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Tips from Finning: Buying Used Equipment
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Tips from Finning: Buying Used Equipment

Buying used equipment can make good business sense. Used equipment is less expensive, helping you manage cash flow, and it’s available right away. But it’s important to ensure the equipment is going to work for your needs and be a solid investment.

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Choosing Small Equipment: Skid Steer or Compact Track Loader?
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Choosing Small Equipment: Skid Steer or Compact Track Loader?

Which machines are right for your construction company? Choosing small heavy equipment can be challenging. This is especially true when deciding between skid steers and compact track loaders, both of which offer versatility and are highly maneuverable.

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The Benefits of Renting Equipment Online
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The Benefits of Renting Equipment Online

Renting equipment offers your business the opportunity to save money while ensuring you have the equipment you need—when you need it. But you don’t always have time for phone calls and planning outside of regular work hours. The solution? Rent equipment online!

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5 Considerations when Renting a Cat® Skid Steer
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5 Considerations when Renting a Cat® Skid Steer

When it comes to construction, most companies can benefit from adding a Cat® skid steer to their fleet. These machines have a number of uses, from moving snow and dirt to loading, demolishing, excavating, grading, and more. Highly maneuverable, they bring numerous advantages.

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3 Key Pieces of Equipment for Your Construction Business
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3 Key Pieces of Equipment for Your Construction Business

Whether you’re just starting a construction business or you’re looking at scaling your business, it’s important to understand what equipment you’re going to need. There are some key pieces you can start with to build your fleet both economically and effectively.

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Construction Equipment Solutions: How to Profitably Grow Your Fleet
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Construction Equipment Solutions: How to Profitably Grow Your Fleet

Your choices of equipment for fleet growth and your current and expected equipment utilization have an impact on your bottom line, cash flow, and capital requirements. And when it comes to construction equipment solutions, it’s your bottom line that counts.

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Discover the Value of The Cat® Rental Store
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Discover the Value of The Cat® Rental Store

No matter what stage of the business life cycle your operation is in, equipment rental can make sense. It’s more affordable than buying equipment outright, plus you don’t have to worry about maintenance costs, unexpected downtime due to equipment failure, or machines sitting idle for the job.

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Why You Need to Explore Cat®  Telematics Today
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Why You Need to Explore Cat® Telematics Today

As machines get smarter, we have the opportunity to use the data they can deliver to significantly improve our businesses and our bottom lines. Telematics—wireless technology that transmits information—has been used on many Cat® machines for some time now.

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Check Out Cat® Equipment for Snow Management
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Check Out Cat® Equipment for Snow Management

It’s that time of year again—when you have to figure out how you’re going to handle snow. Maybe you run a landscaping or maintenance company, or perhaps you’re with a municipality or have commercial properties to take care of.

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How Construction Site Heaters Help, Even if You’re Not in Construction
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How Construction Site Heaters Help, Even if You’re Not in Construction

Construction site heaters allow you to work through the winter months while keeping your people safe and thawing frozen ground. This helps everyone get their jobs done on time and on budget.

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How Renting an Aerial Work Platform Can Help Your Business
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How Renting an Aerial Work Platform Can Help Your Business

An aerial work platform might make a major difference in efficiency and safety on your job site. Fortunately, you can rent one to benefit your business.

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Reasons to Rent Portable Light Towers
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Reasons to Rent Portable Light Towers

During winter’s short days, portable light towers can make the difference between getting the job done on time and on budget—or letting your client down. There are a number of options on the market and various factors to consider when deciding what you need.

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Construction Solutions for Dealing with Weather
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Construction Solutions for Dealing with Weather

Keeping your operation productive while ensuring everyone gets home at the end of the day means that you have to be flexible and plan for Mother Nature’s surprises. Fortunately, there are construction solutions that will reduce the impact of bad weather on your business.

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3 Reasons to Rent a Cat® Skid Steer this Winter
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3 Reasons to Rent a Cat® Skid Steer this Winter

For most of us Canadians, snow removal is part of winter. You may not know that one of the best pieces of equipment for removing heavy snow is a Cat® skid steer. Here’s what a skid steer rental can do for you.

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Why Heavy Equipment Rental Helps in Uncertain Times
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Why Heavy Equipment Rental Helps in Uncertain Times

Investing in heavy equipment may not be feasible, yet you have to have access to the equipment you need to get the job done. While buying might have been the best option in the past, renting might be the right option today.

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The 10 steps of a Cat® Certified Rebuild
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The 10 steps of a Cat® Certified Rebuild

So you’ve decided to save thousands and complete a Cat® Certified Rebuild. Great choice – but what does that actually mean? Let’s take a look at our 10-step process to get you a ‘like-new’ machine that’s ready to work.

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The Benefits of Rebuilding Your Heavy Equipment
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The Benefits of Rebuilding Your Heavy Equipment

As you watch your equipment get older, you will have to make the choice to repair, rebuild or replace it. The Cat Certified Rebuild Program returns your end-of-life machines, systems and components to a like-new condition at a fraction of the cost you would pay if buying a new machine.

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4 Reasons to Invest in New Construction Equipment
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4 Reasons to Invest in New Construction Equipment

Upgrading your fleet can be one of your company’s biggest expenses, so it’s often tempting to wait until it’s absolutely necessary to buy a new machine. But this isn’t always the best choice, as it can lead to unexpected downtime. Here are four reasons to buy new.

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Checklist: Preventative Maintenance Agreement
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Checklist: Preventative Maintenance Agreement

Finning Customer Value Agreements mould to your business and not the other way around. Our preventive maintenance CVAs are designed around our integrated diagnostic technology and our extended team of remote maintenance and field service experts in Western Canada.

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Your Path to Buying Major Construction Equipment
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Your Path to Buying Major Construction Equipment

Are you looking to purchase a piece of heavy equipment for your construction, landscaping or snow removal business? There's a lot to consider – new, used, rental?

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3 Reasons to Choose Small Construction Equipment Rental
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3 Reasons to Choose Small Construction Equipment Rental

There are so many reasons to rent heavy equipment for your small construction business. From machine availability to testing new technology and attachments – renting provides your business with flexibility to get any job done.

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Prepping Your Heavy Equipment for Spring
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Prepping Your Heavy Equipment for Spring

Is your heavy equipment ready for Spring? Make sure your fleet is up and running with regular seasonal maintenance.

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Customized partnership leads to project success with engineering firm
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Customized partnership leads to project success with engineering firm

What started as a heavy equipment rental contract developed into a full turn-key delivery model.

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How to Choose the Right Construction Attachments for Your Business
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How to Choose the Right Construction Attachments for Your Business

Keep your construction business agile by choosing right construction attachments. To find the right fit, ask these questions before you buy your next attachment.

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When Should You Rent or Buy Heavy Equipment for Your Construction Business?
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When Should You Rent or Buy Heavy Equipment for Your Construction Business?

At what point should you pull the trigger and buy the heavy equipment your construction business uses most? Learn how to fit equipment rentals and purchases to your business needs.

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