Category: ESCO®

Update on Houston’s I-45 Highway Project

I-45 Texas highway construction under way

After two years of negotiating, The Texas Department of Transportation has come to an agreement with Houston’s Mayor, which has helped to move the I-45 highway improvement project in the right direction. This is a major step in the process of helping to improve highways in the Houston area. Many major cities in Texas have… Read Full Article »

The Benefits of Ground Engaging Tools for Your Equipment

Loader Bucket attachment

Whether you’re in the construction industry, mining industry, or any industry that uses heavy equipment and machinery, you know that those machines and equipment go through a heavy workload over several years. To increase the longevity of those machines, ground engaging tools can help! What are Ground Engaging Tools? Ground engaging tools are tools and… Read Full Article »

Maintaining Ground Engaging Tools for Construction and Mining

Construction site from aerial view

When you’re in the middle of a labor-intensive project, your company counts on ground engaging tools to do a lot of the dirty work. From big backhoe buckets to small bucket teeth, you probably use all kinds of ground engaging tools to help you get your projects done. You need to make sure you’re maintaining… Read Full Article »

Tube Brooms Being Used as Cattle Scratchers in Texas

Tubebrooms being used as cattle scratchers

In the state of Texas, cattle ranches are extremely common. The ranchers are always concerned with keeping their cattle healthy and hydrated during the droughts that arrive in particular seasons. When it comes to certain farm equipment, many ranchers are purchasing Tube Brooms and using them as Cattle Scratchers. From Susan Whitney at 30 Thousand… Read Full Article »

Highway Construction for the Next 10 Years in Houston

Texas Construction workers for Highway I-45

Houston, TX is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Not only is the state of Texas in general growing, but the major cities like Houston and Austin have seen a significant climb in population in recent years. Highway construction has begun to help improve the flow of traffic and the influx of… Read Full Article »

ESCO® General Purpose Buckets for Wheel Loaders

ESCO® – (Electric Steel Company) based in Portland, Oregon with manufacturing sites all around the world, since 1913 the privately help company designs and manufactures products for many types of applications for example: ground engaging tools for construction, mines, dredging, crushing, conveying, and rigging.  They also provide design and manufacturing drilling tools for the oil and… Read Full Article »

Two Buckets for Houston Crushed Concrete

Two Buckets for Houston Crushed Concrete

Houston Crushed Concrete ordered 2 of these buckets within 3 months of each other from us here at Texas Contractors Equipment. This is an engineer’s drawing we used to show the customer what the bucket will look like minus the deflectors. Concrete is recycled by going out and using the ESCO® XDP demo excavator buckets… Read Full Article »

Road Construction in Texas to Be Launched

Texas highways under construction for improvements

As we move into a new era of transportation around the country in regard to technology and energy, our roads are going to be getting upgrades and improvements. In Texas, the improvement of driving conditions on highways are a must today. An $85 billion project will be starting to help improve conditions and transform the… Read Full Article »

Port of Houston Ship Channel Project Under Way

Cargo ship in water Houston, TX

The last few years have been quite chaotic throughout the world, and even with the transportation of goods being slowed down for several different reasons. In Houston TX, the port of Houston Ship Channel is one of the busiest waterways in the country, and it’s extremely important due to this channel going into the Gulf… Read Full Article »