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Machine Matters – October 2009
14-to-15-foot-dig-depth-class backhoes address control preferences With backhoes, it’s all about the hydraulics, especially in the production-minded 14- and 15-foot dig depth size classes. Still-popular manual controls, mechanically connected to the hydraulic spool in the valve block, give operators a sense of feel, but also have longer throws, requiring more effort. And so another option appeared […]
January 14, 2010
Business
The good news: Transportation stimulus projects reach 10K; The bad news: We’re still without a highway bill and guaranteed funding
From ConstructionPundit’s sister blog, The Roadologist: The Department of Transportation has jumpstarted more than 10,000 transportation projects across the United States with stimulus dollars, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. As of the announcements, state agencies reported a total of 10,041 projects had been approved. “Just nine months […]
January 11, 2010
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Roadbuilding
Are You Ready for the Road Salt Shortage?
Skyrocketing prices, a supply shortage, and recordbreaking snows last winter are challenging state DOTs and making them manage their salt supplies smarter. The availability of salt this winter may be a slippery one, with salt hard to come by in some geographic areas and prices significantly more than last year. The Midwest, in particular, is […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Electric cars, the price of fuel and gas taxes
This article about what the auto industry is looking at regarding the future of the electric car brings up several interesting items, including the realization that 240-volt or even 480-volt household systems would recharge electric cars much quicker. The author doesn’t attribute his assertion that in the next five years emissions regulations and other government choke […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Mileage tax eyed as replacement for gas tax
The University of Iowa is field testing a system that will use GPS technology to track how many miles your car travels and tax you accordingly. The stubborn refusal of this “mileage tax” idea to go away is what we get when our elected officials are too scared of the demagoguery to raise the per […]
January 11, 2010
Maintenance
States may be able to opt out of the federal highway funding program
Now states who don’t think the federal highway funding program is in their best interest can opt out.I’m still undecided about whether this is a positive move and its ramifications. I think some of the highway needs should be able to determined at the state level. However, there does need to be some of kind […]
January 11, 2010
Safety
Our Roads Are How Bad?
A new report by people who would know says our roads are in way worse shape that most of us had feared. And they are reaching deeper into our wallets than we feared.  Driving on rough roads costs the average American motorist approximately $400 a year in extra vehicle operating costs. Drivers living […]
January 11, 2010
Maintenance
FHWA’s Jim Sorenson unexpectedly passes away
The industry has lost one of its dedicated leaders. James (Jim) B. Sorenson, senior construction and system preservation engineer for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), unexpectedly passed away on Saturday afternoon while convalescing at the Cherrydale Rehab Center in Falls Church, Va. He was recovering from scheduled surgery on June 2. Sorenson, 59, was moved […]
January 11, 2010
Maintenance
Caterpillar’s D7E demo
Equipment World spoke to Keith Heiar and Mike Betz of Caterpillar at an event on June 23-24, highlighting the company’s environmentally friendly, diesel-electric D7E dozer. Check it out here and learn what steps Cat took so the D7E could offer improved features such as increased visibility, reduced noise levels and require lower maintenance than the D7R.
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Considering a net-zero gas tax
One thing I hate to see conservatives do is to agitate against gas taxes. As taxes go it’s a fair one. Almost all the money goes to highway construction and maintenance, it’s the lowest gas tax in the civilized world, and it hasn’t been adjusted for inflation in more than a decade. Yet John McCain […]
January 11, 2010
Maintenance
A book you probably do not need to read
But you may like Matthew Crawford’s recently released Shop Class as Soulcraft, An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, anyway. If you work with your hands or make your living in the trades, most of what Crawford says is old news, but it is refreshing to see these views aired in the larger media universe. […]
January 10, 2010
Safety
The top five transportation headaches
We all get frustrated while being stuck in traffic. Congestion has been a continual problem, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to significantly improve any time soon. Though we all have transportation issues of our own, here is a list of the top five congestion headaches (or should we say migraines?), according a joint […]
January 7, 2010
Maintenance
December issue of Equipment World
Is in the mail. High-tech, creature-comfortable dozers take top billing. Be sure the check out Barbara Cox’s story on telematics. The number of vendors of this type of asset tracking technology has exploded this year…for good reason. There are also stories on grease selection, compact backhoes, jobsite recycling–and yours truly takes the Isuzu Fuel Economy […]
January 6, 2010
Safety
Montana builder wins Caterpillar Safety Award
William Pierce, a custom home building from Helena, Montana, was named the winner of Caterpillar’s Safety Award on Friday, as part of the Equipment World Contractor of the Year event, at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. NASCAR driver Jeff Burton presented the award. While all 12 of the Contractor of the Year finalists had above […]
January 6, 2010
Maintenance
There are bigger concerns than one piece of legislation
In a recent phone call with Jeff Solsby, director of communications for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), I asked him about the proposed legislation by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Texas’ senior senator. She has introduced legislation that will allow states to opt out of the federal highway program. Rather than receiving […]
January 6, 2010
Safety
New manual incorporates allowable stress, load factor, and load and resistance factor rating methods
There’s a new manual out from the Association of American Safety and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) that incorporates allowable stress, load factor, and load and resistance factor rating methods. The book provides guidelines for the procedures and policies used to determine the physical condition, maintenance needs and load capacity of highway bridges. It also includes […]
January 6, 2010
Business
Contractor of the Year finalist: James “Augie” and Nancy Henning
James “Augie” and Nancy Henning; McDaniels, Kentucky This couple’s main advice after 34 years in construction: stick with it. Success in this industry takes years. Henning Construction has grown in phases. At first, Augie, with Nancy at his side, began as August Henning Construction. He had one truck and the carpentry skills he’d learned while […]
January 5, 2010
Business
Contractor of the Year Finalist: Jay Proffitt
Perhaps it’s appropriate when you arrive at Jay Proffitt Construction’s office on a bitter Iowa winter morning you feel the warmth as soon as you enter the small building. You could attribute it to the radiant floor heat of the six-year-old office, but another source is just as likely: Jay and Helen Proffitt. The Proffitts’ […]
January 5, 2010
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