Out From Behind the Eight Ball

Back in 1946, Nickolas Savko and his wife Gilda started their business in Columbus, Ohio, with a single pickup truck and a few employees....
mobile lube equipment

What to Consider When Adding Mobile Lube Equipment to Your Fleet

If your equipment isn’t working, you’re not making money, so it can be a real challenge to shut a machine off for routine service...

Golden Screws

For decades, the general wisdom in approaching manufacturing has been to rely on a “just in time” strategy to ensure component parts are available...

Tackling Wear and Tear

Equipment wears down and sometimes breaks—it’s a fact of doing business, but when it happens unexpectedly, it can lead to unnecessary downtime, costs, and...

Achieving 70,000-mile Interval

For any transportation company, taking vehicles off the road for regular oil service is a constant challenge. While necessary, it means the loss of...
tire maintenance

Construction Tire Management: Four Key Questions

Tires can represent a substantial investment for construction companies and like any investment, should be managed correctly to secure optimal returns, which can take...

Cutting Fleet Costs through Benchmarking – Part 1

How do you know how well your fleet is doing relative to others? Are you spending too much … too little? Is your fleet...

The Crown Curb

When a parking lot concrete overlay job is commissioned, there are standard procedures regarding the different design elements of the job. One such element...
Fuel Delivery to construction sites

Fuel Delivery

Taking the stress off construction site managers in urban environments By Luke Van Wyk Managing the flow of fuel in compressed, urban environments is a challenge...
sealcoating

Sealcoating Asphalt: Protection for Longevity

By Maury Bagwell From parking lots to roadways, asphalt serves a critical role in infrastructure. But it must contend with some of Mother Nature’s harshest...