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Oils & lubricants

Petro-Canada announces new Duron Lube oils for emissions-compliant engines

Starting December 1, most major oil companies will be switching to a new and more robust heavy duty diesel lube oil formula, designated as CK-4 or FA-4 oils by the American Petroleum Institute. Petro-Canada lubricants will introduce their version, Duron next generation, on that date in four performance tiers: Duron HP (high performance), Duron SHP […]

October 12, 2016

Construction Equipment

5 Ways To Screw Up An Extended Oil Drain Interval

1. IGNORE YOUR SERVICE TECHS There are a lot of numbers and reports to watch when setting up an extended oil drain program. In doing so, a fleet manager can run the risk of ignoring what his technicians in the field are experiencing, says Richard LeFrancois, a heavy equipment fleet management consultant. LeFrancois says he […]

March 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Chicago inspector general says preventative pothole work would save city millions each year

According to the city’s inspector general, Chicago isn’t doing enough to prevent potholes, and it’s costing the city money. The Chicago Tribune reported that city Inspector General Joseph Ferguson released a report saying that the best way for the city to improve roads would be to work on the roads before the potholes ever even […]

December 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

Idaho selects road and bridge projects to be funded by General Fund surplus

Idaho is taking some of the extra money it had at year’s end and is putting it toward roads and bridges. And the state recently announced the projects getting a piece of the $54 million. According to the Idaho Transportation Department, the state has selected 17 road and bridge projects to be funded by the general […]

December 28, 2015

Safety

Worker crushed, killed while servicing bulldozer in Florida

A worker for a Florida construction company was killed late last month while performing maintenance on a bulldozer. According to a report from the NBC 2, 21-year-old Joshua Caleb Alain was killed Oct. 27 when the dozer fell on top of him at EHC Inc. in North Naples. Police say Alain was working beneath the dozer, […]

November 18, 2015

Construction Equipment

How to set up and maintain on-site fuel tanks

Storing your own diesel fuel on site offers many advantages for a heavy-equipment fleet. You get a price break for buying fuel in bulk and you don’t have to wait on fuel delivery services to top up your trucks and machines. But installing and maintaining bulk fuel tanks requires you to follow a host of […]

October 6, 2015

Construction Equipment

From refinery, to delivery trucks, to your storage tank, chances for diesel fuel contamination are ever present

Most of us know that clean fuel is necessary for the high-pressure common rail fuel injectors (HPCR) used in today’s Tier 4 Final engines. Fuel system pressures approaching 40,000 psi require particle filtration as small as one or two microns. The problem is that as fuel system requirements are becoming more stringent, actual diesel fuel […]

September 14, 2015

Construction Equipment

Disposable DEFBooty prevents contaminants from entering DEF tank

Avoid introducing contaminants into your equipment’s DEF tanks with the disposable DEFBooty, which helps keeps systems clean on Tier 4 Final machines. The DEFBooty slips over the DEF cap, allowing the operator to easily identify the DEF tank and eliminating the possibility of introducing the wrong type of fluid into the tank. The DEFBooty maintains […]

September 4, 2015

Pickups

Summer Battery Care Important

Some pickup owners are surprised to learn that hot summer weather takes its toll on a battery’s ability to start your truck just as much as it does in the winter.

August 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

How Diesel Got Its Groove Back

While NASA may have sent a probe all the way to Pluto, there’s another engineering miracle sitting right here on earth largely unnoticed under everybody’s noses. We’re talking about the modern era Tier 4 Final diesel engines that use high pressure common rail fuel systems and electronically actuated injectors governed by a electronic control module […]

August 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Thunder Creek’s FST Series trailers offer versatile fuel and DEF delivery

Designed for fuel and DEF delivery and field service, Thunder Creek Equipment offers three FST Series trailer models, available in 500-, 750- and 990-gallon diesel capacities with a 100-gallon DEF tank and an optional field-installed rear utility box. The trailers have a low profile and baffled fuel tanks that allow both on-road highway speed travel […]

July 14, 2015

Construction Equipment

Extended life coolants: Long life? Yes. Maintenance free? No.

Extended life coolants (ELCs) started gaining traction in the heavy-duty trucking and construction equipment industry about a decade ago. These coolants are so good they can in many cases last the life of the engine: 12,000 to 15,000 hours for off-road equipment, 600,000 miles for heavy-duty diesel trucks. Some claim even longer. For most OEMs […]

July 2, 2015