Equipment Blades News & Articles

As an operator or manager, you care about a few things when it comes to cutting edges for graders: how well they will cut, how easy they are to operate, and how well they will fix your roads. If your blade does these things easily, everything else is icing on the cake. Most operators fall in love with the Sharq P300 grader cutting edges and they tell us they won't go back to using any others....

Use Zero Down Pressure Many snow removal blades work by using heavy downward pressure to scrape the surface. This is undesirable for several reasons. First, it creates a slippery surface for drivers because the pressure of the blade on the snow creates friction which melts the snow and ice, and then it freezes with a smooth surface. We refer to this as the Zamboni effect. The other and quite...

Race 150 The Olofsfors Race 150 has 12" carbide segments encased in vulcanized rubber. This style of blade is one of the most commonly used snow plow blades by DOT's, cities and counties. Numerous benefits including minimized vibration, super quiet, extended wear life by 2-3 times vs. traditional carbides, and cleaner roads. The operators love these carbides! This snow plow is similar to the...

We stock a large inventory of Grade 9+ plow bolts, and nuts. Be confident these bolts will perform as you need them to. Reliability is a given with this quality plow bolt. We offer a wide variety of bolt sizes, which are all available for purchase on our website. Shop All Bolts, Nuts, and Washers These bolts, manufactured by Ajax of Australia, They are designed to hold up and stay secure longer...

The winter season is here, and with it, all of your local hometown heroes (aka street plowers) will soon be out hard at work! If you're going to go out and help the combat the snow. . . make sure you've got four wheel drive! This guy below was certainly trying to do some good work, but might as well have been trying to plow with a car. Serious user error. Shoulda just called out the big guns...

We know driving a snow plow is no cake walk, but even if you have mastered the art, it doesn't mean you have to be a jerk about it! To his credit, maybe this guy couldn't see what was coming, but if he could...well then you sir, are definitely our dull blade of the week. This brings a whole new definition to snow showers! More Heavy Equipment Fails Looking for a few more laughs? Check out...

This week we are featuring those who took risks and actually won! Put the heavy machinery fails aside because these guys deserve the spotlight this week. Every once in awhile you see somebody do something really cool with their equipment, even if it isn't the safest idea they've had. Shout out to those guys. Look Ma! I Can Do a Handstand via GIPHY Think about the training process for this...

If you are looking for forklift fails, we have them for you! And of course a few other heavy equipment follies. So this week, our award goes to all of these dull blades. Please, for everyone's sake, know what you are doing before you get behind the wheel of your equipment. Or don't, and end up in next week's article. Your choice really. And if you are looking for more heavy machinery...

If you are around heavy machinery often, you understand there are plenty of intelligent people around you, but every once in awhile you find yourself a dull blade. Sometimes even the intelligent ones make themselves look like a dull blade. So, what do we qualify as a dull blade? Dull Blade noun 1. not the brightest of the bunch 2. someone who, for a split second, forgets everything they know...