CTL Maintenance Practices

Reduce downtime with daily and weekly checks By George MacIntyre Today’s high-performance compact track loaders (CTLs) can provide several productivity advantages on nearly any jobsite. However,...

Tech Takeover

Digital transformation continues to open new doors for streamlining processes, innovating faster, and improving the customer experience. And it’s had a significant influence on...
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...

7 Tips for Welding Abrasion-Resistant Plate

When welding abrasion-resistant (AR) plate to a piece of equipment, it is important to select the most appropriate filler metal for the application—whether it’s...

Proper Technique

Self-shielded flux-cored arc welding (FCAW-S) offers numerous benefits, including good weldability, high deposition rates, and excellent chemical and mechanical properties. These make the process...

Making Assets Smart and Users Even Smarter

Driving the service industry in 2018 will be an explosive growth in new technologies to gather and use data. The IoT (Internet of Things)...

Cut Costs, Boost Efficiency

In an era when efficiency and cost-effectiveness are paramount for construction companies, telematics technology emerges as a game-changer, especially in the management and maintenance...

Casing Savings

By Phillip Mosier  Tread pattern and the cost of a tire gets a lot of attention from fleet managers running construction trucks, but it’s the...

Automatic Lubrication

Following the successful launch of the Lube Shuttle® manual grease guns by MATO GmbH, Beka-Max of America Inc. introduces three pneumatic MATO products: the...

The Hole Picture

Downtime is a four-letter word in the road repair business, and whether you’re looking at hours or days rests largely on your concrete drill....