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Training: Learn more and earn more — online
In the past you went to school, graduated and took a job. Your education pretty much stopped the day you took home your first paycheck. Today the Internet has opened up hundreds of new career advancement possibilities. You can get basic craft training, professional certification classes, continuing education credits, safety training, equipment maintenance best practices […]
December 6, 2007
Equipment
John Deere clarifies position on use of biodiesel
Due to the variety of standards that exist in the diesel engine industry, John Deere Power Systems has officially clarified its position on the use of biodiesel in its diesel engines. While 5 percent blends are preferred, biodiesel concentrations up to a 20 percent blend in petroleum diesel fuel can be used in John Deere […]
November 20, 2007
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Cover Story/Machine Matters: Let’s give them something to talk about
Last year about this time, the talk was about new EPA ’07 engines in heavy duty vocational trucks. Truck manufacturers have done a heck of a job building efficient Class 8 trucks around the EPA ’07 engines and are deep into planning for the next emission deadline in 2010. But trucks do not haul on […]
November 11, 2007
Equipment
Product Report: Wacker expands its product stretch
Wacker began selling three models of compact wheel loaders this fall, expanding the company’s U.S. entries in compact machines – a lineup that will eventually include excavators and telehandlers under Wacker’s recent merger with Neuson Kramer Baumaschinen of Germany. And at its 50th U.S. anniversary celebration press event in September, company officials hinted of products […]
November 11, 2007
Business
ICUEE Show Planner
Educational opportunities abound at ICUEE Attendees to this year’s International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition, held October 16 through 18 in Louisville, Kentucky, can take advantage of more than 40 workshops and seminars targeting the latest industry technological, regulatory, operational and safety issues. Sessions run from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. […]
October 4, 2007
Safety
’07 Site Prep Supplement
For more than seven years, the use of data has expanded from takeoff to site data, and back to the office again. No longer is the information generated used for one scope of a project. You can now transfer this data across various departments of your company, improving your production and bottom line. Here’s how […]
October 4, 2007
Equipment
Cover Story/Machine Matters: That new dozer smell
Relax and think back ten years. Remember the plume of diesel smoke as it floated in a feathery charcoal cloud from your new earthmover, accompanied by the musical roar of its engine? The sulfur-scented diesel perfume that could bring tears to your eyes? Ah, nothing like a new dozer. What a difference a decade makes! […]
October 4, 2007
Equipment
Fueling the Future: Electrifying!
Of all the alternative fuel and power options available to the world of construction trucks and equipment, nothing holds more promise than hybrid diesel-electric systems. These designs use an internal combustion engine to turn a generator that pumps electricity into a big battery and then tap either the mechanical or the electrical system – or […]
October 4, 2007
Equipment
Fueling the Future: Smart your engines
Bruce Farrar, communications manager at Cummins, finds the positive points of complying with the EPA. “The rules are being rewritten. No one ever thought emissions would be driving some of the fuel cost savings technology in the industry.” Since the EPA began to ramp up its enforcement of the Clean Air Act in 2001 requiring […]
October 4, 2007
Business
Bill could provide $1 billion for diesel engine retrofits
Several senators introduced legislation June 16 that would create a national grant and loan program designed to provide $200 million annually for five years to retrofit diesel engines. The Associated General Contractors of America, Caterpillar, Cummins and the Diesel Technology Forum are supporting the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2005. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, is […]
October 4, 2007
Equipment
Report: Grants best incentive for diesel engine retrofits
Construction equipment owners and air quality agencies say monetary grants are the best incentive for retrofitting diesel engines with devices that will reduce harmful emissions, according to a report a technology and policy consulting firm prepared for the U.S. EPA. Decreasing emissions from off-road equipment requires investments that don’t pay for themselves in operating cost […]
October 4, 2007
Equipment
AGC set to hold midyear meeting in San Francisco
The Associated General Contractors of America is holding its midyear meeting on September 28-30 in San Francisco. The meeting will focus on issues such as the impact of California’s engine emissions mandate, the economic situation for the remainder of the year and a preview of 2007, as well as California’s levee systems. Speakers for the […]
October 3, 2007
Equipment
Kubota Engine launches new website
Kubota Engine America launched a new website in September, featuring company and product information. The website also has information on EPA emissions regulations, ordering service parts and support contact information.
September 18, 2007
Equipment
Crusher helps lessen costs on skip-hire, haulage and landfill charges
Red Rhino has launched its 5000 and 7000 series crushers, complete with water-cooled Deutz diesel engines, for recycling building waste into a re-useable and re-saleable aggregate. The 7000 series recycler features a 67-horsepower engine, while a 30-horsepower engine powers the 5000 series recycler. The crushers offer low noise and low exhaust emissions, along with economical […]
September 10, 2007
Safety
Fueling the Future: Clean diesel
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced five years ago diesel fuel sulfur levels would drop to 15 parts per million for on-highway vehicles in 2006 and off-highway in 2010, the engine manufacturers knew they had a lot of work to do. No one would argue that reducing emissions wasn’t a win for the environment, […]
September 6, 2007
Equipment
Trucks/Test Drive: Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD
A pickup truck these days is called upon to do triple duty: tow a backhoe to the jobsite on Monday, take the spouse out to dinner Friday and tow the boat to the lake on Saturday. That’s an example, but it gives you some insight into the challenges truck designers face when they draft a […]
September 6, 2007
Equipment
No Idle unit lets operators load or unload with truck engine off
Heavy equipment transporters can help meet government anti-idling regulations with Retriever, a truck bed that can load and unload 30,000-pound payloads with the truck’s engine off. The system can reduce idling time by as much as 95 percent, leading to lower emissions, extended engine life and maintenance intervals on the truck’s emissions system and generating […]
August 17, 2007
Safety
Cover Story: Fueling the future
You can’t beat crude oil for a resource. For the last 150 years all we had to do was pump it out of the ground, heat it up in refineries and go. But oil is becoming scarce. Prices jolt upward, and we can’t overlook the fact that much of the world’s oil supply comes from […]
August 14, 2007
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