John Thomas

From the Author
Trenching Attachments
How to Avoid Trenching Troubles
How to safely operate your trencher attachment with ease.
Before your trencher attachment touches the dirt, match the tooth type and pattern with your soil type.
Sweepers
How to Maintain Sweeper Attachments
Avoid headaches with daily inspections and maintenance of sweeper attachments
The optimum brush pattern adjustment for a sweeper attachment is a 2- to 4-inch contact pattern that allows the brush to pick up debris with a “flicking” motion.
Cold Planers
Cold Planer Attachment Maintenance for Best Performance
Paladin Construction Group
Manufacturers design cold planer attachments to require minimal maintenance. Unfortunately, this has led to many operators completely ignoring most maintenance functions with their picks.
Cold planers, such as this Bradco unit, are used for asphalt and concrete pothole and frost heave repair, curb cutting, pavement texturing and the removal of traffic lane stripes and roadway around manholes.
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