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Management Standards
How to Make Sure Batteries Start Equipment Reliably as Voltage Draws Grow
Here’s how your heavy-duty battery maintenance program can get consistent starts from continually improving battery technology
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Equipment Management
Winter Kills Off Summer-Weakened Batteries
Winter weather is no doubt hard on equipment’s starting batteries but most of their death spirals likely started under excessive heat
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Equipment Management
How the Recession Reshuffled Construction Equipment Buying Priorities
Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP)
Surge in equipment buyers' use of rental, leasing and service contracts enlists dealers and manufacturers to share risk of machine ownership
The past 10 years has brought nearly 68% of equipment professionals surveyed to negotiate dealer service contracts with new machine purchases.
Equipment Management
Keys to Successfully Recapping Off-Road Tires
Construction equipment managers talk about how to know which off-road tires to retread, and when, to prevent failures and reduce costs
Since putting in place standards for which tires to retread and establishing life expectations with its tire partners, Copart’s recap tire failure rate has plummeted from 10% to 1%.
Equipment Management
Splitting Equipment-Triangle Value Three Ways Helps Everybody Prosper
Contractors who allow for their vendors’ success when negotiating equipment transactions tell how it’s improved their operations
Superior Construction is a heavy civil contractor with expertise in bridge and road work normally working ten to 15 jobs from its Northwest Indiana headquarters, and 30 to 40 jobs in its southeast region.
Equipment Management
How Contractors are Creating Safety Cultures that Beat Compliance Rituals
Some company leaders surpass safety priorities by building tools into their business DNA that empower all employees to include safety in whatever they see and do
“Safety dovetails between safety and operations,” says Clark's Kris Manning. “It starts with camaraderie on the jobsite and the genuine, shared concern for each other’s safety.”
Equipment Management
Equipment Managers Say Narrowing Telematics Priorities Drives Jobsite Cost Reductions
Equipment professionals discuss how carefully selecting the right work processes to improve with the right telematics data helps slash inefficiencies and cost on construction projects
Copart wheel loaders are heavy lifters, turning and straight-away driving, operators need training on how their techniques influence active fuel burn.
Management Standards
Should Contractors Signal SOS on Truck HOS?
Equipment managers struggle to abide by tighter DOT Hours of Service truck-driver restrictions in the face of relentless demand for mobile service technicians
A proposed rule change would allow drivers of single-unit vehicles to claim off-duty drive time as personal conveyance.
Equipment Management
Track Chain Tension is Your Key to Cutting Undercarriage Costs
Maintaining track sag is harder to do than it is to say because tension is constantly changing, but check these tips to beat the odds
To determine track tension, measure to the grouser tip from a straight edge or string stretched from the carrier roller to the idler or sprocket, whichever sags most. Check the manuals for the machine model at hand for the full procedure and specific sag prescription.
Equipment Management
How to Make Telematics a Tool for Managing Machine Life and Projects
With progressive goals and intentional planning, telematics can do so much more than find machines and make sure they’re fueled up
Branch Civil is a heavy-civil construction company with three Virginia offices and a fourth in North Carolina. Roughly 60% of the company's mixed fleet is telematics-equipped. The goal, through normal attrition over the next several years, is 100%.
Equipment Management
Hiring & Onboarding Tips
How to make great hires and build outstanding teams. Insights from Gil Gilbert, CEM, CASS, fleet director for Henkels & McCoy's Pipeline Division.
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Equipment Management
Performance Guarantees Help You Buy Equipment Performance Over Price
Performance guarantees help Skansa USA balance risks associated with equipment ownership cost
Over the years, Skanska USA has developed a matrix method to negotiate performance guarantees across the United Sates.
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