Tag: hydraulic fluid

Construction Equipment

Keep hydraulic fluid cool with Fecon cooler for skid steers, CTLs

Fecon’s new hydraulic coolers can be mounted on top of compact track loader and skid steer cabs for maintaining hydraulic fluid at optimal temperatures and viscosity, the company says. It uses two 11-inch cooling fans to regulate hydraulic fluid temperatures, delivering 120,000 BTU per hour of cooling capacity. It fits on most skid steers and CTLs and can handle flows […]

November 1, 2019

Trailers

Talbert heavy-haul trailer, 60CC/55SA-LD, adjusts to meet states’ rules

Talbert Manufacturing’s lowboy trailer can be configured in a variety of ways to help operators meet differing state regulations. Learn more about it here.

December 31, 2018

Construction Equipment

Gradall intros Discovery Series excavators designed for emergency cleanup

Gradall says it has come up with a low-cost solution for local and state governments facing emergency cleanup, such as occurred with last year’s string of devastating hurricanes. The company’s Discovery Series excavators were used during storm recovery on the Gulf Coast and in the Bahamas and Caribbean, a news release says. They can travel […]

January 19, 2018

Maintenance

Sage Oil Vac eases fluid changes with NextLube monitor

Sage Oil Vac’s new NextLube monitor system makes dispensing and changing fluid as easy as a push of a few buttons. Among its features, the new touchscreen system, which is an option for the company’s lube trucks and trailers, displays the amount of fluid gallons inside the tanks, instead of the percentage of fluid. That […]

October 27, 2017

Construction Equipment

How to make sure your heavy equipment doesn’t burst into flames

Fire prevention is everybody’s job, but there is one person who can do more than most to keep heavy equipment safe from fire, and that is the technician. The reason: most fires happen when something on the machine is neglected. And nobody knows the condition of the machine better than your service techs and the […]

March 11, 2015

Maintenance

Understanding hydraulic fluid

Engine lubricating oils get a lot of attention in heavy equipment maintenance schedules and for good reason. They must be changed every 250 to 500 hours, they bear the brunt of all the heat, soot and a pressure cooker environment inside today’s emission compliant engines. But hydraulic fluids are also important and deserve your attention […]

March 1, 2013

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