Equipment Focus
Online Equipment Focus: Maintaining Conveyor Belt Scales
- September 2011
Conveyor belt scales should be calibrated periodically to ensure the accuracy of your material weight total.
by Austin Amos
It is important to note that a conveyor belt scale is no different ...
Online Equipment Focus on Haul Trucks: In It for the Long Haul
- August 2011
As equipment optimization strategies evolve, consider steps that can improve your maintenance program, increase haul truck availability, and decrease costs.
by Craig Eller and Kevin Gildea, P.E.
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Online Equipment Focus on Haul Trucks: The Big Haul
- August 2011
A Canadian producer lowers operational costs and improves site safety while test-driving a new dump truck.
An operator in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, found that the right articulated truck could ...
Online Equipment Focus: Haul Trucks — Carrying a Heavy Load
- August 2011
Articulated haul trucks meet the heavy-hauling needs of aggregates operations, but they also offer something more — maneuverability.
by Kerry Clines, Senior Editor
To view this in the Digital Edition (including photos), ...
Wheel Loaders: Spec Guide
- July 2011
For everything you need to know about the latest models of wheel loaders, check out Aggregates Manager's wheel loader spec guide.
For a downloadable PDF of the spec guide that was ...
Wheel Loaders: Workhorses of the Quarry
- July 2011
Wheel loaders are the work horses in many quarries. Here’s a selection of the available thoroughbreds.
To see the digital edition of this article — including photos — in a flip-book ...
Extending Equipment Life, Plus Top Quick Tips to Keep it Running Smoothly
- July 2011
With proper care and handling, some mobile equipment can enjoy a second life before being replaced.
For an interactive version of this article, which includes photos, go to the February 2010 ...
Dewatering Screens and Screws: Dry Idea
- June 2011
California producer eliminates the need for settling ponds and captures water for reuse.
For the Digital Edition version of this article that originally ran in October 2010 Aaggregates Manager, including photos, ...
Dewatering Screens and Screws: Down to the Last Drop
- June 2011
OVERLINE: Supply Lines
Down to the Last Drop
Drain as much water as possible out of your aggregate materials with this line-up of dewatering screens and screws.
by Kerry Clines, Senior Editor
For the ...
Quarry Quandry
- June 2011
Find out how a high-production excavator keeps Oahu-based Grace Pacific Corp.'s quarry development on schedule.
To see the article in the Aggregates Manager digital edition, click here.



