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Equipped to Handle Everything

Equipped to Handle Everything

By Chris Vacca From its humble beginnings in 1976, Crafco has grown into the world’s most recognized and trusted materials and equipment manufacturer for pavement preservation products. Its sealants can be found in use across the United States and around the world...

How Pavement Cracks Form

How Pavement Cracks Form

Best treatment methods By Jeff Winke Pavement cracks. For anyone involved in asphalt paving, pavement cracks are serious stuff. They rarely foretell romance, hope, or initiative. Pop artist Annie Lennox captures it in her song “Pavement Cracks:” The city streets are...

Where is this Paving Train Headed?

Where is this Paving Train Headed?

By Brian Hall Much has been made of this ride we have been on since the COVID pandemic. ConExpo marked 3 years since the world hit the pause button and it’s been a little quirky since. Post pandemic has given us 2 things; high demand and short supply. Infrastructure...

Growing Your Talent Pipeline

Growing Your Talent Pipeline

By Marvin Joles III and Cam Roberts It’s a struggle. Finding talent. It’s a topic we often discuss in our Blacktop Banter Success Group and one that is possibly easily solvable if you are willing to look through a different lens and willing to take the steps (work) to...

When it comes to choosing  a sweeper …

When it comes to choosing a sweeper …

it all starts with the application By Matt Starnes What do you sweep or plan to sweep 80% of the time? That’s usually the first question our application specialists ask to determine if we (Bucher Municipal) are a good fit for a contractor or municipality. After we...

ELGIN Goes Electric

ELGIN Goes Electric

Unveils Electric Sweeper at CONEXPO Elgin Sweeper made a big splash at CONEXPO when it unveiled the all-Electric Broom Bear – a first of its kind truck-mounted sweeper utilizing an all-electric chassis. As the leading manufacturer of street sweepers, Elgin has a range...

Blowing it out with BLITZ

Blowing it out with BLITZ

The Blitz comes with a high capacity fuel system and your choice of a 26 or 40 horsepower engine. Buffalo Turbine continues to add to their line-up with the all new Blitz, stand on zero-turn blower. The Blitz is the only turbine stand on blower in the world! The...