Dry Cleaning

Dry Cleaning is a seemingly mysterious topic — there’s a place and you take clothes there and then you pick up clean clothes. But what…

Torquing Spark Plugs

I bought spark plugs the other day and they had a very general chart with torque specifications on the back of the box…

Why do San Francisco Fire Hydrants Look Weird?

Trucks that tow

Continuing our exploration of industrial equipment, today: trucks. Specifically, let’s talk about trucks that move equipment.

Digger, digger, bobcat!

Most people’s etymology of construction equipment goes as far as “Digger”, “Dump truck”, “Forklift”, and maybe…

Helicopters don’t work the way you think and that’s why autogyro’s exist

Renting industrial equipment without losing an arm and a leg

So, you need a mini-excavator, but you don’t want to buy a mini-excevator. Here’s a short run-down on how to rent industrial equipment.

Choosing a print size in the hardest possible way

Forklift, forklift, reach

Forklifts, what are they? They are machines which lift with forks — duh. Seriously though, they’re a huge class…