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Busting the Top 9 Equipment Financing Myths
As a business owner, you’re in constant decision-making mode. With everyone relying on you to make the right choices, even small decisions...
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New Technology Hits the Mark at CONEXPO
Vests that alert you when your near a dangerous area on a job site, a tiny belt attachment that vibrates when you...
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3 Common Social Media Mistakes
If you spend any time filtering through contractors’ Twitter or Facebook accounts you will find that several have been abandoned with the...
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Build Back Customer Trust After a Hit to Your Reputation
You know what they say about good reputations: They take a lifetime to build, but only a second to destroy. That’s true...
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Sinkhole Swallows Hydrovac
A Badger Daylighting hydroexcavator fell into a sinkhole near Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, Jan. 17. No one was injured, but crews spent most...
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Breaking Down Communication Barriers With Your Employees
If bees stayed in their hives every day, the miracle of cross-pollination — which creates the bounty of fruits and vegetables that...
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Signs Your Hydroexcavator is Running into Trouble
Even with proper maintenance being performed on equipment, problems can still creep up. That includes on hydroexcavator blowers and pumps, which is...
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Trenching Deaths More Than Double in 2016
“Never again” he wrote on his Facebook page after a trench in which he was working collapsed in May. A month later, he...
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Wastewater Equipment Fair Heading to Texas in April
After a successful Wastewater Equipment (WEQ) Fair in September 2016, the second WEQ Fair has been scheduled, this time in Texas, giving...
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How to Get Reviews from Your Customers
Customer reviews matter — and not just for the business owner’s ego. Reviews and star ratings, posted to sites like Yelp, Angie’s...
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Adjust Tracked Excavator Maintenance Practices to Job Site Conditions
Rock, sand, mud. There are an array of different job site conditions you can find yourself working in. And when it comes...
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Utility Locators Surprise Local Boy with 811-Themed Birthday Party
A South Bend, Indiana, youth celebrating his birthday didn’t care about the balloons; he wanted something else brightly colored — utility line...
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SafeBore Confidently Bores Through Ontario Fractured Rock
Thriving with natural resources — including evergreen forests, and bountiful lakes and rivers — the varied landscape of Ontario delights visitors and...
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Why Have a Line of Credit for Your Small Business?
Small business owners tend to have goals, plans, visions for the future; they also have challenges to face, and obstacles to overcome....
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DIRT Report Estimates that Damages to Buried Utilities Dropped 9 Percent from Previous Year
Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the stakeholder-run organization dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the people who dig near them, announced Oct....
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Even Big, Tough Compact Equipment Needs TLC
They can move a lot of dirt in a short time, but all that muscle doesn’t mean your skid-steer or compact track...
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When Do You Replace Rock Saw Teeth?
A rock saw isn’t a digging tool that is in every contractor’s arsenal. That is because for many conditions, it is not...
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A Drill Bit For You
Directional drill bits may be a small piece of equipment on an excavation job, but finding the right one can make a...





















