Product Features and Attachments

Construction equipment are available with a wide varlet of features and attachments that offer greater productivity, broader applications,  increased operating safety, and improved operator convenience.  These features should be properly evaluated. Will they improve the productivity Of the equipment? Will they permit the equipment to work in an area that it would lot  be able to do ? Are there necessary features to ensure proper safely to operators and other personnel ?

Equipment productivity can be increased in many ways. Some of them  are as follows : 

• By choosing the right equipment with the right attachments. For example, automatic bucket controls, special purpose buckets, ruled optional counterweights may increase production of wheel loader. 
• By reducing  equipment downtime. The  ability to diagnose and correct malfunctions  quickly, or the ability to spot potential trouble during routine maintenance and correct it before expensive overhaul becomes necessary, will increase equipment availability. 
• By adding special attachments such as a retarder for speed control grades, or special application cutting edges. It can enable equipment to do work that ordinarily it would not be able to performer economically. 

Safety features deserve particular attention. The safety of operator and other personnel is an equipment owner's responsibility which cannot be taken for granted. The availability of warning lights and indicators, windshield wipers, and seat belts should all be examined and evaluated. 

Selecting tyres for wheel type equipment, and track for crawler equipment is a critical process. Special tyres are available for high speed hauling, for abrasive surfaces, or for work where quicksand condition is a problem. Track options are available for crawler tractors to meet a variety of special working conditions. Technical advice should be sought when unusual conditions are expected. Working together, the equipment supplier and the equipment owner can achieve the most economical answer to a specific tyre or track selection problem. 

Experience, local regulations and practices, and factual cost and production records should enable the prospective buyer to make a good selection of equipment features and attachments.