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Because we're a small company we share many of the tools. The only really dedicated crew on any given day is the maintenance crew and they do carry their own set of tools. Otherwise all the other equipment is essentially "pool" equipment. At one point we had three consistent crews each day and we tried color coding the tools so they stayed with the crews, but it hasn't been a problem in the last several years. I like open trailers for now because if something goes bang it's easy and inexpensive to fix. I see all too many enclosed trailers that are beat up.
We might be in the market for an enclosed trailer for installations, in the hope of finding a full time foreman to run the crew. At this time we're short that foreman and therefore limit the installations. One of our dumps has tool boxes and having a set of tools on the truck is very nice. Our other dump is bed only and you have to load up for each job, not as efficient.
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