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Telehandler picks and carries pipe up to 24 inches in diameter Skyjack’s Zoom Boom 12032 telehandler has a capacity of 12,000 pounds and a lift height of 32 feet. Designed specifically for pipe handling, pole yards, public utilities and precast plant operations, this pick-and-carry unit features a Cummins QSB4.5C turbocharged diesel engine, Dana three-speed transmission, […]
June 10, 2008
Safety
Safety Watch: Not so fast
The accident: During a water main installation, a crew member entered a newly dug lateral excavation, preparing to install pipe. Using a quick coupler, an excavator operator changed buckets and swung the machine over to the trench to continue digging on the main line. The bucket detached and fell into the excavation, killing the man […]
June 10, 2008
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Maintenance
Expert Advice: More than good looks
Preston Ingalls is the president and chief executive officer of maintenance consulting firm TBR Strategies, Raleigh, North Carolina. He can be reached at [email protected]. Most breakdowns have an early warning symptom – the wear-and-tear deterioration that goes undetected each day. Yet many equipment problems are often hidden behind a mask of dirt and grime. You […]
June 10, 2008
Business
Contractor of the Year Finalist: Bruce Barnes
Driving his red pick-up between site prep jobs on the scrub prairies of east central Texas, where distance is measured in time, not miles, Bruce Barnes doesn’t look like a music teacher. Taking a lesson The son of a career Navy man, Barnes had the opportunity to attend the Naval Academy but instead went to […]
June 10, 2008
Business
Business Management: Finanacing to win
Many if not most construction companies are started on a dime. You save your money, maybe get friends and family to invest, buy the cheapest backhoe you can find and get busy. But at some point, you’re going to need to grow and that means buying new equipment. When you get to that point, unless […]
June 10, 2008
Equipment
Trucks: Junk science
What if you could pour a 12-ounce bottle of additive into your fuel tank and boost a truck’s fuel economy by 14 percent? Or maybe you could attach magnets to your fuel line. These magnet “catalysts” might energize, or “align” fuel molecules as they rush past, improving the engine’s combustion and fuel economy. Sound too […]
June 10, 2008
Maintenance
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
Maintenance
Marketplace
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
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