Follow Up and Follow Through

If you peruse the OEM manuals, you will often see certain checks or lubrication assignments recommended to be completed daily or weekly. Because of...

Mobile Fuel, DEF, Lube, and Maintenance Solutions Help Drive Contractor Uptime

Equipment owners and fleet managers are driven by the bottom line. In the construction industry, that bottom line is affected largely by the total...

Concrete Outgassing

By Jennifer Crisman Although concrete is commonly perceived as a dry and dense substance, it is actually an inherently porous material that more closely resembles...

Pavement Preservation

Crafco transformed how pavement cracks were repaired more than four decades ago. Today, they are among the most recognized and trusted materials and equipment...

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...

New Maintenance Mindset: Understanding iT4 technologies

Understanding exactly how the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) emission standards—and the interim Tier 4 (iT4) engines—will impact excavators, wheel loaders, and articulated dump trucks...
Inventory

What to stock? What to order?

When it comes to inventory, one of the questions often heard is, “What parts should we keep on-hand versus direct buy?” There are no...
Trailer Maintenance Tips

Trailer Maintenance Tips

Heavy-haul trailers see it all—rocks, ruts, bumps, and jolts. It all translates to an increased risk of damage. Troy Geisler, vice president of marketing and...

Harnessing the Power of CMMS

Although the majority of enterprise software systems have some form of maintenance module, many are inherently loosely structured and offer only very basic capabilities,...
Tool Ownership

The Hidden Costs of Tool Ownership and How to Address Them

By Adrian Gram Having the right tools for a project is a game-changer, but it can seem like a necessary evil if you have to...