Thinking about right-sizing your fleet in an effort to keep costs down, but don’t want to sacrifice on performance? Here’s some good news: You have more choices than ever before when it comes to selecting equipment that precisely matches your work and budget.

With fuel consistently at or near the top of your annual operating expenses, it doesn’t really matter if the price of diesel is up or down. Any savings you make in the area of fuel consumption go straight to your bottom line. And the improvements you make now will pay off down the road when the cost of fuel inevitably rises. Here are three easy places to start saving:

When it comes to improving productivity and uptime on the jobsite, machine technology gets most of the press these days — as it should. Grade control, automated bucket movement, payload management, fleet monitoring, compaction control and the like all can deliver double-digit efficiency gains. But some less high-tech factors also come into play in the quest to help your operators get more work done every shift. As you’re shopping for equipment, don’t overlook these simple productivity boosters:

POWER, AGILITY AND INTELLIGENCE IN AN ALL-NEW DESIGN

Your choices have never been better.

Jacques Cortez is the owner of Grade A Excavation, a growing residential and commercial excavation company in Cheyenne Wyoming. Jacques started Grade A Excavation 2 years ago and over the last 2 year has seen his company grow and thrive in the Cheyenne area. One of the secrets to Jacques success is the partnership he has with Wyoming Machinery Company and his CAT machines to get the job done.

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