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IDA Universal, VOLUME 27, ISSUE 5, November-December, 2007

"No short cuts." This is the mantra that has catapulted Tech Hydraulics's attachment division, Gorilla Hammers, from a vision to a major contender in the hydraulic hammer and attachment market.
"My father started the family business in the 1940s by repairing gas pumps and other petroleum delivery equipment. My big brother took over at the age of seventeen when my father passed away suddenly. He expanded products and services to offer hydraulic and pneumatic sales and repairs to the automotive, industrial and mobile equipment markets. When my brother Joe left in 1979 to pursue a career in auctioneering, we incorporated as Tech Hydraulics and continued to expand product lines and services in response to the demand of our customers."
In the late 1990s, Bob saw an emerging trend in the construction industry as a strong growth opportunity that would take advantage of the company's hydraulic expertise. Bob explains,
"An increasingly dense population and far more stringent controls since 9/11 had dealt a severe blow to the blasting industry. At this time, New England was experiencing rapid development of residential and commercial real estate. These factors combined with the area's geologically rocky makeup rendered the hydraulic hammer an essential tool in the construction industry.

We repaired them for years but demand really began to build around the year 2000. Our problem was that if units were un-repairable, we had to refer sales to other outlets."
In response, Bob decided to launch a new division of the company. Called "Gorilla Hammers", it would be dedicated solely to providing superior hydraulic hammers as well as the parts and service to support all makes and models.
This new venture would require retraining employees, acquiring new service and technical tools, securing new vendors and stocking a much more expensive product. With all there was to do with just sales and marketing for the new venture, Bob needed logistical and operational support.
He called upon his nephew, Joseph Tedesco, to fill the role. "Joe had impressed me from childhood with his personal discipline, optimism and ability to learn anything quickly. His broad educational background and diverse work history made him a natural choice for such an undertaking."
A short four years after Joe was brought on as a partner, Bob's vision for Gorilla Hammers has grown by leaps and bounds. Joe explains, "In our infancy, we were buying from middle merchants, stocking only the essential products and struggling to make a name for ourselves locally. Gorilla Hammers now purchases primarily from manufacturers in Germany, Italy and Korea and stocks a two million dollar inventory of hydraulic breaker tools and parts for all makes and models. We also added a rental fleet of excavators equipped with hydraulic hammers and built strong national sales spearheaded by our website. Globally, we have sold hammers and parts throughout the entire Western Hemisphere and recently began trading with Western Europe and Africa.

Most recently we have introduced our own "Gorilla Hydraulic Breaker" line of hydraulic hammers. These breakers have been utilized in our rental fleet for over five years and for each one sold, we stock a complete inventory of wear components to minimize customers' downtime. Our direct involvement with the manufacturer allows us to control the product better, match prices with any legitimate competitor and offer an attractive package our dealers can profit from."
In addition to strong marketing and aggressive vendor sourcing, Gorilla Hammers has taken great pains to ensure that its customers receive the best service and technical expertise the industry has to offer.
Its service facility's employees alone possess over sixty years of hydraulic experience. Each hydraulic hammer they rebuild is run on a state-of-the-art test stand. In addition to their ability to finance large hammer repairs, Gorilla Hammers also offers a large stock of rebuilt and guaranteed "0 hour" hydraulic hammers of various makes and models for sale.
Gorilla Hammers' rental fleet rarely supplies operators for its hammer-equipped excavators. Hence, their hammers must operate in the most abusive and neglectful environment available. This provides for the most rigorous field testing available for all of Gorilla Hammers' products. Additionally, it allows them to see the pitfalls of hydraulic breaker usage through the eyes of a site contractor.
Finally, any employee entrusted with selling their hydraulic breakers is required to spend time in the field and service facility and is able to walk a customer through basic hydraulic hammer maintenance and troubleshooting as well as installation.
Bob is quick to point out the key element distinguishing Gorilla Hammers from its competitors: "Most hydraulic hammer outlets sell the hammer as an afterthought to their primary product, be it a backhoe, mini or excavator. To our company, the hydraulic hammer or breaker is our marquis product and we treat it accordingly."
"We will not take any shortcuts in providing hydraulic hammers, parts or service. We will decline any sale where we feel our hammer or part will not perform reliably and safely in the customer's application. We pledge to provide the customer with a superior hydraulic hammer, the parts and service to support all makes and models and the technical knowledge and expertise required to achieve the longest service life possible."
This mantra has led to Tech Hydraulics' Gorilla Division doubling its annual sales over the last four years alone. We hope their passion for their product and refusal to compromise leads to continued success.

Cover Story Construction Journal Magazine, September, 24, 2005 Built on Tech Hydraulics 29 years of hydraulic experience, the Gorilla division was formed to cater to the needs of the booming hydraulic hammer market. Gorilla's warehouse boasts over a million dollar inventory of heavy demolition tools to fit every hammer in the marketplace. The Gorilla division offers a rebuilding service and wear parts to fit all makes and model of hydraulic breakers. Gorilla's rental fleet features New England's #1 hammer, Rockblaster, available from 1,000 to 10,000 ft. lbs. of impact force. Gorilla's attachment service plumbs machines for hammers, thumbs, grapples, compactors, shears and pulverizers.

Tech Hydraulics Expands New England Construction Magazine, 2003 Larger facility, staff, product lines and services mark operations as 25th anniversary nears. Tech Hydraulics, known to contractors, public works officials and industrial customers for its design, manufacture and servicing of hydraulic components, has forged dramatic changes in its operations in recent years to accommodate demand and marketplace conditions.

Tech Hydraulics moved to this larger facility    in Randolph and then doubled the staff.

As the company approaches its 25th anniversary, founder Robert "Bobby T" Tedesco reflected on some of the transformations that have taken place since he established Tech Hydraulics in Quincy, Mass., in 1979. "We had six employees working in a 5,000-square-foot facility in Quincy, and we simply outgrew it because of increasing business volume," he said. "We moved to this 15,000-square-foot shop and headquarters in Randolph about four years ago, and since then have doubled our staff to meet the needs of customers. We've also acquired some new lines - notably, RockBlaster hammers, Gorilla tool bits and Hyundai construction equipment."

Robert Tedesco, founder, Joseph Tedesco, partner, display Gorilla banner.

The company president has also taken on a new partner, nephew Joseph "Joe" Tedesco III, who is an attorney. "It's been exciting to join the team here at Tech Hydraulics," Joe said. "This is a great time to be part of a growing company with skilled people and top-notch products and services." RockBlaster products are being marketed under the newly established Gorilla division of Tech hydraulics. Manufactured in Italy with a North American office in New York, RockBlaster products include the RB series of hammers with energy outputs ranging from 225 to 10,000

foot-pounds. Tech Hydraulics is the exclusive New England distributor for RockBlaster, which also produces RB Pile Compactors and RB Quick Couplers.

In addition to selling and servicing RockBlaster products, the Gorilla Division repairs and services hydraulic hammers made by more than a dozen manufacturers including Allied, Atlas Capco, Indeco, BTI, Kent, NPK, Okada, Rammer, Rockram, Tramac, and others. As part of its new products, the Randolph firm distributes Gorilla U.S.-made replacement demolition bits to fit any hammer. While Tech Hydraulics has been repairing hammers of all types for the past decade, its recent venture into selling hammers arose from the realization that they were passing up revenues.

Company has fully equipped machine shop for manufacturing   and repair work.

"We had all these customers bringing in hammers for repairs," said Bobby. "but when a customer decided to stop spending money on an old hammer and buy a new one, we had no hammer to sell him. Each time this happened, it was a lost opportunity for us to make a sale. I finally decided to start looking for a line of hammers that I'd feel comfortable selling." "After months of searching for and investigating many different types of hammers, we looked into the RockBlaster line. We found RockBlaster to be a rugged, reliable, high-quality product, easy to service and readily available. The manufacturer has a huge warehouse inventory of whole hammers and parts and the ability to ship immediately." "If one of our customers had an emergency and needed a hammer or a part on his jobsite tomorrow morning, we could call RockBlaster this afternoon and their representative, Rick Tegtmeier, would make sure the product was on the jobsite the next morning. That kind of service is priceless."

Worker Donny Feritas uses attachment simulator to test fluid flow in a Kent hammer mounted on a Hyundai Robex 180 excavator.

Contractor R. Franchi uses a RockBlaster hammer provided by Gorilla to break up boulders at a condominium development.

Employee Andy Read uses a TCM forklift to move Gorilla replacement bits.

Another new venture for Tech Hydraulics was taking on the Hyundai line: "We worked out an agreement with Baker Tractor Corp. of Swansea, Mass." said Bobby. "Under the agreement, we are a satellite for Baker to sell and service Hyundai construction equipment in the Metropolitan Boston area. We carry the full line of both wheel loaders and excavators." The Gorilla Division and Hyundai dealership often compliment each other. For example, a contractor requiring a hydraulic hammer for a site full of boulders can rent not only the RockBlaster hammer, but the appropriately sized Hyundai excavator to wield the tool as well. Although sales and services provided by the Gorilla Division and Hyundai dealership are increasing rapidly, the mainstay of Tech Hydraulics' business is still the design, manufacturer and repair of cylinders, pumps, motors, valves, and other hydraulics-based equipment and machines. In connection with this, the company has sophisticated testing and analytical instruments and a completely outfitted machine shop for manufacturing cylinder, rod and barrel components to meet any OEM specifications. Another important service is the design and installation of hydraulic kits for construction equipment attachments. These include custom-built systems to hydraulically power breakers, compactors, thumbs, shears and crushers. "For nearly 25 years, we've been offering customers our unique hydraulic design, manufacturing and repair services," Bobby T said. "Now we can offer them high-quality construction equipment and tool lines as well - all from one source." "As the industry changes we'll continue to look for and develop new products and services to remain competitive and meet he needs of these customers."

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