How D.H. Griffin Maintains 1,700+ Pieces of Equipment Using Stellar® Products

06.23.26

DH Griffin employee standing in front of a TMAX2 with a 12621 crane

When the D.H. Griffin Wrecking Company was founded in 1959, they used only hand tools. Today, D.H. Griffin Companies use more than 1,700 pieces of equipment to handle a vast range of infrastructure, grading, dairy, asbestos removal, construction, building and demolition projects. Every day that equipment takes a beating in tough working conditions, and every day D.H. Griffin depends on Stellar solutions to keep its equipment up and running.

“We have at least 13 trucks outfitted with Stellar Service Cranes,” says Dwight Lowder, Master Technical Advisor for D.H. Griffin. “We use them daily. With our big equipment, there’s a lot of parts to lift. With Stellar, we have a crane right there that can handle big jobs. We don’t have to rent a crane – we’ve got one right on the truck.”

Ensuring Uptime with Stellar

D.H. Griffin has multiple projects happening daily throughout Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Tennessee and Alabama, and keeping every project on schedule requires working equipment. “Wherever we get jobs, that’s where our field guys go,” notes James Akin, Field Service Manager for D. H. Griffin. “We use the Stellar cranes every day for field repairs. We run the 12,000-pound Stellar cranes on most of our trucks, and they come in handy because we deal with a lot of heavy attachments.”

D.H. Griffin Heavy Field Technician Mason Apple agrees. “I recommend Stellar cranes. They’ve helped me in several pinches and gotten me out of many predicaments. They’ve never let me down. They lift up what I need to lift up and they’re just the best helping hand.”

Made for Work. Built for You.

The D.H. Griffin team appreciates their Stellar TMAX™ Mechanic Trucks and Hydraulic Service Cranes because they’re built for real-world needs. They work with Stellar distributor Carolina Environmental Systems to get their trucks configured just right.

“We want what’s the best in the market and what our customers can rely on,” explains Christine King, Outside Business Developer for Carolina Environmental Systems. “Stellar is known as a top-notch brand for service trucks, the one you go to if you want a durable body that’s going to last two or three chassis. With Stellar, they think about every single thing that the technician’s going to have day to day and make sure everything lines up perfectly.”

Reliable Equipment. Reliable Service.

What D.H. Griffin also appreciates about Stellar is the support they receive. “The equipment is incredibly reliable,” says Lowder, “but what sets Stellar above the rest is parts availability. That’s where it matters, and Stellar is a home run there.”

“They’ve been there for us every time,” adds King. “Whenever we need to make sure a customer is taken care of, Stellar comes through.”