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A Recipe for Cash: Engineered and Structured Soils

April 28, 2021 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on A Recipe for Cash: Engineered and Structured Soils

In our last article, How to Hit Pay Dirt in the Soil Blending Business, we discussed how you can get started in the soil blending business. There is another profitable opportunity that is similar: engineered […]

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How a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Works

April 22, 2021 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on How a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Works

View the complete article here. A tunnel is more than just space underground. It is a connector – of people, of communities, of countries. It can expand economic opportunities. But building a tunnel takes a […]

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Why You Should Invest in a Screening Bucket

March 3, 2021 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Why You Should Invest in a Screening Bucket

View the complete article here. A screening bucket is in some cases a well-engineered and yet, elegant, piece of machinery that increases production and, in most applications, can provide additional revenue. Screening buckets attach to […]

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How to Properly Inspect Your Skid Steer

March 1, 2021 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on How to Properly Inspect Your Skid Steer

View the complete article here. Buying the right skid steer loader for the job is just the beginning. Ensuring you and your employees know how to operate that skid steer loader is critical to safety. […]

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Hitting Pay Dirt in the Soil Blending Business

February 8, 2021 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Hitting Pay Dirt in the Soil Blending Business

What do you do with a bunch of dirt you’ve just excavated? You can haul it away yourself to dump somewhere. Or you can pay someone to take it away. The better answer is to […]

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Get to Know the Common Types of Mining Equipment

December 21, 2020 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Get to Know the Common Types of Mining Equipment

View the complete article here. The multi-billion-dollar global mining equipment market is growing at a rapid rate. As in an expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.7% through 2027. Technology is, in part, driving […]

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Buyer’s Guide: Skid Steer Loaders

November 23, 2020 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Buyer’s Guide: Skid Steer Loaders

Under normal circumstances, a skidding vehicle is hard to steer. But a skid steer loader is meant to skid in order to steer itself. The piece of equipment that is now ubiquitous on job sites […]

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The Biggest Mining Dump Trucks On The Planet

October 21, 2020 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on The Biggest Mining Dump Trucks On The Planet

  View the complete article here. Mining operations need heavy-duty trucks to transport valuable minerals. Because these minerals are cut off in large chunks, a regular dump truck is unable to safely transport them. Instead, […]

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Picking the Right Excavator Attachment

June 17, 2020 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Picking the Right Excavator Attachment

View complete article here. The only thing as crucial as the excavator itself is the attachment that is utilized with it. With an enclosed cab situated on top of a wheeled or tracked undercarriage, the […]

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Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment – Part II

June 2, 2020 Equipment & Contracting Comments Off on Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment – Part II

View complete article here. In the first article in the Abandoned Mines series, we talked about the dangers and damage abandoned underground mines can cause. We also provided sources for the development of an initial […]

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