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Hammers/breakers — 5,000 to 7,000 pounds
Busting up reinforced concrete or hard rock is a pretty straightforward demolition application. If you’re tasked with concrete or rock removal on your jobsite, hammers and breakers in the 5,000- to 7,000-pound classes are the ideal attachment choice, particularly if you use excavators between 25 and 45 metric tons. Hammer and breaker attachments are built […]
June 12, 2007
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Dave & Kerri Heyl — Heyl Country Excavating and Construction
“Go west, young man.” Heeding Horace Greeley’s directive more than 100 years after it was given, 19-year-old Dave Heyl boarded a Greyhound bus in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and made a miserable 48-hour trip to the Eagle/Vail, Colorado, area. Wife and business partner Kerri Heyl now says with a laugh: “He never wanted to […]
June 12, 2007
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Jeff O’Risky — O’Risky Excavating, Evansville, Indiana
Jeff O’Risky had a stable factory job and two young children in 1997 when he had a chance to buy a small excavating business and its only piece of construction equipment – a 1980 bulldozer. The decision wasn’t an easy one. “I kept saying to myself, ‘I’ve got a nice job and I’m going to […]
June 12, 2007
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Renting trench safety
When it comes to creating a safe working environment in trenches, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Which is perhaps the leading reason why close to 75 percent of the trench safety systems in use today are rented, says Steve Schulz, national sales manager, Speed Shore. “Contractors have taken to renting these systems because it’s become […]
June 12, 2007
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Compact backhoe loaders: 9-foot dig depths and under
Compact backhoes are now commonplace in utility markets – most noticeably used by plumbing and electrical contractors. Their size and power is perfect for maneuvering in tight surroundings. Their hydraulic power allows the use of hammers, augers and other attachments, while their ability to dig 9-foot-deep trenches up to 36 inches wide is ideal for […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Chicago rents: How the Windy City took control of its equipment rental costs
When you have 40 different departments that use rental equipment from more than 40 different vendors, it soon becomes clear that rental is a process that must be managed. “It was getting to the point that our relationships with rental suppliers had become confrontational,” says Matt Quinn, who has served as Chicago’s rental manager since […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Cold Planers
Twelve years ago, Terry Leber was a specialty contractor doing nothing but asphalt milling and cold planing. “Back when I was in the business, it was an immature market,” he says. “The equipment was changing radically every year. There were dramatic price changes and improvements and the industry was dominated by milling subcontractors.” Today, Leber […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Hydraulic excavators: >12 to 14 metric tons
Hydraulic excavators in the >12 to 14 metric tons classes are the first “big” machines available to contractors in most manufacturers’ lineups. Because they’re not high-volume earthmovers, these size excavators find themselves employed in extremely varied applications. They are most popular among utility contractors who use them for trenching and pipelaying operations. But they can […]
June 12, 2007
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Maintenance management: The brave new world of online equipment auctions
Contractors in the past could hardly be faulted for their reluctance to buy used equipment through Internet auctions. Given the cost of the equipment and its mechanical complexity, few contractors early on jumped into the game with both boots. But in the past two years the weaker players in the online marketplace folded. The companies […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Update: Oregon’s voluntary diesel retrofit program fails to capture industry imagination
July, 2001: As reported on equipmentworld.com, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), in conjunction with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Trucking Association, held a conference in Tourtdale, Oregon, to highlight the state’s voluntary diesel retrofit program. Although Oregon environmental activists noted that upcoming emissions mandates in 2002 continuing through 2010 would create […]
June 12, 2007
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United Rentals’ Brad Jacobs
The late 1990s were rental’s heyday – news of a rental buyout or merger seemed to arrive daily. Even so, when United Rentals bought U.S. Rentals in 1998 it was the definition of Big News. In less than a year after it had been formed, United Rentals had shot to the top of the rental […]
June 12, 2007
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Productivity guide: Telehandlers — 6,000 pounds lift, with reach heights from 30 to 42 feet
Gauging productivity for telehandlers is difficult due to the paradoxical nature of their work. Clearly, reducing cycle times and achieving faster boom speeds is a plus for other machines. But manufacturers shy away from such comparisons with telehandlers. Because these machines work with heavy payloads at extreme heights, slow, precise movements are a plus. “Safety […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Interview: Terex’s Ron DeFeo
Ron DeFeo, chairman, CEO and president of Terex, is known to have his share of opinions. Direct, blunt, sometimes feisty, he’s taken the company from a time when “we didn’t have two nickels to rub together” as he puts it, to a $3.5 billion player in the construction equipment business. “I can remember during my […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance management: Oil sampling & analysis
Would you spend $10 to prevent a major overhaul on a quarter-million dollar machine? In a capital-intensive business like heavy construction, returns on investments are important and there is no other activity or service procedure in your fleet management that can save you as much money for so little up-front cost than oil sampling. Whether […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Update: Australian contractor renews efforts to prove heated-belt paving concept
September 2000: A better way to pave was “Under the Microscope” as Australian contractor Pioneer Road Services conducted initial performance trials of its HIPAC asphalt compactor. Raymond Rollings, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterways Experiment Station geotechnical laboratory, called the HIPAC “the most revolutionary thing in asphalt compaction since vibratory […]
June 12, 2007
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Contractor of the Year finalist: Dean and Ralph Studer, Studer Construction, Billings, Montana
Perhaps the logo of Studer Construction says it all. First, it’s the same logo the fathers of cousins Dean Studer Jr. and Ralph Studer used when they had their own business, one the two brothers sold out in 1982. And if you look closely, you’ll see the initials “RJS” on the logo, added by Dean […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Lifecycles: Curb-and-gutter machines
Properly maintained you can keep these machines going for more than a decade, but improvements in technology are changing the lifecycle equations almost yearly Unlike earthmoving equipment, which gets pushed to its limits every day, concrete curb-and-gutter machines have a relatively easy life. Their engines don’t strain hard and their tracks or wheels ride at […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Selection Guide: Construction Trucks
October has passed. The new engines are here, and the world didn’t fall off its axis. Many thought that the tough emissions deadline last month would preclude any non-powertrain innovation on the part of truck manufacturers. They were wrong. In addition to significant upgrades industry-wide, two manufacturers recently launched brand new vehicle platforms. Here’s what […]
June 12, 2007
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