A few years ago, my dear uncle left his logging job in order to pursue a career with our county’s transportation department. Because of his experience operating heavy construction equipment, he was immediately hired with the road crew division of this department. One of his duties involves cutting the grass on the side of local highways. He enjoys going to work each day because he knows he is providing a valuable service to the residents of our county. Keeping the side of the highways clean and visible helps prevent unnecessary vehicle accidents. On this blog, you will discover how you can have a meaningful, successful career operating heavy construction equipment for your local transportation department.
Posted on: 22 June 2017
Having access to a crane can make the completion of some construction projects a lot easier. If you don't need a crane for every job, then you may find that renting a crane rather than purchasing one makes more financial sense. In order to ensure that your intermittent crane use remains safe, here are three tips that you can use to increase crane safety on your construction sites in the future. [Read More]
Posted on: 20 May 2017
Would it not be great if you could insulate your walls with high quality thermal underwear? Just wrap your walls in long johns and warm your house up when it is cold outside? Well, actually, in a way, you can. It is not underwear or long johns, because that would just be weird. However, thermal wall panels are the construction world's closest approximation. Here is more on these panels and how they act like thermal underwear for your home. [Read More]
Posted on: 25 April 2017
The Ancient Greeks are credited with designing the first crane suitable for use in construction. But, their cranes were operated using pure muscle, either human or animal. Nor were they easily relocated. Each time you wanted to move the crane it would be manually disassembled, carted away in pieces and then rebuilt. Today's cranes are power driven, usually using a combination of engine power, levers and hydraulics. These mobile construction helpers conveniently move from place to place under their own steam, by towing or on the back of an oversized flatbed. [Read More]
Posted on: 4 March 2016
While many tree services can be completed with little more than a few skilled employees, some hand tools and plenty of high-quality rope, many of the biggest (and therefore most lucrative) jobs require the use of a crane. Simply put, if you have access to a crane, you have access to more jobs. In fact, crane access is one of the most important ways to differentiate your tree service from the competition. [Read More]