- Preventative maintenance is a proactive approach to ensuring the equipment you rely on runs optimally season after season.
- The best time of year to inspect your planter, combine, baler, tractor, loaders, excavators, etc., is before you put them away at the end of your season.
- At Titan Machinery, being proactive about your equipment's maintenance health comes with rewards.
Scheduling Preventative Equipment Maintenance
Do you ever find yourself thinking, "Do I have to go through the dealership's shop to really take care of my equipment? I can probably handle some things on my own, right?"
We hear you. We understand that sometimes, getting work scheduled when you're already overwhelmed can feel like a hassle.
We promise you, though, that it pays dividends in the long run, and our dedicated teams at Titan Machinery will make your effort worthwhile.
Let us share three tips on the why, the when, and the who behind Titan Machinery's Uptime Maintenance Program. Then, explore our transparent farm and construction equipment inspection pricing and request your machine's maintenance with our team today.
1. Why Preventative Maintenance?
At Titan Machinery, we understand that the last thing you want to worry about in season is remembering if you checked for this or made the repair on that. That's why we're committed to helping you keep peace of mind with our own preventative maintenance program, Uptime Maintenance.
Preventative maintenance is a proactive approach to ensuring the equipment you rely on runs optimally season after season. The strategy incorporates regularly scheduled maintenance inspections with trusted equipment experts throughout each year. It can include engine oil and filter changes, lubrication, cleaning, parts replacements, and repairs, and it helps you catch potential major equipment failures before they happen.
Consider the bearings on a combine, for example. When you keep up with regular preventative maintenance, catching a bearing that's starting to go bad is a relatively easy and inexpensive repair. However, if you don't catch it that early and the bearing fails in the middle of your operation, that failure can have a chain effect that leads to additional damage to other components on your team.
Regularly scheduled preventative maintenance, on the other hand, pays dividends in protecting your long-term productivity, wallet, and time. By committing to this practice, you maximize your machine's lifespan while decreasing the chances of costly downtime. The positive return on investment is undeniable.
Take the words of David Richter, a long-time part of the Titan Machinery family and owner of the scrap metal yard J-Dog Salvage in Bartlett, Iowa. He recently shared his own company's experiences with his local #TeamTitan service technicians and the Titan Machinery Uptime program.
"We need something done, and they get down here. I would never get a machine that didn’t have (this program). It’s amazing. Your fixed costs are already in there; you know exactly what that machine is going to cost you every year. It’s a great program."
2. The Best Time to Schedule Your Preventative Maintenance
The adage goes, "The best time to plant a tree is yesterday. The next best time is today." Your equipment's preventative maintenance inspections are similar.
Think: Being proactive is not the norm. Machine operators often realize they need repairs or other maintenance activities just before the season begins and as they switch mental gears in preparation for it. Our workmen and women work hard, and life happens, so we get it.
However, that also means the best time of year to inspect your planter, combine, baler, tractor, loaders, excavators, etc., is before you put them away at the end of your season.
In doing so:
- You have everything fresh on your mind. Anything that posed a problem—a funny noise, a component you had to fight with, anything that was a hassle or out of the ordinary—is top of mind.
- You get to avoid needing to dig through to the back of the shed to access it.
- Farmers, you can keep your baler attached to your tractor for convenience and an additional Titan Machinery reward if you bring them in before December 1st, 2024.
- You help provide our technicians with enough time to properly schedule any repairs your machine may need before the season—and the rush.
You get to prioritize your equipment's health, and we get to prioritize you.
3. Titan Machinery's Equipment Service Teams
You deserve to work with a team that cares. At Titan Machinery, we're committed to doing what it takes to ensure the success of your business or operation.
"We need something done, and they get down here. [I've] been very pleased with their service."
"In 2019, we suffered a horrible flood. A levy broke just a little bit north of us, and within hours, [Titan Machinery's team] reached us and filled this shop up to 14 feet. We were unable to get in here for five months; we were shut down. Some machines under water, we lost a few machines. It took a lot to get back opened up. Anything we needed equipment-wise – these guys made a phone call when they heard about it, and they said, 'David, anything you need. We’ll bring it right to ya”' Pretty stand-up company to do that."
The takeaway? Find a team you trust.
Learning More About Titan's Uptime Maintenance
We reward the proactive, and that can be you. All machines that go through our multi-point Uptime inspection and have 100% of the recommendations completed by our trained service technicians will receive, for the next season of use:
- OEM-certified technicians and genuine OEM parts
- 1-year parts warranty for genuine CNH parts installed
- No interest for 90 days on CNH Productivity Plus account**
- Priority in-season support
- No service call fees*
- Complete machine multi-point inspection
As if these benefits weren't worth it, we proudly offer our customers additional limited-time offers throughout the year, like free travel to on-site inspections, Productivity Plus credit, and even free engine oil/filter changes depending on the time of year!
Ready to schedule yours today? Click the button below to browse our farm and construction machine pricing, discover our current Uptime promotions, and request your preventative maintenance today.
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*Uptime prices cover inspections only. Additional parts and labor are extra. Service call fees may apply if failure is determined to be caused by damage occurring outside of the normal machine operating conditions (example: ingesting a rock into a header or combine). See participating Titan Store for more details.
**Interest will be charged to your account from the end of the promotional period if the promotional balance is not paid in full by the end of the period. Valid only at participating dealerships located in the United States. Offer to end at any time. With credit approval for qualifying purchases on the CNH Industrial Capital Productivity Plus Account. After the promotional period, the standard variable APR for purchases will apply except when your account is at the default APR. See your billing statement and account agreement for specific APR information and additional details. Minimum payments required. Offer valid for accounts in good standing; is subject to change without notice; see dealer for details. May not be combined with any other credit promotion offer. Purchase must be made in a single transaction and requires minimum $750 purchase to qualify.