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How Far Is it Important To Keep Your Heavy Equipment Well Maintained

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You buy a new house and you do everything to ensure that it looks new all the time. You bring in new furniture, fit in with the most expensive false-ceiling that you can afford and also with all these expenses, you also make sure that you paint the house at least once a year and call people to pest free your house. You do this because you want your house to not lose its shine till the time you own it. This will help you in two ways. Firstly, it will be a hygienic place to live and second if you ever wish to sell it off, you can fetch a good price for it. It is very obvious that the buyer will not like to spend a good deal of money after buying your house by paying a fortune. Moreover, your house being in good condition makes it saleable at a high price as compared to other properties in the same location. Well, the same theory goes with heavy equipment.

Heavy equipment may not be as expensive as the property you live in but at the same time, it definitely pinches to buy a new machine to meet your business requirements. Undoubtedly, the high cost of heavy equipment makes it unbearable for a small time construction company to purchase a new stuff which is why they are more likely to end up buying a second hand or a used machine to take care of their project needs.

How frequently should one service his machine?

The frequency for servicing the machine largely depends upon the type of work it was under. Nevertheless, the thumb rule is that one should service the machine once in a month or at times once in 2 months. You may simply call in a mechanic at your place and ask them to check the different parts of the equipment. Change the oil, lubricate the different parts of the machine, give it a complete wash and if there happens to be any spots that got burned, fix it up as soon as possible without waiting for the servicing period to knock your door.

Paint your machine:-  Not much heed is paid to painting the equipment as we all find that job to be of least importance. Well, as far as taking care of heavy equipment are concerned, there is nothing known as least important in its vocabulary. If you find your stuff worn out, try to get that repaired by either painting that part of the equipment or out some sticker which will limit any further damage to the part. If we keep it idle, dust will settle in and as a result it starts damaging the part at a much faster pace than it would have. Moreover, it will also give a feel good factor to us at any moment our eyes fall on the machine.

Keeping good mechanics as part of the crew is an added advantage as they can fix any problem that comes up during the project and ensure that things run at the same pace without falling apart.

Check out eight important things before using a machine

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Check out eight important things before using a machine

Today’s life is totally machine dependent, we are helpless without machine. Growing technology benefited us in a way that without them we can’t even take a step. With advance technology you can make various shaped equipment (heavy), complicated designs easily. These help users to use machine smoothly.

While using a machine you should always be careful about certain accidents or any unwanted incident. Also to handle machine skillfully and to get great output you should know its proper usages thoroughly.  But sometimes some accidents happened with the users, especially when the user is a new operator. So, safety is a big issue while operating a heavy machine. However, you have to follow basic rules depending upon what machine you are using to avoid bad things or any kind of trouble.

At construction sites, heavy equipment like cranes or other giant machines should be handled carefully. Operators of these machines must have good knowledge and they must be well-trained at this field.

 

Follow these rules before operating a machine:

  • Safety GearWearing: Steel-toed boots, masks, gloves, hats and glasses are safety gears. In minor work you should not be careless about safety gears, because in construction site heavy equipment generates so much pollution that can harm your skin, respiratory infections and can cause eye irritation too. Beside these, there are always some life risks as well. Therefore it is better to maintain this rule.
  • Inspect Machine Regularly: If the machine itself is not good then wearing safety gear will not help you at all. Visual and physical monitoring on machine is always needed even if the work is minor in order to avoid accident. Inspection needed after and before use of machineries. If any minor damage found, then it must be eliminated.
  • Acquiescing Instruction: you should remember one thing that every machine must have a certain capacity to bare load. Some heavy equipment are able to take certain loads, if it exceeds, accident can happened anytime. So, you should check out the capacity of heavy equipment before using it.
  • Signals and Signs: At construction sites high decibel noise and chaos are very common. So, it is impossible to hear each other’s word. But while using heavy machineries it is necessary to have good communication with other. So, there are set of signs and signals to communicate with other workers. Similarly there is warning signs to alert workers while working.
  • Wide berth: Every year many workers die on site, crushed by heavy equipment, struck by backhoes or pinned. So wide berth is needed for heavy equipment.
  • Double check: Double check is a good thing while working with heavy machines. You should double check your machine loads before lifting it; make sure it is not exceeding the limit.
  • Familiar partner: It is better to work with familiar people; it helps to understand each other’s signal easily which is very important at construction site.
  • Be observant: Crane operators and workers of load lift areas should be informed before operation start. Otherwise certain accident can occur anytime.