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Expert research through analyst-sourced insights and articles, printable reports and guides and industry-simplifying trackers and indexes.

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Reports & Guides

Useful guides aggregating hard-to-understand industry information.

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Trackers & Indexes

Critical tracking, over time, of critical industry data and trends.

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Data

Innovative data providing first-time insights on equipment incentives, dealer service and manufacturer signals (and more coming).

OEM Incentive
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Easily search for active financial incentive offers from most manufacturers.

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Dealer Service and Parts Benchmarks

Compare benchmarks to identify service investment levels across 20+ dealers.

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Public Comp. Signals - Manufacturers

Identify critical signals from the investor calls of equipment manufacturers.

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Rankings

The Heavy mines our different data sources for you, making performance easy to understand through our Rankings.

DEALERS – # OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES PER LOCATION

Understand service investment by analyzing the service and parts department employees on a location basis.

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DEALERS – SERVICE EMPLOYEES, % OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Understand service investment by analyzing the service and parts departments as a ratio of all employees.

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DEALERS – AVERAGE TENURE, MECHANICS

Understand service investment by analyzing the tenure of mechanics and technicians in the current role.

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Research

Expert research through analyst-sourced insights and articles, printable reports and guides and industry-simplifying trackers and indexes.

Analyst Insights

Critical thoughts on industry trends plus analysis of our own data.

More

Reports & Guides

Useful guides aggregating hard-to-understand industry information.

COMING SOON

Trackers & Indexes

Critical tracking, over time, of critical industry data and trends.

More
Data

Innovative data providing first-time insights on equipment incentives, dealer service and manufacturer signals (and more coming).

OEM Incentive
Offers

Easily search for active financial incentive offers from most manufacturers.

More

Dealer Service and Parts Benchmarks

Compare benchmarks to identify service investment levels across 20+ dealers.

More

Public Comp. Signals - Manufacturers

Identify critical signals from the investor calls of equipment manufacturers.

More
Rankings

The Heavy mines our different data sources for you, making performance easy to understand through our Rankings.

DEALERS – # OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES PER LOCATION

Understand service investment by analyzing the service and parts department employees on a location basis.

More

DEALERS – SERVICE EMPLOYEES, % OF ALL EMPLOYEES

Understand service investment by analyzing the service and parts departments as a ratio of all employees.

More

DEALERS – AVERAGE TENURE, MECHANICS

Understand service investment by analyzing the tenure of mechanics and technicians in the current role.

More

Author: The Heavy Analysts

Author: The Heavy Analysts

Veritread Ritchie Acquisition

VeriTread Acquired by Ritchie Bros.

VeriTread has just been acquired, in full, by Ritchie Bros. Why is this important? VeriTread is the leading shipping tech for heavy equipment, connected buyers

January 9, 2023

Autonomous is coming to… Aggregates

Short Summary: • Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is collaborating with Luck Stone to deploy autonomous solutions to the Bull Run Plant in Chantilly, Virginia.• Caterpillar

December 15, 2022

Deep Dive: United Rentals Acquisition of Ahern

Earlier this week, it was announced that United Rentals completed a $2B acquisition of Ahern Rentals. This is the heavyweight acquisition of 2022 in the

November 17, 2022

United Rentals acquires Ahern Rentals for $2B

United Rentals takes another major player off the competitive table…

November 14, 2022

Caterpillar Fuel Buyback Offer

The Genius of CAT Financial’s New “Fuel Buyback” Program

It was quiet and surprising.

One day, in the middle of May, Caterpillar (CAT Financial, technically) rolled out an industry first incentive – a “Fuel Buyback” Program.

June 8, 2022

Quarterly Quick Take – Oshkosh / JLG 2022 Q1

It’s the end of Q1 for JLG. The Heavy analyzes the investor call, and financial documents, for critical signals and trends across pricing, costs, supply chain issues, backlogs, acquisitions and more.

May 3, 2022

Quarterly Quick Take – Terex 2022 Q1

It’s the end of Q1 for Terex. The Heavy analyzes the investor call, and financial documents, for critical signals and trends across pricing, costs, supply chain issues, backlogs, acquisitions and more.

May 3, 2022

The Heavy – Just Launched. But What is It?

The next generation data and insights business for the equipment industry is here. Great…but what the heck does that mean?

May 3, 2022