Having the proper shop equipment isn’t only necessary for increasing efficiency and safety in your shop, but for finding and keeping the best technicians in the business, too. In WrenchWay’s 2023 Voice of Technician Survey, they found that 99% of responding diesel technicians ranked proper equipment as an important factor when looking for a job.
This means that having computers that haven’t been updated in years and unreliable lifts isn’t going to cut it. But budgeting for shop equipment is no easy feat either, especially when there’s enough overhead creep already putting stress on shop finances.
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To help you decide what to invest in throughout 2025, here’s a few new items you may have missed in the past year.
