Tag: preventive maintenance: Page 2

Roadbuilding

Applications and Innovations

Service intervals are not ‘one size fits all’ routines.

July 7, 2011

Pickups

Pickup service intervals

An Ounce of Prevention Pickup service intervals; how to make the best decision By G.R. Whale Today’s fleet and service managers have a lot of responsibility riding on their shoulders as they balance productivity with costs of operation. Vehicles and equipment in the shop for repairs are expected, but they hurt the bottom line. That’s […]

June 15, 2011

Maintenance

The owning and operating costs of compact wheel loaders

Depending on applications and usage patterns, many sharp-pencil contractors have found a lot of value in compact wheel loaders. To find out how these machines add up we asked David Steger, product manager at Takeuchi Manufacturing to run some numbers and tell us what contractors need to know when considering one. Steger recommended we base […]

March 2, 2011

Roadbuilding

Think Big

FHWA head sees a year of thinking big, dreaming big and change.

January 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

Advice from the Top Winter Maintenance Leaders: Extreme Equipment Maintenance and Fleet Management

The economy is still faltering. Cutbacks are the norm. And that may mean no — or very little — new equipment is being purchased. That means you need to know to hold on it, when to let it go, and how to care for it in between it all. It shouldn’t be a gamble. And […]

April 26, 2010