Information and advice on construction equipment maintenance, from the editors at Associated Construction Publications - the leading source of information for the heavy, highway and non-residential construction industry
EPA Grants Fund Retrofits in Portland, OR 5/4/2009
The air around Oregon construction sites will get cleaner thanks to a grant to retrofit diesel engines announced last week. The $1.73 million grant... More
We Energies Tests Battery Power For Truck-Mounted Personnel Lift Photos and story by Mike Larson, editor, Western Builder Magazine - 04/16/2009
We Energies, Milwaukee, WI, is testing a new, environmentally friendly truck-mounted personnel lift that’s powered by battery instead of by a power take off driven by the service truck’s diesel engine.
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Terex AWP Parts And Service Manuals Available On DVD And Online Staff - 04/06/2009
Customers of Terex® Aerial Work Platforms (AWP), Redmond, WA, can now get parts and service manuals free on DVD or from the Genie® website. A Service and Parts Manual DVD will now be included with all Genie boom, scissor and telehandler products, as well as Terex generator and light-tower purchases, instead of a printed set of manuals.
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Giving Equipment A Second Life By Aram Kalousdian, Editor - 04/06/2009
Michigan CAT's Powertrain Rebuild program assists customers with the cost of upgrading off-road equipment with new Tier 1 engines that will meet anticipated emissions regulations and requirements. "We can analyze a customer's fleet and identify where their emissions level is. If, for example, a customer has three or four unregulated machines that have 10,000 to 12,000 hours on them and they are...
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Hydraulics Solve Low-Headroom Problem for CB&I By Pete Crisci - 03/23/2009
The huge Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) Island Park fabrication shop in Beaumont, TX, specializes in large-scale process modules, shop-built vessels, and large steel plate subassemblies. Nonetheless, this job was a little bit like building a ship in a bottle and then having to remove the ship from the bottle.
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Keep Truck Operating Costs from Going Up in Smoke By Bruce Boyers - 03/18/2009
Medium trucks are a vital link in our troubled economy, enabling service fleets and deliveries all across America. But while goods and services keep on arriving, average citizens don’t know how dearly the owner-operators and fleets are paying to keep it all going.
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Miller New Welder Generator 03/10/2009
Designed for the maintenance and repair professional, farm and ranch operator, and fabrication specialists, the new Wildcat 200 from Miller Electric Mfg. Co. provides industrial quality welding performance, durability and generator power in a compact and lightweight package.
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Tire Casings: Proper Care Means Big Savings Staff - 03/09/2009
Construction fleets can realize significant cost savings simply by taking the time to care for their tire casings. "Casings are the core of your tire investment," according to Tim Miller, marketing communication manager for Goodyear. "If you focus on that investment, you will reap the rewards of a lower cost-per-mile for the life of the tire.
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Restoring The Bricks in Roswell An apartment building dating from almost 170 years ago is restored and expanded to create new residential space in an historic Atlanta suburb.
Restoring The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The restoration of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City involved rebuilding the museum's Pier 86 into a state-of-the-art docking facility.
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