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What Your Final Drive Oil Is Trying to Tell You

What Your Final Drive Oil Is Trying to Tell You

Posted by Jim Strong on Sep 21st 2026

Pull the drain plug on a final drive motor, and you learn a lot in about ten seconds. The color. The smell. Whether anything

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Preparing Your Compact Equipment for Winter

Preparing Your Compact Equipment for Winter

Posted by Dr. Sara McCaslin on Nov 22nd 2025

The temps are dropping, but deadlines don’t stop. The last thing you need is sluggish hydraulics, dead batteries, and c

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How Track Maintenance Impacts Your Mini Excavator’s Final Drive Motor

How Track Maintenance Impacts Your Mini Excavator’s Final Drive Motor

Posted by Jim Strong on Nov 9th 2025

Operators and owners of compact excavators often think that tracks and final drives are completely separate systems, but in r

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Final Drive Parts: The Trusted Partner for Small Equipment Owners

Posted by Jim Strong on Oct 19th 2025

If you own a small business, you know how much you depend on your equipment. Whether you're grading a driveway, clearing land

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Hydraulic Cavitation: What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Fight Back

Hydraulic Cavitation: What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Fight Back

Posted by Dr. Sara McCaslin on Apr 6th 2025

That Whining Noise Might Be Warning You… You're out on the job, pushing through a tight schedule, when your compa

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Why Are Your Final Drive Motors Failing?

Why Are Your Final Drive Motors Failing?

Posted by Jim Strong on Mar 16th 2025

Learn the Common Causes and How to Prevent Them Fleet managers constantly fight against equipment downtime, rising repair cos

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What Your Final Drive Oil Is Trying to Tell You
Posted at Sep 21st 2026
Preparing Your Compact Equipment for Winter
Posted at Nov 22nd 2025
How Track Maintenance Impacts Your Mini Excavator’s Final Drive Motor
Posted at Nov 9th 2025
Final Drive Parts: The Trusted Partner for Small Equipment Owners
Posted at Oct 19th 2025
Hydraulic Cavitation: What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Fight Back
Posted at Apr 6th 2025
Why Are Your Final Drive Motors Failing?
Posted at Mar 16th 2025