Why???

[wedge40]

I love dreaming and looking at used equipment for sale. Not sure why it hit me, but at one time all industrial equipment was yellow? Why??? And even today most of still is.

Wedge

 

[ljohnson778]

My guess is visibility...

 

[MIKE R]

My guess is visibility...

I agree.

 

[don45640]

Yep! Just like school buses......but I'm guessing. don-ohio ^)

 

[J F]

Maybe yellow paint was cheaper?

 

[/pine]

"why" not post a bit of content in the title?...at least enough to give the reader enough information to know if they are interested in what you are...:thumbsup:

 

[oldnslo]

Only American brands are yellow. Look at Komatsu, Kubota, Kobelco, etc..

Agree american was either visibility or copying CAT.

 

[pjbci]

I've always heard JFK signed into law that all industrial equip must be painted yellow. I dunno if true or not.

 

[J F]

I heard Hoover designated blue (maybe it was a verb, though).

 

[firemech]

Maybe yellow paint was cheaper?

Can't comment on the new water based stuff but in the old Acrylic Enamel and Imeron days yellow and red were the most expensive and also most prone to fading. Spent 20 years specing and repairing fire trucks for a department that didn't seem to be able to decide between red and yellow. Spent lots of the taxpayers money changing colours

 

[J F]

That would prove my guess wrong.

 

[vtsnowedin]

State plow trucks in many states are painted "Omaha orange" for visability so the tax payers can complain anytime they see one parked down at the bar.
What's big and orange and sleeps three? -------------------A state plow truck!.

 

[mjarrels]

I know that VDOT (Virginia Departmant of Transportion) use to have all yellow equipment... Now all white, claim to save big $$$ with white over yellow. Government study... must be right? Or, maybe kickbacks?

mark

 

[ArtMech]

Here's the same if about new ones - industrial vehicles yellow, plow trucks orange.

 

[DT86]

I know that VDOT (Virginia Departmant of Transportion) use to have all yellow equipment... Now all white, claim to save big $$$ with white over yellow. Government study... must be right? Or, maybe kickbacks?

mark

I'm willing to bet the resale is better on white as well.

 

[Xfaxman]

"why" not post a bit of content in the title?...at least enough to give the reader enough information to know if they are interested in what you are...:thumbsup:

When I saw "Why???", I moved the pointer over it, this is displayed right there, "I love dreaming and looking at used equipment for sale. Not sure why it hit me, but at one time all industrial equipment was yellow? Why??? And....". That was enough for me to right click and open in new tab to read it.

It may work different on your browser, I use Crome.

 

[dmccarty]

Yellow hides the dirt sorta, kinda? :confused3:

Later,
Dan

 

[Western]

When I saw "Why???", I moved the pointer over it, this is displayed right there, "I love dreaming and looking at used equipment for sale. Not sure why it hit me, but at one time all industrial equipment was yellow? Why??? And....". That was enough for me to right click and open in new tab to read it.

It may work different on your browser, I use Crome.

:thumbsup: works on the Nightly beta I use and Firefox too...at least for me.

I think the color was originally for safety as already mentioned. For some equipment manufacturers it's almost a trademark,,IE Caterpillar.