Category: Fleet Maintenance
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Tire Maintenance Best Practices | For Construction Pros
Tire maintenance is a challenge in the off-highway industry and it can keep operators and drivers up at night. Downtime is a major challenge and the costs can be exorbitant and have far-reaching effects. Phil Domm, mining tire sales manager at MAXAM Tire, offers insights on tire technology development for the off-highway industries and what…
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18 New Products for General Equipment and Tool Rental
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in Alarms, Attachments – Other, Backhoe Loaders, Compact Track Loaders, Compaction Equipment, Couplers, Cracksealing Equipment & Materials, Earthmoving – Compact, Featured, Fleet Maintenance, Fleet News, Lifting Equipment, Lighting, Loaders, Portable Compressors (Under 85 Cfm), Portable Lighting, Power, Pressure Washers, Rental, Telescopic Handler, Towable Compressors (85 Cfm and larger)New products are introduced to the general equipment and tool rental industry all the time. Whether these are announced as an updated solution, a brand new tool, or new equipment to add to your lot, these products found a problem and have been designed to address it. As published in the January/February 2025 issue of…
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5 Things You Should Know About Renewable Diesel
For construction fleets, vehicles have historically run on diesel. As the world has shifted towards more sustainable and renewable energies, options like hydrogen and electricity have been offered as solutions. The problem is that these solutions tend to entail an uprooting of the fleets you have in order to get the vehicles or engines that…
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Maximizing Uptime with Reliability Centered Maintenance, Seasonal Product Strategy and Oil Analysis
As the seasons turn, we are often reminded of several routine maintenance activities which accompany the changing weather patterns. Around the house these include things like rolling back the clocks for daylight saving time, cleaning gutters and laundry vents, and changing batteries in smoke detectors. On the jobsite, a similar cadence of routine maintenance is…
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How the California Emission Laws Affect Diesel Vehicles
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in Batteries, Business Services, Construction Technology, Dealers, Diesel Engines, Equipment, Equipment Management, Featured, Fleet Maintenance, Gasoline Engines, Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8, Management Standards, Medium Duty Trucks: Class 4 – 6, Pavement Maintenance, Pickup Trucks & Vans, Service Centers, Sustainability, Sweepers, Trucks, Trucks & Accessories, Utility Vehicles, Worksite EquipmentWhile the United States as a whole is shifting toward being more environmentally friendly with new rules and regulations on diesel and commercial vehicles, California is the state most known for its strict emissions laws. With the harsher rules in place, California has been able to address issues that the federal rules were not likely…
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How OTR Market Changes Are Impacting Off-Highway Manufacturers, Suppliers
Off-the-road (OTR) tire manufacturers are facing many challenges, but also many opportunities with the rise of automation and autonomous vehicles. Harshawardhan Honmode, global head of Yokohama OTR, offers insights on some of these challenges and what lies ahead for the OTR market, particularly in the U.S., which has been growing in importance the last several…
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Scania Showcases Next Generation 13-Liter Engine at World of Concrete
At World of Concrete 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, visitors to the Scania booth will discover the new 13-liter DC13 engines for industrial operations. Showcased at the booth via augmented reality technology, the Next Generation 13-liter DC13 engine met interest from both original equipment manufacturers and end users alike. Offering power density, a significantly increased life…
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Defining ‘Five Stars’ in the Construction Industry
What’s the first thing we all do in a new city? Search Google or Yelp for places to eat. Then, we ask a few folks to see if the “five-star reviews” translate into meaningful experiences. In industries like ours, delivering world-class service every day is not only the norm but the entry price for civil…
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Equipment Today’s 2025 Equipment Showcase
Submissions are now open for Equipment Today’s Annual Equipment Showcase, a special issue designed to highlight the latest and greatest equipment releases for the construction industry. Qualified product submissions come from equipment manufacturers and include assets in the following categories: earthmoving, attachments, lift equipment, worksite equipment, fleet management, trucks and transportation, roadbuilding and technology. All product…