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Safety
Articulated dump trucks — 30 metric tons and over
Properly spec’ing a large articulated hauler depends a great deal on the application at hand. Remember that ADTs are only one half of a team. In order to get the most out of your trucks, it’s vital that you correctly match the excavators to the truck’s rated tonnages. Effective loading in general construction applications is […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Double-drum vibratory rollers
Unlike many pieces of equipment that are turned every few years, a vibratory roller is simple and sturdy enough to repair and rebuild almost indefinitely. But as with any machine, the cost and frequency of repairs increases as a roller ages. For that reason, contractors who need high rates of machine availability will buy new […]
June 12, 2007
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Hammers/breakers — 5,000 to 7,000 pounds
Busting up reinforced concrete or hard rock is a pretty straightforward demolition application. If you’re tasked with concrete or rock removal on your jobsite, hammers and breakers in the 5,000- to 7,000-pound classes are the ideal attachment choice, particularly if you use excavators between 25 and 45 metric tons. Hammer and breaker attachments are built […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Off-road diesel engines
In many cases, engines are the primary factor in determining the lifecycle of a piece of off-road equipment. The hours to overhaul differ a great deal due to a number of different variables. But armed with a best practices program you can maximize uptime and get a good return on your equipment investment. For this […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Dave & Kerri Heyl — Heyl Country Excavating and Construction
“Go west, young man.” Heeding Horace Greeley’s directive more than 100 years after it was given, 19-year-old Dave Heyl boarded a Greyhound bus in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and made a miserable 48-hour trip to the Eagle/Vail, Colorado, area. Wife and business partner Kerri Heyl now says with a laugh: “He never wanted to […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Jeff O’Risky — O’Risky Excavating, Evansville, Indiana
Jeff O’Risky had a stable factory job and two young children in 1997 when he had a chance to buy a small excavating business and its only piece of construction equipment – a 1980 bulldozer. The decision wasn’t an easy one. “I kept saying to myself, ‘I’ve got a nice job and I’m going to […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
The new transmissions
You are lugging hard uphill with a heavy load and rpms are dropping even though you’ve mashed the accelerator to the floorboard. All of a sudden there is a big pause … and then – KA-CHUNK – your machine changes gears, your head snaps back and you spill yet a little more dirt from the […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Rigid frame trucks
If you have a 7- to 10-year-old rigid frame truck, chances are you could get a lot better lifecycle costs out of a new machine. During the past decade, rigid frame truck manufacturers have focused on lengthening component lifetimes and service intervals. “All of the systems have been improved to give greater life,” says Francis […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Chicago rents: How the Windy City took control of its equipment rental costs
When you have 40 different departments that use rental equipment from more than 40 different vendors, it soon becomes clear that rental is a process that must be managed. “It was getting to the point that our relationships with rental suppliers had become confrontational,” says Matt Quinn, who has served as Chicago’s rental manager since […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Cold Planers
Twelve years ago, Terry Leber was a specialty contractor doing nothing but asphalt milling and cold planing. “Back when I was in the business, it was an immature market,” he says. “The equipment was changing radically every year. There were dramatic price changes and improvements and the industry was dominated by milling subcontractors.” Today, Leber […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Life cycles: Concrete pavers
Given the cost and complexity of setting up and transporting concrete pavers, most of these machines don’t log a lot of engine hours in the course of a year. As a result, contractors often keep their machines 10 and sometimes even 20 years before they sell them. There are a few components that need replacement […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance management: The brave new world of online equipment auctions
Contractors in the past could hardly be faulted for their reluctance to buy used equipment through Internet auctions. Given the cost of the equipment and its mechanical complexity, few contractors early on jumped into the game with both boots. But in the past two years the weaker players in the online marketplace folded. The companies […]
June 12, 2007
Equipment
Side by side: Pickup trucks, diesel vs. gas
Diesel pickup trucks have been around for years but a new generation of diesel engines offers a major leap in convenience and drivability, says Jack Blanchard, assistant chief engineer at GM Powertrain. Gone are the smoke, noise and difficult cold-weather starts. In the heavy duty pickup truck market GM started it all by offering Isuzu-Duramax […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance management: Oil sampling & analysis
Would you spend $10 to prevent a major overhaul on a quarter-million dollar machine? In a capital-intensive business like heavy construction, returns on investments are important and there is no other activity or service procedure in your fleet management that can save you as much money for so little up-front cost than oil sampling. Whether […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Update: Australian contractor renews efforts to prove heated-belt paving concept
September 2000: A better way to pave was “Under the Microscope” as Australian contractor Pioneer Road Services conducted initial performance trials of its HIPAC asphalt compactor. Raymond Rollings, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterways Experiment Station geotechnical laboratory, called the HIPAC “the most revolutionary thing in asphalt compaction since vibratory […]
June 12, 2007
Maintenance
Trucks Management: Spec’ing a mixer truck
Concrete mixer trucks are highly specialized trucks. To ensure maximum productivity and long service life, it’s important to spec them properly. A large part of this process is weight management, according to Brian Lindgren, market segment manager for vocational and off-highway trucks at Kenworth. He says that the first criteria you must meet when spec’ing […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Lifecycles: Curb-and-gutter machines
Properly maintained you can keep these machines going for more than a decade, but improvements in technology are changing the lifecycle equations almost yearly Unlike earthmoving equipment, which gets pushed to its limits every day, concrete curb-and-gutter machines have a relatively easy life. Their engines don’t strain hard and their tracks or wheels ride at […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Selection Guide: Construction Trucks
October has passed. The new engines are here, and the world didn’t fall off its axis. Many thought that the tough emissions deadline last month would preclude any non-powertrain innovation on the part of truck manufacturers. They were wrong. In addition to significant upgrades industry-wide, two manufacturers recently launched brand new vehicle platforms. Here’s what […]
June 12, 2007
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