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Cover Story: Tracked asphalt pavers
It’s not exactly a revolution. But contractors engaged in highway-class asphalt paving with units 40,000 pounds and over are definitely experiencing significant changes in the way they do business. The old “blow-and-go” approach that defined this paving niche for so many years is now giving way to a slower, more methodical paving method with a […]
June 12, 2007
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Compact Focus: Compact directional drills
The move into the compact directional drill market is a natural one for contractors in the plowing and trenching business. Compact HDD units can be used to install drop work, gas service, water lines, fiber-optic cables or other utilities from the curb to a house or small business, and there’s an obvious synergy with trenching […]
June 12, 2007
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Cover Story: 2006 Class 7 and 8 conventional trucks
Should you buy a new truck next year? The short answer is yes. As 2005 lurches to an end, be aware recent natural disasters, fuel and raw material shortages, as well as tighter diesel engine emissions regulations coming in January 2007 will lead to truck shortages and increased retail prices in the latter part of […]
June 12, 2007
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Compact Focus: Compact rubber track loaders
Compact rubber track loaders obviously share common design and performance points with skid steers. Savvy contractors know both machines have their places on jobsites. Each can be used in landscaping, site prep, homebuilding, utility and general excavation applications. “Compact rubber track loaders excel in wet conditions,” explains Gregg Zupancic, product marketing manager, skid steers and […]
June 12, 2007
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Truck Management: Optimizing your fleet
Perhaps the most crucial aspect of owning and operating a fleet of construction trucks is ensuring you have the right types of vehicles on your jobsites at all times. Sometimes, this is easy to do: Manufacturers offer a myriad of truck sizes, models and configurations to meet most roles, from a foreman’s heavy-duty pickup, to […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Productivity Guide: Compact wheel loaders
The evolution of compact construction machinery has given contractors the ability to fine-tune many of their earthmoving operations. Compact wheel loaders in the 60- to
June 12, 2007
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Compact Focus: Skid-steer loaders up to <1,600 pounds
Lately more contractors are beginning to see solid, bottom-line benefits to owning or renting smaller pieces of equipment. For that reason, the smallest of skid steers – those classes up to
June 12, 2007
Business
Truck Management: Truck News
Mack celebrates 100 years in Lehigh Valley In 1900, John Mack and his brothers hammered together their first commercial vehicle – a sight-seeing bus. That bus went on to log more than 1 million miles before retiring. And 100 years ago, in June 1905, the success of the Mack brothers’ commercial trucks led them to […]
June 12, 2007
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Compact Focus: Excavators >1.5 to 2 metric tons
Question: What earth-moving system were compact excavators in the >1.5-to-2-metric-ton class designed to replace? Answer: About six adult men with shovels and a wheelbarrow. That tells you all you need to know about the appropriate applications for these small but powerful earthmovers. In some cases, notes Keith Rohrbacker, product specialist, Kubota Tractor, compact excavators in […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Utility Construction: Fiber to the home
Long-haul, cross-country fiber-optic cable installation proved to be a boon for underground construction contractors back in the ’90s. The boom turned into a bust, though, when the economy went south and the big investors couldn’t put together enough capital to hook up what the industry called “the last mile” of cable. But last year a […]
June 12, 2007
Business
First Word: The mother of invention
In no situation is the old adage about time and money more pertinent than with a construction schedule. When a contractor needs a particular machine on a specific job, he will sometimes take drastic means to get it. This was pointed out to me recently in a conversation I had with Donnie Wiggins, general manager […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Last Page: How not to succeed in construction
Equipment World editors spend a lot of time interviewing and writing about our Contractor of the Year finalists and in the process become enjoyably immersed in their success stories. But not every construction company is a success or a great place to work. Coming back from our Contractor of the Year banquet in Las Vegas […]
June 12, 2007
Business
On Record: Around the table
It was understandable if they were a bit apprehensive. They’d just sat down in a U formation with a microphone placed squarely in front of them. This was the first time all 12 contractors vying to be the 2005 Equipment World Contractor of the Year had met each other. There was some quiet sizing up […]
June 12, 2007
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Contractor of the Year: Duke Long, Interstate Sawing, West Bend, Wisconsin
During his 12-year stint as a concrete cutter working for another company, Duke Long would practice a mind game. “Every time I stepped out of a truck on a job, I pretended it was my business and my job,” he says. The fantasy only went so far, however. When he was 33 years old, Long […]
June 12, 2007
Business
On record: Step back
Here are two scary words for you: strategic planning. Or it could be they’re not so much scary as remote. Strategic planning is for the big guys, not someone like you with fewer than 30 employees. You’re busy from sunup until past sundown making sure you meet all your commitments – especially those to your […]
June 12, 2007
Business
First word: Extreme makeover for insurance
The cost of insurance is one of the most worrisome subjects in our industry, and indeed has been in the No. 1 worry listed by respondents to Equipment World’s past three reader profile studies. Making the books balance and beating a sales budget are hard enough without getting blindsided by a huge price increase on […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Last Page: Will Internet phone service affect the trenchless industry?
The trenchless industry could soon be threatened by the simple concept of mobility. That is, if voice over Internet protocol, or “VoIP,” continues its disruptive charge into the communications market. Rapidly growing VoIP companies like Vonage, Teleo and Skype are attempting to trump traditional telephone service – and its many switching stations and miles of […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year Finalist: Jim Schier, Schier Construction Company
Why work? For Jim Schier, president of Schier Construction, it was just part of his nature to build things. As a child he obsessed over building blocks and erector sets, a fascination that eventually led to a career in construction. But after 25 years of running his own company what seems to motivate Schier today […]
June 12, 2007
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