For whatever reason, it seems like March and April are big months for Annual Inspections. So remember, if you have a commercial truck or trailer, chances are it needs a Federal DOT inspection once a year. And boom & scissor lifts are required to have an ANSI inspection every year as well. Fines are hefty,...
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Cat 319 Climbing into Railcar
Here’s a video of a Cat 319 climbing into a railcar. I think it’s pretty amazing, but several “real” operators I know say it’s not a big deal at all
Genie Hydraulic Drive Motor
We recently had a service call on a Genie boom lift that would not drive. The machine was being driven down a rather steep slope and had just quit driving. Although we suspect that the lift had been travelling too fast, there is no way to really say for sure. What we do know is...
12 Volt Group 31 Gel Cell Batteries
Update as of 10-29-09…we are currently out of these batteries, but are working on getting some more and I will post an update here within the next few days. Thanks! We recently came across a deal on some used UPS12-310FR batteries that were removed from a large UPS system. These are 88.0 amp hour group...
Pipe Casing Welding in Knoxville
We were recently approached by an Utility Contractor who was interested in having us perform some welding on pipe casings. Of course we accepted the job which consists of 100% welds on 4 joints of 3/4″ thick pipe that is 5 feet in diameter and 20 feet long. One of the big hurdles is the...
Annual DOT Inspections (Knoxville)
We recently started doing some DOT inspections on several trailers for a local company. We tried the brakes before we removed the drums and they actually worked, so this is why you need to be sure and have Annual DOT inspections performed. One of the brake shoe linings was simply gone and the other had...
Knoxville Construction Equipment Repair
Geesh what a mess! I decided (last weekend) to move our website hosting and registration to a much better system, which is now completed. Trust me, it will all make sense in a week or so…we just got the old registrar to release it to the new one, which means we have not received any...