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Maintenance: Page 62
Safety
Oils and oil analysis
Thanks to EPA regulations that kicked in about two years ago, the engines you run in your new on-road trucks today and your off-road equipment tomorrrow may very well run hotter and create more soot and acid inside the combustion chamber. In anticipation of this, the oil industry and several engine manufacturers beefed up their [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractors and digital technology
Not long ago conventional wisdom had it that heavy equipment contractors didnât need computers and all the other assorted technologies they bring with them. The criticism was that heavy construction was the least automated business in the country. We set out to test that theory in February and surveyed our readers on this topic. What [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
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Maintenance
Undercarriages â June 2007
From the moment a dozer, crawler loader or excavator hits the dirt, the steel components in its undercarriage begin to slowly wear themselves down. And while manufacturers continue to develop technology that helps extend the life of these components, the critical factor is you â how well you spec and maintain these components and how [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
Gil and Chris Egurola , Diggum Excavating â Tucson, Arizona
When youâre in the excavating business by yourself, equipment maintenance is sometimes something you do after dinner, after the kids go to bed, or after 12 or more hours in the field â as Gil Egurola knows only too well. It was just such an evening, in the first year on his own, that Gil [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Chippers
While a lot of factors go into choosing a chipper, knowing what you want to do with the end product and what size trees you will be processing are two good places to start. If there are markets in your area for landscape mulch or compost material, you might not want to consider a chipper [âŚ]
June 12, 2007
Business
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
Equipment
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
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