Continual maintenance of your fleet plays a vital role in ensuring optimal operating conditions for your equipment. While many fleet owners recognize the importance of maintenance, some aspects still get overlooked.
When you know you need to shut down your plant, you probably also know how dangerous and hectic the operation can be. Whether you’re completing a shutdown for preventive maintenance, equipment replacement, facility repurposing or permanent closure, you need to keep the site and your employees safe throughout the process. It’s not always easy, but knowing the steps to take can ensure a successful shutdown and, if needed, reopening. Follow these tips to ensure your operation goes smoothly.
Trucking keeps the economy moving and delivers goods to every corner of the country. To combat increasing trucking costs and competition from rail, air and sea transportation, the trucking industry is taking advantage of advanced technology to improve every aspect of the business. It is an exciting time to be in the trucking industry and watch as the pace of technological advances speeds up.
Maintaining 500 miles of road – which includes pavement, gravel, and minimum maintenance – is a big job. In fact, five hundred miles is more road than the stretch of I-80 that runs across Nebraska.
If trucking rules across the United States are generally comparable from state to state, there are many differences in the details that you need to be aware of. If you’re driving in or through Nebraska, you want to be sure you’re following all of the rules to stay safe and avoid costly fines and time-consuming inspections and seizures.
Brent Reeder from SIGMA Corp, a 25-year Omaha-area general contractor focusing on primarily commercial and industrial work, was first exposed to NMC when he began to consider GPS grading and machine control system technology for his company.
The importance of the on-highway trucking industry to our nation’s economy means that manufacturers and legislators alike are looking for new ways to increase efficiency of commercial trucks to make them cleaner and consume less fuel.
Getting the best performance out of your on-highway truck is an important key in adding to your bottom line.
Mike Snyder, Highway Superintendent of Gosper County, uses CAT equipment for county operations because it has a reliable reputation and never breaks down.
“Why did I choose NMC? I was 21 years old, fresh out of college when I bought my first machine and tree shear. I needed a company to stand behind me and help lead me to success. That’s why I chose Caterpillar products.
A business that is dependent on the use of heavy equipment has a few decisions to make about how they’ll acquire the equipment that is vital to completing a project properly, efficiently and on time. Your specific situation will be different than another construction or excavating business so it’s not easy to just get the needed insights from a fellow business owner on what they do. You need to take into account a few different factors that will contribute to making the right choice for the vitality and management of your company.
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