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Maintenance/Management: Quick couplers
In the right applications there is nothing that can boost your excavator’s productivity more than a quick coupler. Deric Wagner, vice president at WagMann (which sells the Wedgelock brand of coupler in the United States) cites a customer who was working in particularly difficult and rocky soil in California’s Sierra Mountains and having to change […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year Update: Class of 2002
Editor’s Note: Equipment World’s Contractor of the Year program has honored a variety of contractors during its five years. Now that the program has a few years under its belt, we wanted to go back and check in with our past finalists. We’ll be revisiting these former finalists through April, and then announcing our 2006 […]
June 12, 2007
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Safety
Application Tips: Pumps
Chances are, you aren’t a pump expert. And when you run into water at a jobsite, most of the time you aren’t expecting it. The good news is you don’t need to become a pump specialist when this happens. Many pump suppliers offer services that can include everything from installing the pump system to sticking […]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Aftermarket Options: Second sight
Everybody knows what a backup alarm sounds like – and that’s the problem. Once a sound becomes commonplace, people tend to ignore it. On a busy construction site, multiple machines may be beeping simultaneously. Add engine noise, traffic, surveyors, supervisors and manual laborers on the ground and you have a recipe for chaos. Even the […]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Product Report: Experience counts
The design of the zero-tail-swing excavator has come a long way, says Yanmar. The cramped leg room and rocky balance of the first machines have been alleviated by several enhancements, including repositioning the engine, moving the boom pin closer to the cab and lengthening the tracks. With the fourth generation of zero-tail-swing excavators – the […]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Product Focus: Horizontal grinders – June 2007
Reduce trees, brush, logging waste, asphalt to uniform product in one pass Bandit’s Model 3680 Beast Recycler has a variety of screens and cutting and grinding tools, allowing you to tailor the end product, which can be mulch, compost, animal bedding, fuel or materials used in pressed board. The 3680 has a 33-inch-by-60-inch opening and […]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Rent Smart: Renting compact wheel loaders
Compact wheel loaders aren’t high on contractors’ rent lists … yet. “Rental is a small part of the compact wheel loader industry,” says Dan Bruch, sales support consultant, compact wheel loaders, Caterpillar, “with under 15 percent going into rental fleets.” The reason? The skid steer still reigns in North America for many applications that can […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance/Management: After the flood
After two record-breaking hurricane seasons, it’s becoming apparent that flood and water damage pose a threat to heavy equipment fleets. And it’s not just the Gulf Coast that’s at risk. Days after October’s Hurricane Wilma roared across southern Florida, torrential rains and floods struck from New England to New Jersey. Shortly after that, mudslides deluged […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Business Matters: Operator training
In a job market with just 5 percent unemployment, finding anybody to work, let alone skilled heavy equipment operators, has become a huge challenge for contracting companies of all sizes. The average age of a person in the construction business today is pushing 50, and according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the number […]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Final Take:
A district of the Missouri Department of Transportation is using the popularity of TV reality series “Survivor” to teach high school juniors and seniors about safe driving in work zones. With the show’s theme music playing in the background, students stand on a giant canvas highway and answer safety questions posed by road construction and […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year Finalist: McCaughey Brothers Landscaping
Like many young men John and Jim McCaughey started cutting lawns in their early teens. Unlike most contractors who move from residential work to commercial landscaping, the McCaughey brothers decided to stick with residential. But rather than just mow lawns and trim trees, the brothers identified an overlooked niche in the residential market that was […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Business Matters: The value of contractors’ associations
It is entirely possible to run a construction business and never participate in any of the associations that serve this industry. But if you’ve shied away from them – thinking perhaps it’s all just backslapping and golf – think again. In addition to providing education, training and professional development, many of these associations serve as […]
June 12, 2007
Safety
On Record: Old pros
Since FEMA could use a few lessons in how to conduct its basic mission, I offer up the expertise of the construction industry. Several companies, old pros at responding to disasters, mobilized early for Hurricane Katrina. “We put an emergency response team together more than three years ago,” says Michael Kneeland, vice president of operations, […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Cover Story: Dangerous Digging
Utility strikes cost money and lives. Here’s what’s being done to prevent this potentially devastating problem. The luckiest guys alive It was supposed to be a routine job – a simple water line installation for a private home. And for Tony D’Angelo, a supervisor with Gen-Con Excavating in Philadelphia, that was a good thing. On […]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Final Word: Dangerous digging: What needs to change
Over the past six years the Common Ground Study and the Common Ground Alliance served as the main focus of this country’s underground damage prevention efforts. The work these people have done is solid and commendable and has no doubt contributed to everyone’s safety. But now it’s time to turn what everybody acknowledges to be […]
June 12, 2007
Business
First Word: Training is always affordable
I picked up the Sunday edition of the local newspaper last week, and there on the front page was a mess: The lead photo showed what looked like a jumbled mass of rebar, twisted, bent and contorted into unrecognizable shapes. Closer inspection revealed the mess in the picture was the remains of a crane boom […]
June 12, 2007
Business
ICUEE 2005: The Demo Expo
Forget kicking the tires. At ICUEE, also known as The Demo Expo, you’ll also get the chance to drive on them, skid them and get them dirty. ICUEE offers one of the few chances you’ll have to get in-seat time on several machine brands, all located within yards of each other. Show sponsor Association of […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year finalist: Aaron Smith, Smith Trucking and Construction
Aaron Smith has been around heavy equipment all his life. When he was still in diapers, Smith regularly rode on a bulldozer with his father, often until he fell asleep. As a boy, he operated the dozer in open spaces where he couldn’t damage anything. His father, Tommy Smith, kept his company purposefully small. Most […]
June 12, 2007
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