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January 29 2020
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Vol. XXXIII • No. 3
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First Phase Under Way to Finally Complete Raleigh’s Triangle Expressway By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
I-10 Widening Project Begins in Louisiana...12
Warrior Tractor Hosts Retirement Party...22
With off-and-on construction having taken place since the early 1990s, it finally apears that completion of Raleigh’s Triangle Expressway will come sooner rather than later. see TRIANGLE page 30 Details for Southern Farm Show 2020...36
Table of Contents ................4 Recycling Section .................. ......................................41-53
Better Living Through Hydraulic Cleanliness Healthy Hydraulics Systems Prove to Be Key to Longevity of Heavy Equipment By Lucy Perry
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CEG CORRESPONDENT
Parts Section ................54-55 Truck & Trailer Section..........................56-58 Business Calendar ............66 Auction Section ............72-75 Advertisers Index ..............74
When it comes to heavy equipment, reliable hydraulic system performance is critical to productivity and profitability. A proper understanding of the hydraulic fluid, and its role in the efficient performance of the hydraulic systems of equipment used in off-highway, construction and utility work is the basis of optimizing the contractor’s maintenance dollar, say hydraulics experts. “The main issue we see over and over in our business is lack of cleanliness around hydraulics,” said Ivan Lavy, owner of Lavy Enterprises, an equipment repair, maintesee HYDRAULICS page 32
Lack of protection from external contaminants can negatively affect hydraulic fluid and shorten equipment life.