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Gear Motor Repair: A Practical How-To Guide for 2026

Gear Motor Repair: A Practical How-To Guide for 2026

The loader is halfway through its shift when the steering goes heavy. The hydraulic gear motor is warm to the touch, the operator wants the machine back immediately, and someone is already reaching for a spanner. That's exactly when a straightforward repair can...
Hydraulic Service Life Extension: A Practical UK Guide

Hydraulic Service Life Extension: A Practical UK Guide

A telehandler arrives at a Scunthorpe workshop with a familiar complaint. It has been pushed to 12,000 hours, the power unit has already been booked in for the third time in 18 months, and the operator is tired of explaining downtime. The maintenance accountant wants...
What Is Preventive Maintenance and Why It Matters

What Is Preventive Maintenance and Why It Matters

Preventive maintenance is a planned, scheduled approach to inspecting, servicing and replacing equipment components before they fail, designed to reduce unplanned downtime and extend asset life. The National Audit Office identified a minimum UK government estate...
Mobile Plant Maintenance: Essential Tips for 2026

Mobile Plant Maintenance: Essential Tips for 2026

In the UK, one in three workplace deaths was attributed to unsafe maintenance in 2009/2010 under Northern Ireland safety guidance, a reminder that servicing is a control for life-critical risk, not an administrative chore. The danger is particularly clear around...
Thermal Imaging Inspection: A Guide for Hydraulic Systems

Thermal Imaging Inspection: A Guide for Hydraulic Systems

A hydraulic fault rarely announces itself cleanly. More often, it starts as a pressure dip that only happens on the afternoon shift, a cylinder that hesitates once every few cycles, or a power pack that sounds slightly harsher under load but behaves normally when...