and greatest number of schools in the history of the conference!

Ring Power Corporation supports the mission of SkillsUSA by taking part every year in the organization’s state-level competitions. This year, nine students competed in the Diesel Equipment Technology trials, which were held in Ring Power’s Sarasota’s heavy equipment shops. Tampa Training Instructor Josh Markosen volunteered his services as a judge of the contestants’ hydraulic fundamentals skills; Ring Power Training Instructor Bob Delp judged contestants on electrical fundamentals skills; Sarasota Heavy Equipment Technician James Freeman judged their electronic engine skills; Sarasota Heavy Equipment Technician Josh Ritter judged their preventive maintenance skills; and Sarasota Heavy Equipment Service Business Manager Nathan Worley judged job interviewing skills.

Dwayne Rainer, Lakeland Cat Rental Store Field Service Technician, has been involved with SkillsUSA since he was a student. In 1990, when he was class president of his school’s chapter, Rainer took first place in the Florida diesel equipment technology competition and fourth place in the National Competition. Last year, as event chairman of the diesel equipment technology competition, Rainer organized the flow of students through the skill stations and assisted with judging, tallying and submitting the final competition results. This year, Rainer served as coordinator of the competition.

Photo: Ring Power Training Instructor Bob Delp (center) explains the electrical fundamentals test objectives to SkillsUSA competitor. 

About SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel.

SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. It was formerly known as VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America).

About Ring Power Corp

Ring Power Corporation, North and Central Florida's Caterpillar dealer, is headquartered in St. Augustine, Florida. Additional heavy equipment branch locations include, Tallahassee, Lake City, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Ocala, Perry, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Lakeland, Tampa, Sarasota, and Palm Bay. Ring Power is provides parts and service on all makes of heavy equipment repairs, both Cat and competitive machines such as Volvo, John Deere, Komatsu, Bob Cat and others. 

Every crane owner has experienced extreme sticker shock when purchasing a new crane. Because of the huge cost, cranes are typically expected to realize a service life of 20 to 25 years. Now, as a qualified Manitowoc EnCORE Partner, Ring Power Crane is helping Manitowoc and Grove crane owners extend the life of their machines to maximize the return on their investment. 

Ring Power Crane offers rebuilding and restoration services for hydraulic and friction mobile cranes at a fraction of the cost of buying new. Our factory-trained crane service technicians are equipped and qualified to perform factory certified rebuilds—on your schedule and at a predetermined cost—including:          

• Complete disassembly to bare frame
• Inspection of all weldments, components, parts and structures
• Refurbishment of eligible components, parts and structures
• Installation of new parts and components (electrical harnesses, instruments, drive lines, hydraulic pumps, hoses, etc.)
• Application of “show quality” paint finish
• Work performed to factory specifications to ensure validity of original load charts and structural warranty

Repower Your Crane for Emissions Compliance
Retrofitting your crane with a Tier 3 or Tier 4 engine will not only reduce fuel consumption but also bring the machine into compliance with current crane emissions standards for heavy machinery. Requirements vary by location, but Ring Power Crane can help you determine the most cost-effective solution for your crane. We understand the strict requirements of your crane’s original structural warranty, and we can assure that any retrofits we install will not affect the terms of your coverage.

Headquartered in St. Augustine, Florida, Ring Power Crane is a division of Ring Power Corporation offering crane sales and crane rentals of new and used cranes with locations in Florida and the southeast including, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Ring Power Crane is a full service dealer for new and used boom trucks, rough and all terrain cranes, truck cranes, crawler cranes, pickers, tower cranes, superstackers and lattice boom cranes by leading manufacturers Grove Crane, Manitowoc Crane, National Boom Truck, Tadano Boom Truck, Manitex Boom Truck, Broderson Industrial Cranes and PTC Driving Equipment. Ring Power Crane also export cranes from our office in Miami, Florida.

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Since it was first introduced in 2000, Ring Power refuses to keep Manitowoc’s 999 cranes off our shelves. Why? Because not only does it continue to meet the expectations of our Ring Power Crane customers but this lattice boom crawler crane goes above and beyond, literally. With 48" wide cast steel pads, Manitowoc’s very own patented FACT connection to carbody and single-track design, this beast of burden does more than just get the job done. 

Towering over its competition, this crane is strategically designed with drive motors located on each corner of the carbody, rather than the same side, to help with turning while carrying a load. This also allows for better ease of assembly, as it won’t matter what crawler goes on what side. Don’t miss out on Manitowoc’s exclusive independent closed loop system not to mention its main and whip drum’s continuous 29,500 lb. line pull with top to bottom layer. Tired of your crane engine refusing to crank up in the winter months? Well, the 999 offers a manually operated disconnect clutch for cold weather starting. All of this and more: Its crawlers’ tractive effort allows full counter-rotation with a full-rated load, exclusive to Manitowoc.

So don’t settle for a crane that limits your operation, let the Manitowoc 999 Crawler Crane earn you precious time and money as it continues to speak for itself. Now you know why our Ring Power customers can’t keep their hands off this crane for over a decade. Don’t let this load-lifting competitive edge slip through your hands. Come see for yourself why we proudly stand by the 999 lattice boom crawler crane.

This Manitowoc 999 lattice boom crawler crane is available for long term rent. Contact us for crane rental rates.

Headquartered in St. Augustine, Florida, Ring Power Crane is a division of Ring Power Corporation offering crane sales and crane rentals of new and used cranes with locations in Florida and the southeast including, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Ring Power Crane is a full service dealer for new and used boom trucks, rough and all terrain cranes, truck cranes, crawler cranes, pickers, tower cranes, superstackers and lattice boom cranes by leading manufacturers Grove Crane, Manitowoc Crane, National Boom Truck, Tadano Boom Truck, Manitex Boom Truck, Broderson Industrial Cranes and PTC Driving Equipment. Ring Power Crane also export cranes from our office in Miami, Florida.

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The Major League Baseball Florida Marlins’ opening game held April 1 marks the beginning of their final season at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. And just outside Little Havana in downtown Miami, approximately 800 construction workers are busy constructing Miami Ballpark, the Marlin’s new home. Recently, two of Ring Power Crane’s service technicians had a rare opportunity to join the construction crews at the renowned jobsite.

Steel erection specialists L.P.R. Construction Co., whose project history includes Coors Field, Memphis Arena and Miami Heat Stadium, was contracted to work the steel. The Loveland, Colo.-based company was using a Manitowoc 18000 to install the retractable roof on the new baseball stadium when the crane’s radio-controlled load cell unit malfunctioned, and L.P.R. called Ring Power Crane in Pompano to assist.

Ring Power Crane technician, Raul Urena, reported to the stadium jobsite to troubleshoot the problem and took the load cell back to the facility for inspection and repair. At the time, the crane was also due for routine 1000-hour service, so Crane FS Tech II Mauricio Brizuela returned to the site with Urena two days later. The crane technicians spent the next two days installing the load cell, changing the oils and filters, and inspecting the engine, drives, hydraulics and hoist assemblies.

Miami Ballpark will be the sixth Major League Baseball stadium to have a retractable roof, and the Ring Power Crane service technicians are proud to have played an important part in its construction.

Ring Power Crane is a full-service crane dealer offering new and used cranes for purchase, lease or rent from America’s leading crane manufacturers—Grove Cranes, National Crane boom trucks, Manitowoc crawler cranes, Broderson, Manitex, Tadano, and now Badger and Little Giant—to contractors and crane businesses throughout the Southeastern U.S. Exporting cranes is handled through our International Sales Team in Miami and serves customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. For more information about Ring Power Crane products and services, visit http://www.ringpowercrane.com.

Ring Power Crane named Badger rough terrain crane dealer for Southeast, including North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Ring Power Crane announces the addition of Badger rough terrain cranes to their crane lineup. The dealership agreement entitles Ring Power Crane to sell and service Badger cab-down rough terrain cranes, as well as Little Giant truck-mounted and crawler cranes throughout the Southeast, including North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

Badger Equipment Co., based in Winona, Minn., is a division of Manitex International, Inc., a leading provider of engineered lifting solutions including boom truck cranes, rough terrain forklifts and special mission oriented vehicles. Badger has manufactured more than 10,000 specialized earthmoving, railroad and material handling machines since it opened in 1945. Ring Power Crane now carries the company’s newest series of 20- and 30-ton cab-down style rough terrain cranes, which are designed for heavy-duty construction and industrial applications. The Little Giant carrier-mounted cranes and crawler cranes Ring Power Crane offers are built to last and equal to the most punishing lifting, dredging, pile-driving and scrap-handling operations. For more information about Badger and Little Giant products, visit http://www.badgerequipment.com and http://www.littlegiantcorp.com.

VP and Ring Power Crane Acting General Manager Dave Glass is pleased with the new partnership. “Badger Equipment’s mission and philosophy very closely mirrors our own,” he said. “It isn’t enough just to expand our product offerings. As a Badger dealer, we will be able to put the customer first and provide the exemplary product support Ring Power Crane is known for.”

Badger CD4420 20-ton capacity crane
Machine weight 52,500 lbs. (3 section boom)
Machine weight 56,000 lbs. (4 section boom)

Badger CD4430 30-ton capacity crane
Machine weight 54,000 lbs. (3 section boom)
Machine weight 55,500 lbs. (4 section boom)

Rough Terrain Crane Specs:
● 20, 25 and 30 ton capacity
● Multiple boom configurations
● Tier III Rated Cummins engine
● Four steering modes with auto-alignment
● Highly visible and ergonomically engineered two door cab with joystick controls
● Pick and carry capabilities

Ring Power Crane is a full-service dealer offering new and used cranes for purchase, lease or rental from America’s leading crane manufacturers—Grove Cranes, National Crane boom trucks, Manitowoc crawler cranes, Broderson, Manitex, Tadano, and now Badger and Little Giant—to contractors and crane businesses throughout the Southeastern U.S. Ring Power Crane’s international business unit serves customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. For more information about Ring Power Crane products and services, visit http://www.ringpowercrane.com.

Ring Power Corporation is pleased to invite you to use our web-based application allowing your company to view and print copies of your statements and invoices.

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