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Be the diamond blades on the Booger Hog. How often would depend on the usage."
Other frequently used equipment also needs a squirt of grease, he says. "With a piece of equipment like the Mud Hog mixer, something that is used quite a bit, I would hose it, brush it down, and grease it at the end of the day, so it's ready to use the next day," he says.
On Lang's jobsites, the equipment operators are responsible for cleaning and servicing the equipment.
"It's their job at the end of the day to make sure that everything is clean, greased and ready to use when needed," Lang says. "It doesn't do anyone on the job any good if the tools aren't well cared for. In my 23 years of experience as a mason, I find that the best way to care for masonry tools is to make sure that they are properly cleaned at the end of the day. If time permits, I would try to clean the equipment after each use."
The BMD Minidumper, a four-wheel drive hauling machine powered by a 5.5-horsepower gasoline engine, from the Belle Group Inc. in Roanoke, Va., requires minimum, but periodic, maintenance.
"You have to change the engine oil about every 100 hours," says Nicholas Taylor, general manager for the company. "The rest of the engine basically just needs occasional maintenance."
The tires, which will last for several hundred hours, need to have the air pressure maintained, which requires regularly checking the pressure, Taylor says. A mason can change the
Belle Minidumper
Minidumper's flat bed to a bucket in a matter of minutes. The bucket and machine are also easy to clean.
"To clean it, tilt it forward and wash it out," he says. "It's very simple; very easy." Taylor says the equipment is designed for the rental market, so toughness and minimal maintenance are crucial.
"Basically, we manufacture our tools to survive rental," he says. "If they can survive rental, they can survive anything."
Taylor points out that equipment, as a whole, is getting more compact, so contractors can more easily use it on jobsites where they're pressed for space.
"Equipment is getting smaller to make it easier as cities are getting more congested," he says. "Contractors need products that are reliable and can do what used to be done by hand. The products have to be reliable, and they can't be less reliable than a big machine."
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