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Maintenance: Page 67
Safety
How to Use: Air compressors
Using a portable air compressor can be a simple process, but knowing you have the right one for the right application gets a bit more involved. Work site environment, application and air needs all affect the best use of these units. Application affects the compressor type. In construction, the two most common portable compressors are […]
May 3, 2007
Safety
Product Focus: Concrete equipment
Dispense up to 300 cubic yards per hour with CemenTech mixer Choose from a wide range of sizes with CemenTech’s volumetric concrete mixers. Mobile and stationary dispensers have material capabilities from 2 to 12 cubic yards and production rates from 15 to 300 cubic yards per hour. CemenTech’s mixers can also produce concrete mix designs […]
May 3, 2007
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Sewer history display 15 years in the making Jon Schladweiler’s fascination with the U.S. wastewater system began almost 30 years ago, but it wasn’t until a family vacation in Telluride, Colorado, in the mid-1990s that he truly began to envision his dream: a mobile sewer history exhibit composed of photos, literature and many physical examples […]
May 3, 2007
Safety
Marketplace
Excavator can reduce width to 40 inches Adjustable-width tracks and a backfill blade with foldable end sections are two of several enhancements made on Hitachi’s Zaxis 17U-2 compact excavator. Using both features reduces the overall width of the machine to 40 inches. With an operating weight of 4,173 pounds, the machine has a maximum dig […]
April 9, 2007
Maintenance
Rent Smart: Renting pumps
Pump rentals are strong; 76 percent of respondents in a recent Equipment World survey say they’ve rented a pump. Almost 25 percent of those surveyed said they rented four or more pumps in the past six months. Sixty percent of respondents say they rented pumps because they needed an extra one, while 53 percent did […]
April 5, 2007
Safety
Maintenance: Lubes in the shop
When contractors decide its time to bring their maintenance in house one of the first questions they need to address is how to handle fluids in the shop – everything from engine lubes, to hydraulic oil, to coolants and grease. Just as you need to be fast and efficient in moving dirt in the field, […]
April 5, 2007
Maintenance
Product Focus: Walk-behind compactors
Smart control system on Wacker trench rollers Wacker’s latest generation of RT rollers has an engine control module and smart control system that make the RT 56-SC and RT 82-SC simple to operate and maintain. Both rollers use a dual joystick control box for easy steering. The smart remote control system uses line-of-sight control with […]
April 5, 2007
Business
Truck Management: Vocational truck leasing
You make your money moving iron. For that reason, it’s entirely forgivable if that’s where the bulk of your business attention is focused. But like it or not, trucks of all shapes and sizes affect your bottom line. If you’re like most contractors, you probably cut costs by buying used trucks and running them into […]
April 5, 2007
Business
Road Building Supplement
A New American Transportation Vision: “Critical Commerce Corridors” America does not have the modern, intermodal transportation system necessary to facilitate future robust economic growth, or to safely meet the mobility needs of U.S. citizens and businesses. Failure to address this fact will significantly impede the nation’s future competitiveness. In response, the American Road and Transportation […]
February 28, 2007
Safety
Marketplace
Wheel loader line evolves along with emissions standards Caterpillar’s 990H wheel loader comes with the same cycle times, standard hauler pass matches and impeller clutch torque converter as the 990G Series II, but offers lower engines emissions and increased efficiency. Engineered for mining, handling bulk materials and performing high-volume earthmoving, the standard-lift 990H loads 60- […]
February 28, 2007
Business
Compact Application Tips: Paving the way
Once thought too small to pave alongside bigger mainline machines, improvements to technology and performance have altered the way paving contractors, large and small, use commercial asphalt pavers. Larger-capacity hoppers, more horsepower and faster travel speeds allow commercial pavers to take on jobs previously reserved for mid-range highway machines and the profitability and availability of […]
February 28, 2007
Business
Technology: Stress management
Turf reinforcement mats offer an aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly solution to the problem of shear stress erosion. Shear stress erosion is the result of high-velocity water flow moving parallel to the plane of a surface. These stresses hinder vegetation growth and accelerate soil loss. TRMs are stitched three-dimensional matrices and thermally-fused polymeric matrices made […]
February 28, 2007
Maintenance
Maintenance: Moving lubes
A big part of any effective preventive maintenance program is being able to quickly and efficiently change the fluids in your machines – especially lube oil. If you have relied on service contracts in the past but are now considering doing your own PMs, you should put some thought into how you’ll accomplish this. Pouring […]
February 28, 2007
Safety
Product Report: Kubota KX080-3
The KX080-3, Kubota’s largest excavator, digs into work environments where space is limited but additional power, capacity and efficiency are required. Low fuel consumption by the large output Kubota E-CDIS direct injection diesel engine, the tight tail swing and the newly designed anti-theft system enables contractors to undertake heavy-duty applications in tight spaces. “It’s exciting […]
February 28, 2007
Safety
World of Concrete: Product review
Total Machine Control option offers three speed modes John Deere’s J-Series backhoe loaders – the 310J, 310SJ, 410J and 710J – feature all-new power train components and numerous structural and electrical enhancements from the company’s previous G-Series. ZF power train components include the transmission, plus the front and rear axles. A standard powershift transmission offers […]
February 28, 2007
Equipment
Product Report: MaxxForce carries on DT lineage
Of the seven models of MaxxForce engines International is introducing (see January’s Engine Notebook), the one most contractors will find under the hood is the MaxxForce DT. This inline six-cylinder is the successor to International’s venerable DT 466. The MaxxForce DT retains the earlier DT’s wet-sleeve design and 7.6-liter displacement and is available with 210 […]
February 5, 2007
Business
Side by Side: CJ-4 vs. CI-4/CI-4 PLUS oil
On January 1, by federal mandate, refineries cut the sulfur level for on-road diesel fuel to 15 parts per million from 500 ppm. And all diesel highway truck engines manufactured after this date are now required to funnel their exhaust through what’s known as a diesel particulate filter – something akin to a big catalytic […]
February 5, 2007
Safety
Marketplace
Horizontal drill lets you navigate in the right direction A Caterpillar 540-horsepower diesel engine powers Vermeer’s D330x500 Navigator horizontal directional drill with a 15-horsepower boost over the older D300x500 model. A hydrostatic hydraulic system produces 50,000 feet per pound of rotational torque for drilling in difficult ground formations and delivers 330,000 pounds of thrust/pullback force […]
February 5, 2007
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