Universal Truck Equipment hosted its open house event in Galesville, Wis., on May 14, 2025. Featured at the event in addition to the Universal Truck Equipment facility and staff were platinum sponsors KAGE Innovation, Force America, Hiniker, Dave Syverson Truck Centers, Swenson, Hancock & Robinson, Henderson, Rihm Kenworth and ABL.
The open house showcased trucks from more than 40 municipalities and businesses across the state — all of which are Universal Truck Equipment customers. These trucks were used to highlight many of the products on display manufactured by Universal and the vendors on-site for the roughly 550 attendees and vendors.
Kage Innovation, known for its wide variety of snowplows for skid steers, wheel loaders and tractors, highlighted two of its most popular products for municipal plows — the AdvantEDGE sectional cutting edge and the WingLaser plow guide.
The AdvantEDGE mounts to any snowplow with a universal highway punch and converts the existing blade into one that contours to crowns and wheel depressions while accommodating obstacles like manhole covers. It also increases the lifespan of the cutting edge and reduces noise in the cab of the truck through even pressure of the cutting edge.
The WingLine mounts to the inside of the windshield and projects a visual reference point in front of the truck for the path of wing plows deployed on the side of these plow trucks to reduce both operator fatigue and damage done to obstacles like mailboxes and guardrails by the wing plows.
