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Rule 3: Skid steer O&O costs

Money never sleeps. If it isn’t making you money, it’s costing you money. If you buy stock in a company and after a few years it quits growing or paying dividends, you get rid of it. Right? The same is true of equipment. Letting equipment sit idle is like stashing money under a mattress. That’s […]

November 18, 2013

Roadbuilding

Case debuts SR210 skid steer at ICUEE

Case unveiled its SR210 radial-lift skid steer at the 2013 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE), October 1-3 in Louisville, Kentucky. The new machine replaces the popular SR200, our sister site, Equipment World, reports. The SR210 is powered by a 74-horsepower Tier 4 Final cooled exhaust gas recirculation engine with a particulate matter catalyst, […]

October 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

New Road Products

Asphalt rollers, a hydraulic calculator, a combicutter for heavy demolition and a positioning system are among the products featured.

September 7, 2011

Roadbuilding

New Road Products

Asphalt rollers, a hydraulic calculator, a combicutter for heavy demolition and a positioning system are among the products featured.

September 7, 2011

Maintenance

The owning and operating costs of compact wheel loaders

Depending on applications and usage patterns, many sharp-pencil contractors have found a lot of value in compact wheel loaders. To find out how these machines add up we asked David Steger, product manager at Takeuchi Manufacturing to run some numbers and tell us what contractors need to know when considering one. Steger recommended we base […]

March 2, 2011

Roadbuilding

JCB: 18 new skid steer models in 2011

JCB announced it would take the skid steer market head on with the introduction of 18 “price competitive” Series 3 models in 2011. According to John Patterson, deputy chairman, the company’s move from 8 to 18 skid steer models was driven by two factors: the desire to add vertical-lift models to the company’s previous radial-lift only line […]

November 8, 2010

Roadbuilding

Featured Article: The 2009 Top Rollouts

Throughout the year the editors of Better Roads review products new to the highway and bridge industries. We ask questions about their significance and whether they may change the way work gets done or bring new standards to an industry. Here is our list of the Top 20 Rollouts of the year.

December 1, 2009