Safety Watch: Best practices when driving machines on...

Safety

Posted by Amy Materson on Jun 03, 2013

The Accident The owner of a small construction company that performed excavation work was preparing to backfill a pond. He had ...

Next-generation engine oil a vital part of heavy-duty...

Equipment

Posted by Jack Roberts on Jun 03, 2013

If recent announcements from truck manufacturers are any indication, the next generation of heavy-duty truck models and engines will be ...

Tier 4 news roundup from Bauma 2013

Equipment

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 03, 2013

The deadlines for Tier 4 Final engines 75 to 750 horsepower kick in next year. So this year all the ...

Big dozer features move to smaller 105- to 210-hp...

Equipment

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jun 03, 2013

Big machines often see upgrades and new technology first, since the cost of introducing these features represents a lower percentage ...

Quick data 6/13: Graders

Equipment

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jun 03, 2013

How to convince your boss (or spouse) that you need to...

Equipment

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jun 03, 2013

ConExpo-Con/Agg: Learning intensified. Our reader research throughout the years ranks trade shows relatively low as one of the ways you ...

Be prepared to answer these 9 questions when renting an...

Business

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jun 03, 2013

Rental compressors come in a variety of sizes,including single tool air compressors, and compressors large enough to power rock ...

Construction University eases transition from jobsite...

Business

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on May 03, 2013

It’s a common story: After working in construction awhile—sometimes with family, sometimes not—a guy or gal wants to strike out ...

HDD contractor Scott Kelly’s “Journey to Elite”...

Business

Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 01, 2013

"This is not the business for us.” That’s what Scott Kelly remembers thinking in 1995, the first time he saw horizontal ...

Safety Watch: Secure yourself in the event of a machine...

Safety

Posted by Amy Materson on May 01, 2013

The accident A worker was operating a compactor on a dirt ramp as part of a highway expansion. While she was ...