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Class 8 dump trucks
Heavy-duty dump truck productivity is dependent on many factors, but ultimately easy to ascertain. If a truck is properly equipped for the application at hand, staged correctly once it’s on a jobsite, leaves with a full load and returns quickly for another, odds are it’s making you money. A good dump truck operation depends on […]
June 12, 2007
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Case 850K dozer
Hydrostatic drive dozers have become the norm, but Case Construction Equipment engineers were unconvinced that hydrostatic powertrains could provide contractors with Case’s traditional strength: its PowerTurn steering system, which allows operators to carry a full blade of dirt through a direction change. And Case customers were clear on that point as well: If the company […]
June 12, 2007
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Freightliner unveils new look, automated medium-duty transmission
Freightliner announced several upgrades to its medium- and heavy-duty truck product lines late last month at a Las Vegas press conference. Foremost among these changes were exterior modifications to its Century Class S/T heavy-duty tractor, including a newly styled hood, grille and bumper. The new front end builds on previous Freightliner styling cues while giving […]
June 12, 2007
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Compact excavators: 1.5 to 2 metric tons
There was a time when American contractors looked on compact excavators with suspicion. To an older generation that cut its teeth on big iron, compact equipment – compact excavators especially – seemed like toys. Compact equipment manufacturers will tell you that attitude has largely passed, and the numbers reflect that: This year, according to Equipment […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Update: ‘Graduation day’ for mentor/prot
December 2000: The idea is simple: pair small, women- or minority-owned construction companies with larger, more established firms. Through a formal working relationship, a mentor from the larger firm offers business guidance to the owners of the up-and-coming company. The hoped-for result: a higher-than-average survival rate for the protégé companies. Ron Stempel, who served as […]
June 12, 2007
Business
The EPA and your fleet
Part II: The diesel police have spoken, the deadline for cleaner on-highway engines is here and while the process has been chaotic, the sky has not fallen. As of October 1, if you buy on-highway trucks – haul trucks for your equipment, vocational trucks such as dump trucks or cement mixers or any road-licensed diesel-powered […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Equipment lifecycles: Wheel loaders
Perhaps no other machine in a construction fleet demands as wide a range of torque output as the wheel loader with its grunt-and-run operation. And while this used to mean inexperienced operators could waste fuel, burn up the brakes and shock load the drivetrain, the current generation of wheel loaders eliminates or reduces many of […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance Management: Fleet managers tell it like it is
You’re charged with the care and feeding of millions of dollars of yellow iron. You have to know the equipment as well as any technician, crunch numbers like an accountant, lead and motivate those under you, communicate effectively with those above you, negotiate like a bulldog and keep the equipment running in the face of […]
June 12, 2007
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Equipment Lifecycles: Asphalt pavers
Unlike most earthmoving equipment, asphalt pavers wrestle with a highly abrasive material. And they don’t just move asphalt mixtures – they push, shove, heat, flatten and smooth it using a long chain of interdependent subsystems. One break in the chain and you’ve got a non-functional paver and truckloads of hot asphalt with nowhere to go. […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Cover Story: Tandem, smooth-drum vibratory compactors, 2.5 to 3 metric tons
Compact rollers are essential for residential and urban asphalt and soil compaction jobs. Machines in the 2.5-to-3-metric-ton class are also large enough to tackle jobs beyond parking lots, street and driveway work. They can be used effectively in light highway applications such as grade work or ramp compaction. In recent years, compact rollers, once basic […]
June 12, 2007
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Reporter: Allied celebrates 60th
From its start manufacturing Grip-Lug grouser replacements out of discarded railroad rails during the middle of World War II, Allied Construction Products has grown to its current product offering of attachments, earth-piercing tools and trench safety equipment. It also still makes Grip-Lugs, which are welded to worn undercarriage grousers. But the core product for the […]
June 12, 2007
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First Word: Business and family values
Is a good work ethic a genetic trait? And do family-run businesses have an advantage over others? Everything I’ve seen seems to indicate a can-do attitude and a capacity for hard work run in families. Here at Randall Publishing our ever-capable and always-upbeat administrative assistant Dixie Miller also happens to be the mother of three […]
June 12, 2007
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First Word: One-to-one, past and present
Several years ago, the book, “The One-to-One Future,” by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, became required reading for those of us in the media business. The book emphasizes business on a one-to-one basis in a world that has gravitated too much toward the mass marketing approach of selling goods and services. Today, fast, easy access […]
June 12, 2007
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Cover Story: Wheel loaders 90 to 120 net horsepower
Smaller loaders with z-bar linkages are a mainstay on jobsites around the country. They are unmatched in load-and-carry applications ranging from earthmoving to logistical support work. Their front ends give them the high breakout forces they need to root into tough material stockpiles, but are versatile enough to handle a wide range of attachments when […]
June 12, 2007
Business
First Word: The sky is
not
falling
When construction makes mainstream headlines these days, the focus is usually on home building and the message is negative: sales are sluggish, there’s a supply glut, housing starts are in the dumps. But when you consider the fact that residential construction spending has tumbled 27 percent compared to a year ago, according to the U.S. […]
June 6, 2007
Business
Side by Side: Chippers vs. forestry mowers
When the job calls for getting rid of trees and vegetation, which machine gets it done faster and more economically, brush chippers or self-propelled forestry mowers? To help answer this question we talked to Kevin Covert, sales and marketing manager for Rayco Manufacturing, which makes both types of machine. Each has unique strengths and the […]
June 6, 2007
Business
Recovery system exposes major theft ring
Stories of identity theft have run rampant in recent years, but when it comes to construction thefts, identity theft is not the tactic used. LoJack’s annual top theft recovery stories for stolen construction equipment details one such theft that stands out among the rest. According to LoJack, a rental company in Las Vegas recently notified […]
May 4, 2007
Business
On Record: The contractor artist
Hands down, our editors would agree, one of the most fulfilling things we do is interview our Contractor of the Year finalists. Each is a finalist when we interview them – no one is selected until all interviews are done – and there’s nothing like spending the day with these chosen few, trying to find […]
May 3, 2007
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