John Deere launches skid steer website

Rebecca Wasieleski

Apr 23, 2008

Want to compare your John Deere skid steer to other machines in the industry? Watch skid steer competition videos? Check out www.skidsteersmackdown.com. The site allows you to pick the Deere machine of your choice and watch an entertaining, interactive machine comparison.

Penetrating seawater carries bacteria that form colonies – biofilm.

Study Finds Concrete-eating Bacteria on Road Tunnels

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Is 2025 Looking Good For Your Concrete Contracting Business?

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Award 2024 Concrete Top Product

Cheers to a Busy, Safe Construction Season

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Study Finds Concrete-eating Bacteria on Road Tunnels

Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology found that a biofilm forms and deteriorates the surface of a concrete tunnel that’s surrounded by seawater.

Penetrating seawater carries bacteria that form colonies – biofilm.

World of Concrete

What Does 'Concrete Contractor' Mean?

What's great is that difference of jobs doesn't separate the industry from itself and something all concrete contractors from the foundation and up can be proud of.

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Is 2025 Looking Good For Your Concrete Contracting Business?

If it sounds like it's going to be a good year, let's make it so. Take pride in your work. Appreciate your team. Be safe. Be kind.

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Concrete Thoughts

Cheers to a Busy, Safe Construction Season

While preparing for the Concrete Contractor May/June 2024 issue, I'd like to draw your attention to a few items.

Award 2024 Concrete Top Product

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The New New Normal

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Do you consider architectural concrete, decorative? What's the difference between the two? If there's a separation, where does that contraction joint lay?

Architectural Concrete Vs Decorative Concrete

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You’ve probably heard me say something along the lines of how exciting it is to be within the concrete industry right now. I say it because ... it is.

Everything Is Change

Concrete Thoughts

The Language of Embodied Carbon

What is meant by the reduction of embodied carbon emissions? Let’s take a look at the difference between "reduced" and "avoided."

The Language of Embodied Carbon

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Martian Masonry: Space Concrete Could Be Made With Potatoes?

Scientists develop a new concrete that could create an extraterrestrial concrete - and it's based on potatoes. Someone call Matt Damon.

StarCrete Space Concrete Could Be Made With Potatoes

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With the month of May home to Building Safety Month and Construction Safety Week, as editor for Concrete Contractor, I was lucky enough to have spoken with some great people that also put safety top of mind.

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Announcing Concrete Contractor's 2023 Top Products

Watch this video announcement of the Concrete Contractor 2023 Top Products award - recognizing the products, tools, and equipment within the concrete construction, decorative concrete, concrete finishing industries (and everything between).

Concrete Thoughts

Welcome Home from World of Concrete

Despite doing as much as we could—we weren't able to see EVERYTHING from World of Concrete 2023. What was the one thing that stood out for you?

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