How to Remove the Blood from Under your Fingernails

How many of us have either hit our fingers, thumbs, with a hammer or gotten them crunched in something and caused a build up of blood underneath the fingernail? I did, on two fingers the other day, I was putting in a clutch pack with another mechanic, something I rarely do, I usually do it… Continue reading How to Remove the Blood from Under your Fingernails

Country Facing Pending Mechanic Shortage

Contrary to public opinion, no person is an island, at least typically. There are people we rely on to function without even realizing it, such as garbage collectors, utility workers and other skilled labor that go largely unseen by many. However, much of this skilled labor is in increasingly short supply, as a mechanic shortage,… Continue reading Country Facing Pending Mechanic Shortage

Uses and Benefits of BLDC Motors

The BLDC motor goes by many names: Brushless DC motor, BL motor, EC motor and ECM. The brushless DC motor is a type of synchronous motor in which the magnetic fields of the rotor and stator change at the same frequency. An inverter powered by a DC electric source produces AC electric signals that drive… Continue reading Uses and Benefits of BLDC Motors

Buying Surplus Gear Reducers

Guest Article provided by Mar-Dustrial Sales, Inc. a provider of power transmission products and repair since 1947. When buying industrial parts, it can be quite helpful to start off with some pre-shopping research. Here are acquisition tips to aid you in finding the best surplus gear reducers for your plant. Buying Surplus Gear Reducers: Key… Continue reading Buying Surplus Gear Reducers

Heavy Equipment Cleaning for Agricultural Machinery

Gone are the days of using horse-drawn carts or cattle in yokes to farm the land. Most modern farming involves the use of mechanized technologies to reap, sow, fertilize, thresh, irrigate, harvest and churn. To help extend the life of heavy equipment, it’s important to properly clean and maintain it with the help of professional… Continue reading Heavy Equipment Cleaning for Agricultural Machinery

How to Hire and Keep Mechanics

How to Hire and Keep Mechanics We are a AAA approved automotive service center and an ASE Blue Seal Shop, independently owned by a husband and wife that live in the community. Hiring, promoting, firing, and enforcing protocol with employees is by far the biggest problem our stores ever had and every other owner we… Continue reading How to Hire and Keep Mechanics

Outsourcing your Job

It‘s a different world from the one our parents grew up in and nowhere has this change had more impact than in our careers and how we manage them.  Most people  don’t really manage their careers, they tend to allow outside forces to dictate their career path to a certain degree.  Downsizing, restructuring, and reorganizing are common… Continue reading Outsourcing your Job

Allison Transmission Troubleshooting

Allison Automatic Transmission Wiring & Troubleshooting The Allison Transmission Control Unit on the 1999 Saf-T-Liner is located under the floor directly below the driver. There are 3 plug-ins which is an easy way to tell this is a W-TEC 3 system [World Transmission Electronic Unit 3rd generation]. The Transmission vehicle speed signal enters here and… Continue reading Allison Transmission Troubleshooting

The Story of John Deere

The Story of John Deere The story of John Deere, who developed the world’s first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow, closely parallels the settlement and development of the midwestern United States, an area that the homesteaders of the 19th century considered the golden land of promise. John Deere was born in Rutland, Vermont, February 7,… Continue reading The Story of John Deere

South Africa Mining Industry Future

From the beginning of November, 2011, many things happened to the South Africa mining industries. As a result, South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu is conducting road shows in Australia and Britain to soothe investors’ fears about nationalization and drum up investment and on Wednesday according to TimesLive told a mining conference. To many… Continue reading South Africa Mining Industry Future