October 2018

Equipment Today October 2018
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You may want to change hydraulic oil more frequently if you are using a loader for heavy-duty applications, and specifically if it is used with high-flow attachments where you are running the attachment frequently over relief and at hotter temperatures.
Skid Steers
7 Steps to Keep Skid-steer Attachments Pumping Out Profits

Underhood air compressors provide air on demand and do not require an air receiver tank. Image source: VMAC
Onboard Power Sources
Onboard Power Play: Match Air Compressors to the Application and Vehicle
Takeoffs are essential to a professional bid. Determining necessary quantities is a painstaking process repeated with each design change, but it can be done with ease using model-based estimating software.
Estimating & Bidding
Estimating Software is a Saving Bet
Takeoffs are essential to a professional bid. Determining necessary quantities is a painstaking process repeated with each design change, but it can be done with ease using model-based estimating software.
Estimating & Bidding
Estimating Software is a Saving Bet
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
Track Chain Tension is Your Key to Cutting Undercarriage Costs
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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
April 18, 2018
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.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
How the iPad Brought a Bright Future to Construction
The 2010 iPad introduction opened doors to mobile computing on job sites, where it is needed to reverse construction’s sliding labor productivity
March 26, 2018
Construction's labor productivity had been sliding uniquely for many years, but reached an inflection point when Apple put real computing power and connectivity in the field in the form of the iPad.
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