Bucket Ground Engaging Tools: Selection, Changeouts, and Maintenance
Bucket ground engaging tools (GET) have a significant impact on equipment longevity, productivity, fuel consumption, and maintenance costs, which makes choosing the right GET and properly maintaining them two of the most important machine-related decisions owners and operators face. While bucket GET include base edges, adapters, edges, and sidebars, tips are among the most popular…
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Choosing the Right Generator for Your Business
If you’re a business owner, the last thing you need is to experience costly downtime due to an unexpected power loss. Fortunately, reliable commercial generators are available to provide a power solution, but knowing how to choose generators that are right for your organization isn’t necessarily an easy task. Assessing Your Power Generation Needs A…
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Get To Work on a New Construction Career
With October’s designation as Careers in Construction Month, now is the perfect time to consider how a construction career can take you to new heights. Carter Machinery knows the importance of spreading the word about the demand for construction jobs. According to Build Your Future – an advocacy group for the construction industry – there…
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Benefits of ‘Wet’ Pin and Bushing Turns
Carter Machinery has a preventative maintenance program to fight that degradation process of pin and bushings, extending your machine’s life and saving you money both now and in the future. The Problem The steel components of a track-type machine’s undercarriage are constantly wearing down, slowly threatening your projects and bottom line. Over time, pins and…
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Equipping Your Fleet Through Financing or Leasing
Having a capable, reliable fleet is at the foundation of any successful business utilizing heavy equipment. Contractors – both new and well-established ones – need machinery they can depend on to effectively handle the jobs they’re hired to perform. Knowing how to pay for this crucial investment in the business is of the utmost importance….
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Maximize Production By Maintaining Work Tools
To maximize any machine’s performance, it’s of the utmost importance to take proper care of its work tools. The selection of your machine’s ground-engaging tools (G.E.T.) is one of the most important decisions you make on your machine, regardless of the job. Having the right G.E.T. affects your equipment’s longevity, productivity, fuel consumption, and maintenance…
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The Best Equipment For Demolition or Deconstruction
When it comes to demolishing or deconstructing materials, there are a number of specific pieces of equipment that help get the job done efficiently and effectively. These machines will typically use the following hydraulic tool attachments: rippers, brushcutters, augers, buckets, trenchers and saws. Selecting the appropriate equipment comes down to three simple steps: A thorough understanding…
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Battery Protection Begins In The Summer
The cold of winter gets a bad rap, but did you know that the summer heat can wreak the most havoc on your fleet’s batteries? It’s true. Much of the damage to batteries is done during June, July and August – although you may not notice it until the battery has to work harder in…
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