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Boost Uptime and profits with Volvo Construction Equipment Services
Blog 2/21/2022
4 Surprising Ways Construction Companies Can Save Money Through Services These days, heavy construction equipment is manufactured with features that cut down on costs or help you save money through deliberate machine design. OptiShift technology on wheel loaders...
Volvo EC250E Crawler Excavator
Blog 2/14/2022
Heavy Construction Equipment End-of-Lease Checklist If you’re currently leasing heavy construction equipment, we want to be your partner in saving you time and money when you return it. Below are top tips to end your heavy equipment leasing...
Volvo Approved Used Equipment
Blog 4/19/2021
Drive Down the Total Cost of Used Construction & Heavy Equipment with Rebuild Options We’ve written several posts in the past answering questions like: When is a machine rebuild a better option than a replacement? When is certified used equipment a better choice? And when it...
Volvo L250H loading an A40GFS at Quarry
Blog 3/15/2021
4 Ways to Lower Operating Costs in Earthmoving and Mining The more you spend, the less you make. It’s a pretty simple concept, but one you should focus on from time to time to evaluate how your business is performing. Is your site optimized to...
Premium Lubricants
Blog 2/1/2021
4 Ways Premium Lubricants Lower Heavy Equipment Costs and Improve Performance When it comes to maintaining your construction equipment, the lubricants you choose matter. If your dealer or OEM recommends premium lubricants, they may cost a bit more up front, but the...
Inspection by a Heavy Equipment Technician
Blog 12/30/2020
5-Step Diagnostics for Construction Equipment Mechanics This year the owner or fleet manager of your company may have turned to you more often to handle heavy equipment repairs, maintenance or even machine down issues. While it makes sense to...
Dig Assist for Volvo Excavators
Blog 11/16/2020
How to use Grade Control for Excavators — Volvo Dig Assist: Part 3 We’ve recently made some updates to our Dig Assist machine control system that improve performance, accuracy and safety for excavator operators of all skill levels. With Dig Assist, your...
Blog 8/19/2020
Volvo’s Drive to Electric – Your Questions Answered In 2019, Volvo Construction Equipment became the first construction equipment manufacturer to commit to going fully electric on two full ranges of compact equipment. For those looking to be...
Improve Operator & Construction Uptime Efficiency
Blog 7/27/2020
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 loads you carried. But most...
Summer Tips for Construction Equipment Maintenance
Blog 7/13/2020
7 Ways to Keep your Construction Equipment Running Strong During the Summer Heat We often associate harsh weather with the winter, but summer can be hard on construction equipment, too. The sun, hot temperatures and humidity can all cause issues, and added strain comes...
Volvo Certified Rebuild - A25 Articulated Dump Truck
Blog 6/23/2020
Should I Rebuild my Machine or Replace it? — Your Questions Answered I’ve talked to a lot of contractors who had machines approaching the end of their first life and discussed with them their possible next steps. Several struggled with the idea of replacing...
Blog 4/20/2020
How Owners and Lessees Can Extend Machine Life and Retain Higher Values Too often, machine owners focus on initial purchase price — “What am I paying to buy this machine?” That leaves out so much that can impact your bottom line while you’re running that...
How Telematics Can Help Total Cost of Ownership
Blog 3/27/2020
How Telematics and Technology Can Help You Calculate a Truer Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Construction business owners and equipment managers are increasingly interested in understanding the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their machines. It’s a more complicated equation than...
Blog 7/22/2019
Top 5 Mistakes That Lead to Increased Maintenance As a Volvo Field Technical Support Specialist, I work alongside technicians to troubleshoot construction machine maintenance issues on-site. I’ve seen a lot, and several of these issues are...
Blog 7/1/2019
Improving Accuracy and Productivity for Wheel Loaders — Volvo Load Assist: Part 3 Part three: Operator Coaching This is the final part of our series on Load Assist, the Volvo program that provides wheel loader operators real-time payload data and other machine...
Blog 6/24/2019
Rent, Lease, Buy or EaaS: What’s the Best Option for Construction Equipment? Economic conditions and market uncertainties have big impacts on whether it’s the right time to add equipment to your fleet. Traditionally you would have to consider whether renting, leasing...
Blog 6/3/2019
Improving Accuracy and Productivity for Wheel Loaders — Volvo Load Assist: Part 2 Part two: On-board weighing In part one of this Load Assist series — the Volvo program that provides real-time data to wheel loader operators — I explained the differences between the 1%...
Blog 6/3/2019
Improving Accuracy and Productivity for Wheel Loaders — Volvo Load Assist: Part 1 Part one: 1% vs. 2% Accuracy Modes With Load Assist now standard on new L150H to L260H wheel loader models from Volvo, I thought I’d take some time to share several ways the program is...
An operator using Volvo Dig Assist excavator GPS machine control to level the subbase of a new road.
Blog 5/27/2019
How to Use Grade Control for Excavators — Volvo Dig Assist: Part 2 In Part 1 of our Volvo Dig Assist series, I covered the three basics of Dig Assist Start — Level, Slope and Quick Measure. These features are easy to set up and use for improved operator...
Blog 5/20/2019
5 Examples of Confusing Telematics Fault Codes Made Simple (and Useful) Telematics should make your life easier, not more confusing. But too often, the data comes as an onslaught of cryptic fault codes that lack the details you need to make a quick decision. You...
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