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Product Focus: Chippers, grinders and shredders
Process everything in your path with KwikAX Reduce vegetation to ground level with Loftness Attachments’ KwikAX, which combines the fixed sharpened blades of the Timber Ax with the body design and forward rotation of the G2 carbide cutter. The Timber Ax rotates up, picking up material to be processed into a consistent particle size while […]
June 10, 2008
Safety
Roadbuilding Supplement: The New Era in Road Management and Technology
Mention roads today and all eyes turn to the coming debate in Washington, D.C. regarding the next Transportation Act, which is due in the fall of 2009. While that will be the pivotal event in the road industry in 2009, funding isn’t the only issue that’s important to road users, or to road professionals. Since […]
May 3, 2008
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Paver delivers power necessary to push larger tandem axle trucks With an operating weight of 33,000 pounds, VT LeeBoy’s 9000 asphalt paver has a maneuverable rubber tire design and an 8-foot electrically heated screed system. A transversely mounted, 173-horsepower Cat Tier 3 diesel engine allows for better ground level access and cooling efficiency. A fume […]
May 3, 2008
Business
2008 Con-Expo-Con/Agg: Showtime
The numbers were quite frankly above everyone’s expectations: more than 144,600 attendees, and 2.28 million net square feet of exhibits taken by 2,182 exhibitors – all in all a show that was 21 percent bigger than the last ConExpo-Con/Agg, held in 2005. Contractors seemed to take the media’s dire economic news with a grain of […]
May 3, 2008
Business
O&O Costs: Backhoes
The backhoe is the machine that launched a thousand earthmoving companies. But to run a company profitably, especially if you’re an owner operator, you have to know exactly how much a backhoe is costing you per hour in order to charge correctly for your services. To get an accurate picture of the owning and operating […]
May 3, 2008
Safety
Compact Trenchers: Walking the line
While walk-behind compact trenchers are among the top pieces of equipment contractors rent, dedicated trenchers are facing some uphill competition from multi-use compact excavators, mini-skid steers and compact utility loaders. But take a close look at whether these machines are your most efficient and economical choice when things get rocky. New walk-behind trenchers are giving […]
May 3, 2008
Safety
Safety Watch: A safe exit
The accidents: A man stopped to clear debris from a dozer, getting out of the cab. When the dozer started to move, he tried getting back behind the controls, but slipped off the machine and was crushed beneath it. In another accident, the operator stopped the dozer, engine running, waiting for a maintenance crew to […]
May 3, 2008
Business
Maintenance: Oil analysis
Editor’s note: There is no standard form for an engine oil analysis report. All labs use their own forms, and while there are broad similarities, to fully understand how your oil analysis service organizes its information ask them to go through an initial report in detail with you. You know why oil analysis is important: […]
May 3, 2008
Maintenance
Product Focus: Gen sets and light towers
Combination unit provides power and light Power jobsite trailers, tools, heaters and more with Doosan Infracore Portable Power’s Ingersoll Rand L20, a combination light tower and mobile generator with a 32-horsepower Mitsubishi diesel engine and 20-kilowatt generator. Four 1,000-watt metal halide lamps mounted to a telescoping mast have 360-degree rotation and extend from 12 to […]
May 3, 2008
Safety
Reporter
OSHA: Employers must pay for safety equipment OSHA now requires employers to pay for employees’ job-related personal protective equipment. The rule, which took effect on February 13, will be implemented May 15. With the exception of a few items – such as steel-toe boots (considered to be non-specialty-specific protective footwear) and prescription safety eyewear – […]
April 7, 2008
Safety
Product Focus: Trailers – April 2008
Save time with trailer deck’s bucket pocket Transport a variety of heavy equipment including loaders, excavators and cranes with Rogers Brothers’ 55-ton-capacity dropside trailer, which features a detachable gooseneck with front folding ramps, wheel pockets and removable center boards. A bucket pocket in the deck enables operators to haul excavators without breakdown, and an auxiliary […]
April 6, 2008
Maintenance
Rent Smart
ARA: Construction and industrial equipment revenues totaled $25.5 billion-plus in 2007 The American Rental Association and Global Insight, an economic forecasting firm, have released the 2007 State of the Equipment Rental Industry report, indicating U.S. construction and industrial equipment revenues totaled more than $25.5 billion last year. “We saw good growth from 2006 to 2007,” […]
April 5, 2008
Business
Light Equipment: Electric hammers and breakers
There are a lot of good ways to break up concrete and masonry. The most powerful breakers and hammers draw their strength from air compressors or hydraulic systems, but when these power sources are not available or pose problems you can still get a lot of bang for your buck out of hand-held electric hammers […]
April 5, 2008
Safety
Safety: Asphalt paver precautions
The accident: One crew member started to move an asphalt paving machine, and struck another laborer, who became trapped under the machine. The paver operator left the site before emergency personnel pronounced the laborer dead. The bottom line: Approximately 75 percent of “struck-by” fatalities involve heavy equipment, says OSHA. Large asphalt pavers, which have a […]
April 5, 2008
Safety
Marketplace
Increased load capacities allow telehandlers to lift up to 12,000 pounds Designed with a high-profile boom configuration, Gehl’s DL Series Dynalift telescopic handlers provide maximum visibility in any working environment. Load capacities have been increased on the models, with lift capacities from 7,000 to 12,000 pounds and lift heights from 40 to 55 feet. The […]
April 5, 2008
Business
Compact Equipment: Filling a void
Contractors no longer use compact double-drum compactors only for the smallest of jobs. While they are still useful for bike paths, driveways, parking lots and sports courts, these machines – which feature a drum width of 40 inches or less – now tackle a variety of asphalt surfaces including municipal roads and the compaction of […]
April 5, 2008
Safety
OSHA to host PPE webinar
Employers have until May 15, 2008 to comply with new OSHA guidelines regarding employer payment for personal protective equipment. To help explain the new PPE standard, the National Safety Council (NSC) will host a web seminar on April 23, 2008 from 10 to 11 a.m. CST. Jim Maddux of OSHA’s Directorate of Standards and Guidance […]
April 2, 2008
Maintenance
Hyster offers FleetSmart – digital assistance to improve productivity, reduce costs
Hyster Company, lift truck designer and manufacturer of Greenville, North Carolina, is now offering their customers a customizable program FleetSmart to aid in productivity. The fully customizable FleetSmart program offers Hyster customers web-based access, e-mail service reminders, digital paging technology, online reports, maintenance plans and more to efficiently operate and maintain material handling equipment. The […]
March 24, 2008
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