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Small gas engines
Ah, the good old days, when everybody smoked unfiltered cigarettes and your portable power equipment ran off noisy, fume-spewing, two-stroke engines â and nobody cared. âIn the past we didnât have to worry about emissions,â says Dale Gabrielse, training manager for Robin America. âThey ran them as rich as they wanted. More gas equaled more [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Roadbuilding
Innovations 2004
This past year, Equipment Worldâs editors set out to find the most innovative new construction equipment products. We were looking for more than updates and upgrades to existing machines. We wanted to see bold thinking and creative engineering that produced real value for the end user. And we wanted to pay tribute to all the [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
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Sterlingâs HX chassis design
It may not quite qualify as a model change, but Sterlingâs new HX chassis design includes so many enhancements, refinements and improvements that it comes close. The HX chassis was originally designed to make room for the bigger engines required by the the new emissions regulations, but designers didnât stop there. In addition to new [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Diamond Logic Builder
With its Diamond Logic Electrical System, International has been installing some very high tech electronic hardware on its trucks in the last two years. The hardware served as the building blocks for a system that came full circle at the ICUEE show in September with the introduction of the Diamond Logic Builder software. Diamond Logic [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Selling your used equipment
In the past few years a lot of contractors have held onto their equipment longer than they usually do, preferring to maintain their older machines rather than take a financial leap of faith and buy a lot of new equipment in a shaky economy. With the economy starting to swing back into positive territory though, [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Wheel loaders in severe-duty applications
While most big diesel-powered construction machines move dirt or rock, the wheel loader is called upon to work in a diverse range of environments. Many of these are harsh or severe-duty environments and failure to spec a wheel loader to meet these demanding conditions can result in premature component failure and costly downtime. The key [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Ron Hunsche â Ron Hunsche Excavating, Highland, Illinois
If you ask his clients about Ron Hunsche and his company, itâs hard to get a short answer. âThey are problem solvers for their customers,â says David Kirchner with Norrenbernâs Truck Company, Nashville, Illinois. âOn a job another contractor did for us we had a problem with a site not draining properly. The contractor didnât [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Medium-duty trucks
While most construction contractors know to the dime what every click of their dozersâ tracks is costing them, when it comes to trucks too many contractors just review the specs, write the check and go. âMost of our customers donât realize theyâre in the trucking business as well,â says Joe Devlin, director of corporate communications [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Pressure washers
If you know what and where you will be cleaning, selecting the right pressure washer isnât difficult. Pressure washers come in three basic varieties â cold water, hot water and steam cleaners. Which one you choose should depend on what you are cleaning. If you just want to take off mud and caked-on dirt, a [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Rubber-tired trenchers â Cowboys finish sooner, but they pay more accordingly
Unlike dozers or excavators that crank up in the morning and run steady until quittinâ time, a trencher may be used at as many as a half dozen different jobsites on a busy day. Add to that the fact that soil conditions can change from easy-digging dirt to hard rock or cobble â sometimes in [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Concrete saws
Selecting the right concrete saw for the application at hand is important, but in most cases, matching the diamond blade to the material youâre cutting is an even more daunting task. Both decisions can impact worker safety as well as profits. âAs a general rule, you may say if a saw runs, it will cut,â [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Construction trucks
Manufacturers have done a lot to extend component life and service intervals for all types of big trucks, on and off road. As a result, todayâs trucks spend more time working and less time in the shop than ever before. But without good maintenance and knowledgeable drivers the harsh realties of the off-road construction environment [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Fuel-based maintenance
Many equipment managers have come to rely on oil sampling to give them a more accurate indicator of when to change oil and service a machine. But oil sampling, although quick and inexpensive, is a diagnostic tool more than a scheduling tool. To get a more precise indicator of how hard a machine is working, [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Erosion control
The rules regarding erosion control at construction sites are changing â and the stakes are getting higher. To complicate matters further, there isnât just one set of regulations. The federal government sets overall requirements, but then state, county and municipal agencies can tack on more guidelines. The Environmental Protection Agencyâs Phase II Storm Water regulations [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Air Compressors
Air compressors are easy to ignore. Compared to your other equipment, they donât cost a lot, they only do one thing and theyâre so easy to operate that many contractors forget to look after them. But a diligent equipment manager or owner should take care to treat these machines well. Otherwise the two primary and [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Trash Pumps
Brad Fine, director of marketing for Thompson Pumps, says you need to take several pieces of information with you when you go to the pump dealer or rental store. These include your estimate of the average and peak flow requirements of your job and how fast fluid is flowing back into the trench, excavation, pond, [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Self serve or full serve? When it comes to renting traffic control, the choice is yours.
If you want to rent traffic cones and âmen workingâ signs, the rental industry is happy to oblige you. But what many rental entities really would like is for you to come to the conclusion that traffic control is not your core competency, and you should leave the entire business to them. So your first [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Outsourcing equipment management
Youâre being pulled in a thousand different directions and frittering away too much time on non-essential tasks, and youâre not alone. Everybody is asked to do more these days. When a construction business is going strong, time and manpower are the two most challenging resources to muster. Trying to do it all yourself may work [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
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