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Contractor of the year finalist: Earth-Scrapes Excavating, Tucson, Ariz.
When Caterpillar asked Sean Leiber to be an equipment demonstrator/instructor at its Tinaja Hills proving grounds near Tucson, Arizona, Leiber knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime. So he pressed the pause button on the fledgling construction company he had recently founded. The unexpected job offer came after Leiber had begun purchasing equipment for […]
June 12, 2007
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First word: Easy prey
During a recent automobile trip to Atlanta, my travel companion, who owns a trucking business in our hometown, would interrupt our conversation to announce he had spotted one of his trucks moving down the interstate in the opposite direction. At one point during the three-and-a-half-hour trip, he saw one of his trailers being towed by […]
June 12, 2007
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Optimizing oil drain intervals
Many manufacturers of heavy equipment have changed their recommended oil drain service intervals from 250 to 500 hours in recent years. But the correct service intervals for your off-road equipment can change drastically depending on dozens of different variables. To prevent contractors from performing oil changes too early or too late, equipment OEMs and lube […]
June 12, 2007
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On Record: Sarah’s husband
If I ran the world, I would make “What We Didn’t Plan For,” by Sarah Bartlett in the January 2005 issue of Inc. magazine required reading for all small business owners. “It all started with a cough,” Sarah writes. Her husband John, an architect, had just dissolved a 10-year partnership to start his own company. […]
June 12, 2007
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First Word: Take your chances
Whether Punxsutawney Phil, the part-time meteorologist and full-time groundhog from Pennsylvania, sees his shadow or not this month, chances are business is slow for most contractors this time of year. Perhaps this short respite will allow more time for you to read Equipment World or attend trade shows or take a much-needed Caribbean cruise. For […]
June 12, 2007
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Contractor of the Year finalist: EcoTurf, Raleigh, North Carolina
There was a time when traveling around the country building golf courses was fun work for Andy Smith. Raised on a tobacco farm in North Carolina, Smith grew up working on and around power equipment but figured out early in life farming was essentially a break-even proposition. Working in various real estate sales and development […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Business Matters: The digital difference
A lot of heavy construction accounting is done by the seat of the pants. If you work in any craft or industry long enough you get a pretty good idea of what your costs are going to be on any given job. But in today’s marketplace, especially if you want to grow your company, pretty […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Productivity Guide: Hydraulic excavators >25 to 30 metric tons
There are no hard-and-fast acquisition rules for excavators, but if you’re a contractor in North America, odds are you cut your business teeth on machines in the 12- to 24-metric-ton classes. Once your business is established and growing, it’s likely you’ll begin to take on larger jobs or perhaps move into new applications that require […]
June 12, 2007
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Final Word
Having sent a son in uniform packing for Iraq 11 days before Christmas, I was heartened at the enthusiastic, supportive send-off he received from so many people at church and at our Monday morning meeting here at Randall Publishing. Almost everyone who shook his hand said that if he needed anything, just ask and they […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year finalist: Richard & Kevin Flack
Construction was always a way of life for Richard Flack and his son Kevin. Kevin even remembers helping his father put in a septic tank at age 12. By the late 1990s, both men were superintendents at the same construction company and came to a mutual decision: It was time to work for themselves. Their […]
June 12, 2007
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Maintenance/Management: Hiring, training and keeping technicians
If you are a construction company owner or manager, hiring your first equipment technician is a step not taken lightly. After all, servicing and repairing machinery is not how you make money. And most of today’s equipment dealers offer such comprehensive maintenance and extended warranty packages you could run equipment for years and never have […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance lessons from the mining industry
Mining machines are the giants among giants – trucks with 13-foot-tall tires, dozers with 850-horsepower engines and shovels that gobble up 50 cubic yards with a single bite. This equipment is so big and expensive it has to be managed with a precision and rigor that rivals the engineering efforts at NASA. Many of the […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Forecast: Rolling into 2005 feels a little like 1999 for our contractor respondents
Unlike last fall’s uncertainty, contractors responding to our 2005 forecast have a firmer foundation of optimism going into next year. To get a snapshot of the level of good feeling out there, just compare the number of contractor respondents predicting a business increase this year compared with those doing the same in gangbuster 1999. In […]
June 12, 2007
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The pressure’s on: Hydrostatic transmissions
There’s nothing new about the principles of hydraulics – using a fluid under pressure to accomplish some type of work. That much even the ancient Romans knew. But in the past few years, advances in manufacturing techniques and materials have allowed hydraulic component makers to lower the weight, reduce the size and increase the performance […]
June 12, 2007
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Mike Nadeau, Shonna Nadeau, Jeff Rehder — BNR Excavating, Hastings, Minnesota
It was the winter of 1996 and Mike Nadeau and Jeff Rehder had just been laid off their jobs working for a large commercial site developer. Realizing they needed to create their own opportunity the two teamed up with another partner – someone they’ve since bought out – and started BNR Excavating. The first order […]
June 12, 2007
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John Hill — John Hill Engineering & Construction, Canyon Country, California
After years of looking at banking spreadsheets, John Hill came to a heartfelt decision: He didn’t want to be an accountant anymore. Shortly before his conclusion Hill had saved enough money to get a house – but only if he built it himself. “Whenever I wasn’t working at the bank, I was building the house,” […]
June 12, 2007
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Equipment financing options
New jobs often bring new equipment needs, and that means putting pencil to paper and matching the productive capacity of the machine to whatever mountain needs moving. But there is one more calculation you have to make before you buy that machine. The type of financing you choose can have a bigger impact on your […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year finalist: Larry Lafollette, Lafollette Excavating, Strafford, Missouri.
To Larry Lafollette, Lafollette Excavating, life doesn’t get much better than this. He’s doing the type of work he enjoys best – utility and site development jobs requiring lots of face time with his clients – and he’s getting to do it with his two sons, Brad, 29, and Eric, 25. “That’s my version of […]
June 12, 2007
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