Hydraquip Corporation serves many southern states from several locations.  But on Nov 10 2005,  these folks really stepped up for their Grand Opening of the newest Eaton / Aeroquip Express Hose Center.  We've never been to a finer presentation, and even the Mayor of Tulsa came out to join in the festivities, tour the facility, see products from the many specialty vendors and address the crowd.  Apparently, they all learned that he was officially elected on the same day back in 2002 that Hydraquip opened their original Tulsa location.
 
The weatherman really cooperated and once customers started arriving, competition on the Tire Change Game was continuous - and fierce.  Even the Mayor's assistant got to the top of the ladies board for awhile.  But Josie, who stood no taller than the clock, beat all other ladies' butts with a sub-eight second pass.  Shane thought he had the men's side handled until Ben whistled off a 6.72.  Staffer Kevin Marquis who had previously won our events at EATON conventions in Dallas and Nashville kept raising the bar as others got better, and near the end of the day, he polished them all off with an impressive 5.94.
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Competition was close in all classes
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Hydraquip staffer Kevin Marquis
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Josie may not stand tall but she rose to the top
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One of the nicest presentations we've attended
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Rusty's NASCAR Dodge is always popular with the crowd
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Tulsa Mayor and his assistant Linda - fastest at this time
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We thought Shane had won

Many thanks to Kevin for the help in getting us there, and to all the staff for making us feel so welcome.  We're glad to have been a part of their day, which I'm sure will be remembered by all as a great success.

Here is the survey form they filled out after the event. Survey

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