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