Category: Fleet Maintenance
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Why Ammonia Engines Haven’t Taken the Lead Yet
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in Business, Business Services, Construction Safety, Construction Technology, Diesel Engines, Equipment, Equipment Management, Featured, Fleet Maintenance, Gasoline Engines, Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8, Management Standards, Medium Duty Trucks: Class 4 – 6, Other Components, Trucks, Trucks & Accessories, Utility Vehicles, Worksite EquipmentStarting from 1933, ammonia engines began to be made. While slight advances were made before the 2000s, there was not the same motivation to have a working and efficient ammonia engine as there is now. Although there is an incentive to improve the ammonia engine and fuel capabilities and to create a better ammonia engine…
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The Role of Battery-Powered Equipment for Interior Demolition
Battery-powered equipment that operates with zero engine exhaust emissions opens up an entirely new world of interior demolition applications. Jobs that previously relied almost entirely on manual labor, either because of indoor conditions or noise ordinances, can now look to battery-powered equipment to bring efficiencies to the jobsite. As more and more essential jobsite equipment…
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Volvo Adds Hybrid Technology to New-Gen Excavators
Volvo Construction Equipment has announced the addition of hybrid models to its newest generation of excavators. These models ranging from 26 tons to 50 tons include the EC260 Hybrid, EC300 Hybrid, EC370 Hybrid, EC400 Hybrid, and EC500 Hybrid, making them the biggest models in Volvo’s hybrid portfolio. These new models deliver up to 20% better fuel efficiency than the previous series’ conventional models…
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ET – State of the Industry 2025
As the construction industry welcomes a new year and a new presidential administration, many contractors wonder what the future may hold. In conversation with industry experts, it appears that many of the existing industry challenges, such as the skilled labor shortage and market conditions, may remain. It’s a mix of optimism and uncertainty that lead…
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The Impacts of Trump Ramping Up Fossil Fuel Production
Since the United States inauguration day, Jan. 20, 2025, there has been a lot of uncertainty. The Trump administration has come into office with big ideas and ways that it would like to fix the problems it sees in the country. One of those problems is the climate and fossil fuels — President Trump has declared a…
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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…