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Funnels make pouring quick and painless
Tricoās Industrial Fast Funnels are designed to fit a wide variety of orifices as small as 3/4 inch in diameter. They are intended for one-time use and each funnel remains clean and compact until separated from the header and opened. Made of coated, heavy-grade paper stock, they are usable with virtually any liquid or powder. [ā¦]
June 18, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year ā June 2007
Growing up in the lush and rolling foothills just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Darrell Westmoreland spent his youth hunting and fishing and helping out on his grandfatherās farm. So it was only natural that he took his love of the outdoors with him to college and majored in biological and agricultural engineering with [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
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Maintenance/Management: Intelligent hydraulics
In just the past few years, the progression from electro-hydraulic control to electronic control of hydraulic systems has given engineers almost unlimited potential to re-write the rules of how machines and their component subsystems work together. And smarter hydraulics combined with steady improvements in the mechanical elements of hydraulic pumps, motors, hoses and connections are [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Application Tips: Brush cutter attachments
The brush cutter attachment market has exploded in the past five years, especially in coastal regions and the Midwest. This is mainly because of stricter burning laws and bans on certain chemicals, says Jerry Sechler, vice president of sales for Loftness/US Attachments. Since these tools allow you to use a carrier machine you already have [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance/Management: Dealing with dust
Heavy equipment engines may be massive and powerful, but all it takes is a teaspoon of dust to ruin one. Silica, the primary ingredient in dust, is highly abrasive and acts like a lapping compound ā polishing your piston rings, valves, cams and crankshafts and sandblasting your fuel injectors or any moving part with tight [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year Update: Class of 2004
Editorās Note: Equipment Worldās 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. Weāll be revisiting these former finalists through this month, and then announcing our [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Application Tips: Drop hammers
Since drop hammers primarily use the laws of gravity, rather than hydraulics, to perform their work, their only mission is breaking up concrete on a flat plane. But they excel in this application to the point you might want to have one in addition to your hydraulic breakers. With its blunt breaking head, a drop [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Aftermarket Options: Rebuilding hammers and breakers
The job of a hydraulic hammer is easy to understand. āIt has to break the material under it without breaking itself,ā says Donald Dennis, product support manager for Caterpillar Impact Products. Manufacturers have solved this dilemma by designing hammers so the critical parts that wear can be replaced easily. Rebuilds are a part of the [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
On Record: Prepare in advance
While using the phrase āprepare in advanceā would drive my former English teacher Miss MacAllister nuts, there were so many examples of preparing in reverse this past year in the disaster-response arena that Iām going to let it stand. Weāre still tallying the lessons learned during 2005. In March, United Rentals published a white paper [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Safety
The World of Concrete product review
Hilti device makes tool theft pointless The electronic Hilti TPS Theft Protection System consists of a company card, activation key and electronic module inside the tool. Hilti gives each participating company a unique theft protection code, which is set initially in each tool by using the company card. Simply connect the tool to the power [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Rent Smart: The big boys
Cat Rental Store www.cat.com Number of locations: 430 in the United States and Canada, all operated by Caterpillar dealers Cat dealers added 23 locations in 2005 and will continue to expand in 2006, although no specifics are available. The national average fleet age is 18 months. In addition to Cat equipment, the stores offer a [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year Update: Class of 2003
Editorās Note: Equipment Worldās 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. Weāll be revisiting these former finalists through April, and then announcing our 2006 [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Application Tips: Welders
Just because youāve had success using a certain kind of welding machine in the past doesnāt mean you shouldnāt consider something different the next time you buy. While it may seem counter intuitive to fix something that isnāt broken, you might miss out on advancements that could improve your bottom line if you donāt at [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Cover Story: Digital Earthmoving
You are ā right now ā living through a revolution: A diverse array of technologies have converged to utterly change the way earth is moved. As with most revolutions, these advances happened in stages. The development of high-pressure hydraulic control systems and powertrains was revolutionary to men who cut their teeth on primitive clutch-and-brake and [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Maintenance/Management: Quick couplers
In the right applications there is nothing that can boost your excavatorās 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 Californiaās Sierra Mountains and having to change [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year Update: Class of 2002
Editorās Note: Equipment Worldās 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. Weāll be revisiting these former finalists through April, and then announcing our 2006 [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Application Tips: Pumps
Chances are, you arenāt a pump expert. And when you run into water at a jobsite, most of the time you arenāt expecting it. The good news is you donāt 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 [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
Safety
Aftermarket Options: Second sight
Everybody knows what a backup alarm sounds like ā and thatās 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 [ā¦]
June 12, 2007
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