Construction Tire Design: The Low Sidewall Concept

Automotive market inspires improved construction tire design Nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes … or so says Benjamin Franklin. Another certainty...

IoT Revolution

Traditional telematics is a dot on a map—it is one-way data that requires someone to sit at a computer, interpret what the information is...

Tire Cost-Per-Hour

Steve Jensen and his team at Farmers Cooperative in Firth, Nebraska, are more than just dealers of farm and industrial tires. They may be...

Distracted Driving

More construction fleets are hitting the road than ever before, and to keep pace with the heightened risk of distracted driving, it is necessary...
cold weather concreting

Cold Weather Concreting

When placing concrete in cold weather, extra precautions must be taken to ensure that the concrete sets properly and gains adequate strength. The first few days...

Below Grade Insulation is Outta Sight

Is insulation really needed on buried foundation walls and under concrete floor slabs? In short, “yes.” Those of us who have been in the building...

4 Tech Tools to Help Fleet Managers Increase ROI

I am hard pressed to think of an industry not significantly affected by technology in the last decade, and there is no end in sight....

GPS Tracking

By Del Williams In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, construction contractors, business owners, and fleet managers still need to manage their fleets, but may...
Geofoam

The First Time

In retrospect, it sure seems simple, at least to the traveling public. Whether we are driving through a neighborhood or on a highway at...

New Ways to Bridge the Labor Gap

Whether it’s a residential construction project in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or commercial projects in Florida and Tennessee, the contractors who successfully navigate today’s...