Your choice of equipment for your rural Alaska business means all the difference in your company’s long-term success. As Alaskans know, options are limited in the bush; service and parts are often not available or can take weeks to arrive. Get the right equipment and you set your business up to thrive. Get the not-quite-what-you-need equipment and you set your business up for struggle. This post is all about pieces of equipment available for purchase or rent from ESI that will help you get the job done in rural Alaska.
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four types of equipment that will always get the job done
At ESI Alaska, we have powerful equipment that manages work other equipment can’t handle. Here are four of our favorite types of ESI equipment that you can depend on in rural Alaska:
JCB 1CXT Backhoe Loader
AS ESI Vice President Nick Ferree explains, “The JCB 1CXT is well-suited for rural Alaska given its versatility and compact layout.” This piece of machinery has both a front loader and backhoe, so it can tackle a variety of projects. Its rugged rubber tracks manage any type of terrain. With a 50hp engine, it does not require DEF. An extremely popular product, this unit comes from world-leading backhoe producer JCB, a company that builds more backhoes than any other brand. This means you can count on the JCB 1CXT to be high-quality, well-built, and made to last.
ES500 Self-Contained Mobile Industrial Heater
The ES500 Self-Contained Mobile Industrial Heater is manufactured at our ESI headquarters in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is engineered for reliable performance in extremely low temperatures and proven on Alaska’s North Slope oil fields and in northern Canada, making it the perfect piece of equipment to have in rural areas.
When your equipment needs to be started in extremely cold weather, this unit allows it to warm up and run smoothly. In addition, our heaters can provide emergency heating for facilities. Any time a building or home loses its heat source, you can set up this mobile heater immediately to prevent the building from freezing up. And if there’s already damage to space, this heater allows workers to complete waterline repairs, electrical repairs, and many other critical tasks.
Mobile Water Pumps
ESI’s mobile water pumps work reliably, every time, to move water powerfully and efficiently so you can accomplish tasks like:
- Pump water to manage flooding events
- Complete sewer bypasses
- Dewater sites for construction projects
- Pump water for forest fires, fitting fires, or building fires
Having an ESI-manufactured mobile water pump makes difficult situations much more manageable, something that can make a world of difference in remote parts of Alaska. Since our water pumps use high-performance Kubota engines, they can handle the work you need them to do. So if you ever foresee having the need to move or remove water in the course of your business activities, it makes sense to get an ESI pump that you can trust.
Backup and Prime Power Generators
ESI also manufactures generators to provide you with automated backup power for all your facilities and operations. As Alaska’s largest manufacturer of generators, we’ve engineered these to keep your facilities warm and running in case of a power outage. In addition, our generators ensure that medical facilities can keep providing life-saving care when their usual power source is unavailable. What’s more, our generators keep utility systems and communications systems going strong whenever the power goes out. Our systems’ extended service interval package allows you to continue operating with much less downtime and on-site maintenance.
Worried about these working in cold weather? It’s no problem for our generators, as they are designed and built in Alaska for extreme environments and remote locations. They start and run in temperatures as low as -40 degrees, making sure to keep you in business even in the harshest conditions.
ESI: Meeting Unique Needs Across Rural Alaska
ESI not only has the best equipment, but our company stands behind it all the way. Besides offering excellent, cold-weather-tested equipment, our team has gone the extra mile to meet the unique needs of rural Alaskan communities.
Providing Emergency Heat
When a fire at a rural Alaskan school damaged the building, ESI coordinated with the community to deliver ES500 heaters. We brought in the heaters on a HERC air flight to provide the school and community quickly and efficiently with emergency heat. Thus, the area avoided additional damage and kept its buildings and people safe from the cold.
Help with Ice Road Construction
Every year, the Village of Healy Lake in interior Alaska constructs an ice road for community access. To help them complete this task, ESI designed and built a special trailer-mounted water pump/generator combo. Now, the village uses this unit for backup power, ice road construction, firefighting, and various other tasks.
Generators for MountainTop Communication Sites
The communications sites in Western Alaska, as well as in other rural areas, are incredibly important. Without them, emergency response, education, medical, and infrastructure support would be virtually impossible. However, with ESI providing generators for mountaintop communication sites, these services and activities can continue uninterrupted. After all, the generators provided by ESI are designed to run 24/7 in the same harsh environments found at these mountaintop sites.
What is the availability like for these pieces of equipment?
It’s always a rewarding feeling to find the perfect equipment for your business. That’s why at ESI, we always keep the aforementioned four pieces of equipment in stock. What’s more, we have a sophisticated shipping system that uses the best means of transport for each individual situation. We can use trucks, air freight with HERCs or other cargo planes, charter flights, or barges. We coordinate the entire journey, from ESI to your location, wherever it is. In fact, we can get ESI equipment to any community in rural Alaska, and do so often.
Equipment with an Excellent Track Record
We’ve all been there: you find equipment that seems adequate, but you aren’t sure about the company that provides it. The equipment may be fine, but you don’t know if it’s backed up by a stable, reliable, and proactive supplier. And you really don’t want to experience difficulties after the units are at your site, after all the trouble of getting them to you in rural Alaska in the first place.
When you choose ESI for your purchased or rented equipment, you get the best of all worlds. First, you can benefit from our expertise, as we provide you with all the information and statistics you need to make an informed choice. Next, we provide you with exceptional equipment that is cold-weather tested to function extremely well, even in harsh Arctic climates. Finally, we deliver the equipment to you quickly, ensuring it arrives on time and is in its best condition.
ESI serves a variety of industries, including oil, gas, and construction businesses. But we’re proud to offer our units for sale or rent to any company that needs strong and reliable industrial equipment. With ESI at your service, you can have the equipment you need for the projects that matter to your business, making sure everything runs smoothly even in the most remote parts of Alaska.
Call us at ESI to learn how our products can benefit you.
