Cold planer attachments can weigh up to 2,500 lbs. “Combined with the weight of the host machine, you are trying to push a lot through a road bed,” McSorley comments.

Manufacturers design cold planer attachments to require minimal maintenance. Unfortunately, this has led to many operators completely ignoring most maintenance functions with their picks.

Each planer attachment has a hydraulic side shift which allows them to plane close to walls and curbs, and to easily reposition the drum for another pass. The oscillating planer housing makes it ...

Models PC45 and PC35 Cat cold planers are designed for small paving jobs of asphalt and concrete surfaces. Nomenclature indicates the working width of the cold planers in mm, the PC45 at 450 mm (17.7 ...

FITCHBURG — The Department of Public Works is now using recently purchased new equipment to repair the city’s potholes. Mayor Stephen DiNatale announced the new skidsteer-mounted cold planer ...