WORKHORSE

Workhorse Custom Chassis provides an integrated, total truck solution to a variety of medium-duty truck needs, merging body and chassis manufacturing into one easy ordering process with industry-leading delivery times.

The quality, customized walk-in truck provided by Workhorse enhances the classic walk-in advantages of ergonomically efficient accessibility, aluminum-panel longevity and ample cargo space, resulting in a significant cost savings over the life of the vehicle. Customized body options for vending operators include interior shelving packages, extra height and width cargo area, and back-up alarms.

Last year Workhorse expanded on its integrated truck solution with its QuickSpex program for specific vocations. Vending operators are referred to QuickSpex options for baking and snack food delivery that include body lengths of 16 and 18 feet, GVWRs of 10,000 and 14,100 lbs., and different interior racking choices.

If vending operators want to customize trucks themselves, QuickSpex also facilitates ordering walk-ins without a particular cargo upfit through Workhorse’s FasTrack program. These vehicles range from 10 foot 6 inches to 18 feet in length and from 10,000 to 14,100 lb. GVWR.

 “The QuickSpex order form offers one or two options for the body and chassis that are commonly used by other fleets in the particular vocation. Then there’s a simple checklist of appropriate accessories and options,” said Shane Terblanche, director of sales engineering. What has often been a time-consuming process of matching the right chassis with the right body, then with the right racking and other options, has been condensed into a simple checklist by Workhorse.

An easy way to customize

Before QuickSpex, dealers with particular knowledge about particular vocations may have been able to better facilitate this process for some fleets. But now QuickSpex does that work for them, allowing every dealer and fleet manager to expertly spec a walk-in in a broad range of vocations that rely on the cost-effectiveness of walk-in trucks. This makes it easier for vending operators to obtain the right truck for their work.

“We’ve found that assistance with the ordering and spec’ing process to be a critical customer concern,” said Terblanche. “Increasingly, fleets of all sizes are relying on truck manufacturers to know what’s best for their business. QuickSpex puts our expertise to work for them in a convenient way.”

“On our end, it means we can stock more standard configurations and integrate manufacturing efficiencies into the process for a quicker order cycle. It’s a big change from how walk-in trucks have traditionally been ordered, built and delivered. Walk-ins are tremendously cost-effective, particularly as delivery vehicles, but they haven’t always been easy to obtain. This is what we’re changing,” concluded Terblanche. “Vending companies, in particular, can derive exceptional benefits from both this truck and this ordering process.”

QuickSpex is the next step in the revolution in walk-in manufacturing that Workhorse began with the launch of its FasTrack program in 2000, enabling it to provide completely integrated walk-in trucks in a one-order process with one warranty. FasTrack models are delivered in six weeks (compared to the industry standard of 14 weeks) and all walk-in models built on Workhorse chassis receive free emergency roadside assistance during the warranty period.

Extensive range options and excellent service support

Along with its truck-ordering innovations, Workhorse is a leader in walk-in trucks because of the extensive range of quality choices it provides. Workhorse offers gasoline-powered walk-in trucks with GVWRs from 10,000 to 19,500 lbs. It also provides diesel trucks (which include the latest turbocharged ISB4 Cummins engine) in the 10,000 to 14,100 lb. GVWR range. Wheelbases run from 125 to 208 inches for gasoline trucks and 110 to 178 inches for diesel trucks. Cargo body lengths extend from 10 foot six inches to 22 feet.

Workhorse truck bodies are ruggedly constructed to work hard and maintain a long-lasting professional appearance. The Workhorse walk-in body frame features 24-inch centered studs from floor to roof, while its aluminum panels are coated with Dupont Imron™ 5000 paint.

Workhorse is ISO 9001 certified and supports its customers with a continent-wide network of 460 service centers and is the only truck company that provides free, 24-hour emergency roadside assistance for 3 years or 36,000 miles.

For more information, to locate a dealer, or to find list of trucks currently in stock, visit the Workhorse Web site at www.workhorse.com or call toll-free 866-467-7300.