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Benefits of Changing Hot Oil

There are many routine maintenance tasks that fleet maintenance professionals perform every day, and changing oil is arguably the most important and frequently performed...

True Cost of Idling

Benefits of idle reduction technology Fuel and maintenance costs related to idling is a major concern for work truck fleets. Nationally, trucks burn four billion...

State of Charge: Battery Systems

Problems and why they matter By Stefan Eshleman Batteries can be monitored for many different things. None of these different things are as important as the...

Right Part, Right Time: Part 3 of 3

Storeroom efficiency netted positive results By Corey Crable In part one and two of this article, Superior Paving made the decision to improve its asset management...
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Frontline Maintenance with Operator Care

Successful heavy construction companies understand that boosting profit margins can only happen by increasing efficiency and lowering costs. To ensure a rise to 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...

Property Tags

Maintain your inventory with barcode labels By Del Williams For almost any size construction company with assets that need to be tracked, it is essential...
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Taking Care of Your Rubber Track

Compact track loaders are one of a jobsite’s most versatile pieces of equipment, so when it comes to the machines’ rubber track undercarriages, taking...

Tire Savvy

By Ryan Lopes Just like a building or a road—or any contracting job—the quality of a tire is a factor of good design, good materials,...

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...