MOJITO!

Headed up to Minnesota to check out two of McQuay's factories. The trip was made possible by the boys from ACES, Scott and Patrick.

Day 1
I pulled an all nighter the night before flying back from Colorado so I was a little tired by the time we rolled into the hotel. We met up for drinks before dinner and I was the last person there. Everyone was pounding drinks when I got there so they were starting to feel pretty good. Dinner was next door in the Mall of America. Good eats, for sure. After dinner, we headed back to the bar for some more drinks. Stan continued to drink a different kind of liquor with every drink he ordered. Little did we know how much we'd be talking about one of Stan's drink selections, the now infamous MOJITO. There were endless amounts of references made the next day to Stan's mojito. Stan was a good sport about it and took it in stride.

Day 2
Getting up and out of the hotel by 7:30 was a little tricky. Breakfast was a blur and the 45 min ride to the factory provided some much needed sleep. After watching a quick video in the McQuay office, we headed into the RTU factory. WOW! It was amazing to see how these units are built. We got to make a loop around the factory and see each phase of the process. We even got to check out the fairly new "Maverick" unit. They were testing one unit before shipping it out and I could barely tell it was running while standing beside it. It's a pretty stout unit. After lunch we headed to the other factory where they make the air handlers. We got a better look here how the coils are made, each fitting at a time. The coolest thing was seeing the the foam filled panels and getting to hold one. It was heavier than I thought and super strong. I hope the rest of the industry makes foam inject panels a standard in the near future.

All in all, I was impressed with the quality of the McQuay units. I definitely feel comfortable specifying McQuay in the future.