Tag: Mark Minges

Maintenance
Maintenance
Cool, Clean and Dry Knowing how to keep your hydraulic fluid healthy pays big dividends Today’s construction machines perform at levels unheard of only a few years ago, thanks mostly to advances in hydraulic pumps. But with their high pressures and close tolerances these pumps require you to step up your game when it comes […]
December 9, 2011
Filtration caddies can clean and recirculate hydraulic fluid without having to drain the reservoirs.
Business
Maintenance
5 Questions you should ask before launching an extended drain interval program By Tom Jackson To meet the many new exhaust emissions regulations, diesel engines have undergone more changes in the past eight years than in the previous 50. The good news is the new engines still crank out plenty of torque-heavy power and do […]
September 4, 2011
The new American Petroleum Institute CJ-4 standard meets a higher spec than any other lube oil that came before it, but it does not by itself allow you to extend drain intervals.
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Maintenance
Online Oil Analysis Whether you have one machine or thousands, online reports beat paper anytime. By Tom Jackson The fundamentals of oil analysis haven’t changed much over the years, but in the past decade the emergence of online reporting of oil analysis results has given fleet managers a great set of tools to do more, […]
March 24, 2011
Procedures for drawing the sample haven’t changed but online reporting of results can change the way you do maintenance.
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