TOP 15 CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAINTAINING UNDERCARRIAGE HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY

TractoPart | Apr 28, 2017 | 0 comments

The undercarriage of a machine represents a significant portion of a piece of equipment’s purchase price. Proper maintenance and operation practices are critical for protecting your equipment investment. Undercarriage maintenance is critical to the overall productivity of a machine. It is the mechanism that gives tracked machines much of their power and stability. It also

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CASE INTRODUCES SV208 SINGLE DRUM VIBRATORY COMPACTOR FOR SOIL COMPACTION APPLICATIONS

TractoPart | Mar 16, 2017 | 0 comments

New SV208D single drum vibratory compactor delivers best-in-class centrifugal force and industry-best grade-ability of 65 percent CASE Construction Equipment introduces the new SV208D single drum vibratory compactor – compatible with both smooth and padfoot drums. With best-in-class centrifugal forces, a self-adjusting torque control system and the most climbing power in the industry, the SV208D is

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CASE HIGHLIGHTS CHARITABLE PARTNERSHIPS AHEAD OF CONEXPO

TractoPart | Mar 6, 2017 | 0 comments

Case Construction Equipment will unveil the “Team Rubicon Disaster Response SV340” at Conexpo. It’s a special edition of the company’s SV340 skid steer loader, and will be used to promote the Case partnership with Team Rubicon, as well as for training and support events throughout the country. Team Rubicon, in partnership with Case, the U.S.

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CASE TO DONATE MORE THAN $175,000 IN MATERIALS TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FROM CONEXPO EXHIBIT

TractoPart | Mar 3, 2017 | 0 comments

Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas will receive 40,000 square feet of carpeting and padding, and 5,634 square feet of plywood for possible use in future projects or to sell in its secondhand home improvement stores. CASE Construction Equipment will donate more than $175,000 in materials to Habitat for Humanity from its exhibit at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017.

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CASE: Wilcoxen Goes Heavy

TractoPart | Jan 20, 2017 | 0 comments

Wilcoxen Construction is an earthmoving and demolition company based in Avon, Illinois. The business was founded in 1991, but Richard Wilcoxen has been moving dirt since he was a young man. “When I was a kid I used to run around with the tractor and loader and try and build and fix wash-outs and

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CASE: Snow: The Equipment Advantage

TractoPart | Dec 13, 2016 | 0 comments

The snow removal industry is becoming more competitive each year. As that happens, the margin of error between profitability and survival is slim. For large commercial snow removal contractors, the shift from trucks and plows to construction equipment – skid steers, compact track loaders, wheel loaders, compact wheel loaders, and backhoes – provides significant operational

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CASE CX210D, CX250D LONG REACH EXCAVATORS

TractoPart | Sep 26, 2016 | 0 comments

The long reach CX210D LR and CX250D LR excavators have an elongated boom and arm for increased digging capabilities in deep or long-distance applications. Both use Tier 4-Final engines with SCR technology, which provides up 9 percent greater fuel efficiency in the CX210D LR and 14 percent in the CX250D LR. A new electronically controlled

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1021F Powers Granite Quarry

TractoPart | Aug 26, 2016 | 0 comments

Scott Construction Inc., Lake Delton, Wis., is one of Wisconsin’s leading asphalt surfacing companies, and the largest chip seal contractor in the state. To support the amount of chip seal work the company performs throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota (regional suppliers couldn’t keep up with the demand), the company began mining granite out of the

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CX470C Leads Mass Excavation for Rafat

TractoPart | Aug 15, 2016 | 0 comments

Rafat General Contracting (Bolton, Ontario, Canada) has been in business since 1988. The company has grown since then to more than 400 employees and 200 pieces of equipment that handle everything from excavation and demolition to site remediation and property management. One of the latest projects for Rafat is the excavation of 3,500 cubic meters

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The Importance of Fluid Testing

TractoPart | Aug 11, 2016 | 0 comments

While the practice of fluid analysis has been around for some time, it has become more and more important in recent years due to the proliferation of advanced engine, transmission, hydraulics and fluid technologies in today’s construction equipment, which place much higher demands on fluid performance. While this trend is primarily due to the

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Versatile Carmix takes concrete to North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania

May 1, 2017

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The gold mine in North Mara is situated in the north-west of Tanzania, at about 100 kilometres east of Lake Victoria and 20 kilometres south of the border with Kenya. The gold mine works an average of 8,000 tonnes of minerals a day and produced 287,188 ounces of gold in 2015. The gold

WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY

May 1, 2017

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Workers’ Memorial Day, observed each year on April 28, honors workers killed, injured, or made ill at work. Since 1992, BLS has collected data on both nonfatal work injuries and illnesses that result in days away from work, and fatal work injuries. In 2015, the occupations with the highest number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses

TOP 15 CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAINTAINING UNDERCARRIAGE HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY

Apr 28, 2017

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Deere Adds 8-Year / 20K Hour Warranty on 944K Electric-Drive Components

Apr 27, 2017

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John Deere is now offering a 96-month / 20,000-hour power electronic components warranty on the Deere 944K hybrid wheel loader. The warranty is retroactive to existing machines in the field and provided on new 944K loaders through October 31, 2018. The warranty includes a 96-month (eight-year) or 20,000-hour (whichever comes first) non-prorated assurance on wheel

VERMEER SILVER SERIES DRILL RODS COMPOSED OF S135 COMMON GRADE STEEL

Apr 27, 2017

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Vermeer’s Silver Series drill rod is composed of S135 common grade steel and is threaded in the same facility as the company’s Firestick drill rod with the same column wall thickness. The Silver Series drill rod is available in four sizes: 1.66-inch, 1.9-inch, 2.06-inch, and 2.375-inch, for use on the D7x11 through the D24x40

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