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Blog 9/19/2022
5 Reasons Every Operator Loves Their Volvo Excavator Cab From premium safety features and helpful in-cab machine control apps to air-suspended seats, operators across North America love their Volvo cabs. What keeps them going strong all day long?...
Blog 9/12/2022
Power Alternatives for Electric Heavy Equipment Many in our industry sense that the momentum of designing and producing electric heavy equipment is building — I’m one of them. If you plan to attend CONEXPO-CON/AGG in 2023, you’ll likely...
Volvo L25 Electric Wheel Loader
Blog 8/30/2022
Electric Heavy Equipment Incentives: Your Questions Answered More and more private contractors, personal users and government entities are either considering or actually integrating electric heavy equipment into their fleets. A lot of companies and...
Volvo Articulated Truck
Blog 8/23/2022
Tips to Reduce Heavy Equipment Tire Wear If you’re looking for a way to cut maintenance costs, be sure to look at the tires on your wheeled machines. Premature tire wear not only costs you more in wear parts, it also adds...
Volvo Compact Assist on a Highway
Blog 7/25/2022
Three Levels of the Volvo Intelligent Compaction System Volvo Compact Assist is an in-cab app that helps asphalt compactor operators improve productivity and efficiency while achieving target densities. By using it daily, operators can say...
Volvo CE Electric Equipment Lineup 2022
Blog 6/27/2022
AEM’s The Future of Building Report: Our Take The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) recently released a whitepaper detailing the drivers that influence how the construction industry could transform over the next 10 years in...
Promo image with text promoting Volvo’s interactive excavator and haul truck guide.
Blog 6/20/2022
5 Factors That Can Impact Haul Truck Size Selection Oftentimes, sizing haul trucks for mining and aggregates jobs comes down to the cubic yardage of the buckets on the excavators you’re running — it can become second nature to simply pair up...
Tips to cut Heavy Equipment Fuel Consumption
Blog 5/23/2022
Tips to Cut Heavy Equipment Fuel Consumption When fuel prices are high, finding small ways to cut consumption can really add up — and it doesn’t take months to start seeing your fuel expenses decline. If you’re looking for ways to cut...
Photo of a Volvo articulated haul truck hauling rock in a quarry
Blog 5/9/2022
The Future of Connected Insurance for the Construction Industry You may not have heard the term “connected insurance,” but chances are you’ve probably seen examples on TV with car insurance companies placing ads about rates based on driving style —...
SkillsUSA Pennsylvania at Volvo CE
Blog 4/25/2022
Attracting Young Heavy Equipment Operators to Construction & Mining These days, finding and retaining good construction and mining operators can be tough. With so many people switching careers or just looking for a fresh start, it can be difficult to get...
Volvo Electric Machine Lineup
Blog 4/11/2022
How Electric Construction Equipment Could Factor Into Future Job Opportunities Opinions on the importance of environmental sustainability are mixed, but in a pure business sense, incorporating sustainability measures in your operations can be good for your long-term...
Construction worker operating asphalt compactor on fresh pavement
Blog 3/31/2022
Asphalt Compaction Rolling Patterns to Help Achieve Target Density and Production  Paving contractors know a lot about the mix they’ll use on projects. Most of them know exactly how many tons of mix the asphalt plant can produce on an hourly basis. They know the storage...
female construction worker operating asphalt compactor on fresh pavement
Blog 3/24/2022
How to Properly Place Asphalt Compactors for Breakdown Rolling There’s debate about how closely behind the paver the breakdown asphalt compactor should roll during hot mix asphalt (HMA) laydown. Some in the paving industry suggest the breakdown...
Volvo Heavy Equipment Technician
Blog 3/7/2022
Attracting New Heavy Equipment Technicians to Construction & Mining Finding skilled workers to properly staff your service department can be challenging. One avenue you may not have explored is looking at organizations like Skills/Compétences Canada (SCC)...
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 ECR25 Electric Excavator and L25 Electric Wheel Loader at Work
Blog 1/19/2022
Electric Construction Equipment 101: Terms and Definitions If you’re new to electric construction equipment or just looking for a resource to brush up on terminology, this article is for you. It can help you better understand electromobility so...
Volvo breakdown compactor compacting asphalt
Blog 11/8/2021
3 Tips to Keep Asphalt Compactors Up to Speed with Pavers Many paving projects use a common practice that contractors should avoid — rolling too fast with the breakdown compactor, especially when using a vibratory compactor. Many operators...
Volvo L70H Wheel Loader Clearing Snow
Blog 10/25/2021
Winter Prep: Construction Equipment Diesel Engine Do’s and Don’ts We all know winter can be hard on even the toughest machines. The good news is the issues — like hard starts, higher fuel consumption, less power output and more — are avoidable with the...
LetsDig18 and Direct Perfect Operating a Volvo Electric Excavator and a Volvo Electric Wheel Loader at Utility Expo 2021
Blog 10/22/2021
Letsdig18, Dirt Perfect and Juan Ibarra Test Drive Electric Construction Equipment At The Utility Expo 2021 in Louisville, three of our favorite Volvo enthusiasts visited our booth to test drive our ECR25 Electric excavator and L25 Electric wheel loader. So what did they...
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