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Maintenance
Compact Focus: Compact backhoes–8 foot maximum dig depth
Compact backhoe loaders with dig depths less than 8 feet generally weigh less than 5,000 pounds in work configurations. As such, they are turf-friendly and easy to transport – ideal for contractors engaged in light construction applications like site clearing, landscaping and residential utility work. Because they are physically small machines, they can work in […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Truck Management: Truck News
Mack celebrates 100 years in Lehigh Valley In 1900, John Mack and his brothers hammered together their first commercial vehicle – a sight-seeing bus. That bus went on to log more than 1 million miles before retiring. And 100 years ago, in June 1905, the success of the Mack brothers’ commercial trucks led them to […]
June 12, 2007
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Special Report: Tire trouble
China’s explosive growth, the war in Iraq, a shortage of raw materials and the boom in mining and construction all came together in late 2004 to create a huge spike in demand for earthmover tires. How tight is the market? If you attended the ConExpo-Con/Agg construction equipment trade show in March you were no doubt […]
June 12, 2007
Business
First Word: The mother of invention
In no situation is the old adage about time and money more pertinent than with a construction schedule. When a contractor needs a particular machine on a specific job, he will sometimes take drastic means to get it. This was pointed out to me recently in a conversation I had with Donnie Wiggins, general manager […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Side by Side: Polyurethane vs. rubber track pads
Track pads are an essential component on many pavers and milling machines and are bought frequently as aftermarket add-ons for excavators, cranes and even dozers. When buying or spec’ing track pads you face the choice of either rubber pads or polyurethane. The differences are substantial; and as with most things, if you choose the wrong […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year: Duke Long, Interstate Sawing, West Bend, Wisconsin
During his 12-year stint as a concrete cutter working for another company, Duke Long would practice a mind game. “Every time I stepped out of a truck on a job, I pretended it was my business and my job,” he says. The fantasy only went so far, however. When he was 33 years old, Long […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Application Tips: Portable offices and storage units
If you use portable jobsite offices or storage units, chances are you lease rather than own them. There are good reasons for this. “The flexibility of leasing mobile offices allows for easy relocation when one job finishes and another begins,” says Jill Thanner, product manager, traditional and classroom products, for Williams Scotsman. “When the term […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Application Tips: Vacuum systems
Traditionally joined at the hip with horizontal directional drills, vacuum systems enjoyed 2004’s stellar year of HDD sales. “We really don’t see that slowing down,” says Ed Savage, market segment manager for Vermeer. “A lot of it’s going to fiber-to-the-home work. But other markets – water and sewer and general utility are also active this […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Compact Focus: Walk-behind trenchers under 18 horsepower
Urban construction projects offer tight space challenges, especially when it comes to trenchers. While self-propelled trenchers are most effective for long runs, they typically can’t operate efficiently in compact surroundings. And in many cases, these large units may do more disruption to lawns and sensitive surfaces than a small-diameter utility line installation job warrants. In […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the year finalist: Earth-Scrapes Excavating, Tucson, Ariz.
When Caterpillar asked Sean Leiber to be an equipment demonstrator/instructor at its Tinaja Hills proving grounds near Tucson, Arizona, Leiber knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime. So he pressed the pause button on the fledgling construction company he had recently founded. The unexpected job offer came after Leiber had begun purchasing equipment for […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Optimizing oil drain intervals
Many manufacturers of heavy equipment have changed their recommended oil drain service intervals from 250 to 500 hours in recent years. But the correct service intervals for your off-road equipment can change drastically depending on dozens of different variables. To prevent contractors from performing oil changes too early or too late, equipment OEMs and lube […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year finalist: EcoTurf, Raleigh, North Carolina
There was a time when traveling around the country building golf courses was fun work for Andy Smith. Raised on a tobacco farm in North Carolina, Smith grew up working on and around power equipment but figured out early in life farming was essentially a break-even proposition. Working in various real estate sales and development […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Application Tips: Small asphalt pavers
Asphalt pavers with operating weights of less than 19,000 pounds can be used to pave everything from bicycle paths to municipal streets and large department store parking lots. The trick to deciding what size and type of paver you need is often less about the kinds of jobs you are doing and more about how […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
RentSmart: Matching rented artics to your jobs
Contractors certainly like to rent articulated trucks. “When you include rental purchase options, approximately 75 percent of artics start out as rented machines,” says Mike Kennamann, Caterpillar’s sales support consultant for articulated trucks. Artics are versatile; they operate in all weather conditions and are adept at hauling a variety of materials. You don’t need good […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Business Matters: The digital difference
A lot of heavy construction accounting is done by the seat of the pants. If you work in any craft or industry long enough you get a pretty good idea of what your costs are going to be on any given job. But in today’s marketplace, especially if you want to grow your company, pretty […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Productivity Guide: Hydraulic excavators >25 to 30 metric tons
There are no hard-and-fast acquisition rules for excavators, but if you’re a contractor in North America, odds are you cut your business teeth on machines in the 12- to 24-metric-ton classes. Once your business is established and growing, it’s likely you’ll begin to take on larger jobs or perhaps move into new applications that require […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance/Management: Hiring, training and keeping technicians
If you are a construction company owner or manager, hiring your first equipment technician is a step not taken lightly. After all, servicing and repairing machinery is not how you make money. And most of today’s equipment dealers offer such comprehensive maintenance and extended warranty packages you could run equipment for years and never have […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance lessons from the mining industry
Mining machines are the giants among giants – trucks with 13-foot-tall tires, dozers with 850-horsepower engines and shovels that gobble up 50 cubic yards with a single bite. This equipment is so big and expensive it has to be managed with a precision and rigor that rivals the engineering efforts at NASA. Many of the […]
June 12, 2007
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