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Section: Equipment > Fleet Maintenance > Other Components
Building Bottom Lines
Tire Maintenance is Both a Performance and a Safety Concern
Keep tires properly maintained to maximize performance and reduce safety risks.
January 16, 2014
Picking the right tire for the equipment and operating conditions is one of the most important step you can take to avoid shortening a tire's service life.
Building Bottom Lines
International Tour: 3 Whirlwind Days of Jobsites, Tier 4 Final, Remanufacturing and More
Journalists traveled to Germany and France to gain insights about Liebherr's component operations and to tour two high-profile construction sites.
October 31, 2013
Roughly 40 journalists from 13 countries donned hard hats, vests and bright yellow safety boots to head out to the work site for the FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) international particle accelerator.
Skid Steers
Michelin's Tweel for Skid Steers Changes Everything
Michelin North America
The airless radial tire outperforms everything round, is flatproof, maintenance-free and offers one of the most fundamental paradigm shifts in vehicles
May 22, 2013
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Construction Toolbox
Truckers Not as Happy with SCR Diesels But Most are Saving Money
More than half of motor carriers say the diesel emissions technology coming to off-road equipment has improved fuel economy but maintenance experience is mixed
April 5, 2013
Construction Toolbox
Radial Vs Bias Earthmover Tires
FCP managing editor Kim Hegeman got in the operator's seat to experience the difference between radial and bias tires on wheel loaders
November 8, 2012
After 11 passes over a path covered with a few 2x4s, the radial tire loader went from around 900 liters of water in the bucket down to 740 liters.
Counter Thoughts
Do Tier 4 Emissions Regulations Bring Value to Equipment Owners?
Equipment manufacturers and industry watchers debate whether or not US EPA diesel exhaust regulations are a help or a hindrance to equipment owners
October 31, 2012
Do Tier 4 emissions regulations bring value to equipment owners?
Fleet Maintenance
JCB's Game-Changing Tier 4 Technology Avoids Aftertreatment, Maintains Resale Value
JCB
A low-cost kit recalibrates the engines for use in countries that do not have ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel available
July 10, 2012
JCB announced it can conform to Tier 4 Interim regulations through the use of its patented in-cylinder technologies.
Manfredi's Machine Works
Have Tier 4 Technologies Quarantined US Equipment Markets?
US EPA diesel emission regulations could cut off developing nations as a market for used equipment
April 13, 2012
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Building Bottom Lines
Internal Combustion Is Not Going Away
January 10, 2012
Fleet Maintenance
Contractor Confronted by Ethanol Issue
As this contractor discovered, the danger of running high ethanol content in small air-cooled gasoline engines is real.
November 11, 2011
Pavement Roundabout
CARB Fines City of Compton for Violating Air Quality Regs
March 21, 2011
Diesel Engines
CARB Redo is Relief, Not Reprieve
October 11, 2010
Diesel Engines
CARB Remaking Diesel Exhaust Rules Based on Corrected Fleet Inventory
September 3, 2010
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