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Operator Tips: How Improving Your Company’s Operating Costs Impacts You

If you’re an operator, you may think your day-to-day performance is what really matters when it comes to your job — how many yards of dirt you moved or how many […]

How Hydrogen Fuel Cells Work

While battery electric solutions are ideal for smaller machines in urban construction, landscaping and many other applications, the size and weight of the batteries may not be practical for larger machines at […]

How To Maintain Electric Heavy Equipment

How different is it to maintain electric construction equipment versus diesel construction equipment? The short answer is that with electric, it’s much simpler — hardly any maintenance is needed at all on […]

Agromin the Largest Organic Waste Recycler in California Relies on Volvo Machines

Agromin is California’s leading organic material processor located in Oxnard and manufactures earth-friendly soil products for farmers, landscapers, and gardeners. Agromin uses Volvo EC220E excavators and L90H wheel loaders with […]

3 Tips to Keep Asphalt Compactors up to Speed with Pavers

Many paving projects use a common practice that contractors should avoid — rolling too fast with the breakdown compactor, especially when using a vibratory compactor.

How to Size and Get the Most Out of Your Mining Excavators and Haulers

In mining, it’s important to match excavators to your haul trucks to lower your total cost of ownership for these machines. If they’re mismatched, you’ll be inefficient and burn extra […]

How Efficiency Built A Successful Mining Business

Imagine growing a business from the ground up — from a single backhoe and dump truck to a full-fledged, multi-state operation employing over 400 people and running more than 250 pieces of heavy equipment day in and day out.

Brubaker-Mann Inc. Invest in Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens for Continued Quality and Service

Brubaker-Mann based in California have been successfully producing colored rock from their quarries throughout the Mojave Desert for more than 50 years.

How Our Innovative “Unidrum” Concept Will Shape Future Compactor Design

Here at Volvo, we like to say innovation is in our DNA — that’s because it’s a part of everything we do, from concepts explored at our more formalized Volvo Concept Lab to current product design to blue-sky ideas that have true merit and make their way to market.

Use This Prestart Checklist to Keep Your Articulated Hauler Truck in Good Shape

A thorough equipment walkaround before starting a shift can make a big difference, and it doesn’t need to take a lot of time.

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