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Article: A Little Respect.(Management)
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- Fleet Maintenance
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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A Little Respect
BY JOEL LEVITT, PRESIDENT, SPRINGFIELD RESOURCES
Personal observations of equipment reliability in severe climates
The next time you see a Caterpillar construction vehicle take off your hat. We have a lot of extreme climate variations on our planet. I've had the privilege to visit two of them. I saw heavy equipment at work in both and I was impressed.
Imagine driving in snow and sub zero temperatures for most of the year, dust and cold rain the rest, and you have the conditions in the interior of Alaska. Now imagine a large reserve of a product that sells for around $25 a ton that you have to move a ton or more of dirt ...