Wheeler Machinery Co. celebrated 60 years in business in November with an afternoon visit from Utah Gov. Gary Herbert at the company’s Salt Lake City headquarters. Wheeler has been a fixture in the Utah construction and mining marketplace as the exclusive dealer and service center for Caterpillar equipment.
Current company president Rob Campbell led the governor on a short tour of Wheeler’s repair and service shop. Herbert watched as technicians in the company’s Component Rebuild Center tested a massive generator used to provide back-up power for facilities, including those at the U.S. Dept. of Defense. The governor then took a test-drive on some Caterpillar equipment in Wheeler’s demonstration area. “It is amazing what we can accomplish with this kind of equipment,” he said.