The Good Life

Like the Sage investment advice, “buy low, sell high,” crawler excavators have a greater return on investment when a highly productive lifecycle is paired...
aging induction units

Tear Out or Replace

Many facilities built in the 70s and 80s continue to operate and maintain aging induction-based air conditioning units originally installed in each room or...

Deck Maintenance Tips & Techniques

By Steve Getsiv Americans spend millions each year building, replacing and repairing decks. At an average cost of $16,000 per HomeAdvisor.com, a 16- by 20-foot...
HDD tooling

5 Signs Your HDD Tooling Needs to Be Replaced

Your HDD operation is only as strong as the tools in your shed. One broken piece in a drill string can stall your job...

7 Strategies to Help You Reduce Maintenance Management Costs

The cost of equipment and facility management can run pretty high in businesses of every size, and managers or supervisors are always looking for...

A Pygmy’s Journey: Part 1 of 2

Let’s start this off on the right foot. This article is all about how to affect fleet cost containment in the real world for...

An Ounce of Prevention

Ask professionals of any trade whether it’s better to repair something or prevent it from being damaged in the first place, and the answer...
ELD

Compliant and Productive

The Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate continues to be a source of concern and frustration for many construction materials haulers, and even though the...

When the Guardrail is Down

A report was sent in to the Highway Commission on February 1 detailing a section of the rail that appeared to have been struck...

Breaking Winter’s Grip

The temperatures at a jobsite can make operating compact equipment power sources tough. In fact, simply getting a small engine to turn over can...