Heavy Equipment Maintenance Tips

I ran across these tips for keeping your heavy equipment operating at peak performance. Some may seem obvious, but it is amazing how many times I’ve seen these simple maintenance actions ignored, especially at smaller companies. Larger companies often have staff dedicated to their maintenance programs, but smaller companies sometimes just don’t feel they have the resources.  I was working with a company just recently who had had a near miss due to a missing equipment guard.  As we dug a little deeper, we realized that there was no formalized maintenance system in place for there basic equipment.  They expected the operators to notice, report, and oftentimes actually fix any issues with their equipment on their own.  That was the extent of the maintenance program!

Please take a look at your equipment maintenance programs.  If you have planned maintenance in place for most of your equipment, take a hard look at your other, ancillary equipment.  You may find the big stuff has a good program, but the smaller (yet still critical) equipment is missing required maintenance and inspections.