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Get Ready for Spring Cleaning

As winter gives way to warmer weather, construction sites perk up and storms scatter debris across streets and parking lots. That means it’s time get those vacuum trucks ready to roll. And whether your seasonal inspections turn up a need for parts and accessories or you decide it’s time to add more capacity, O.J. Watson Equipment is ready to get you going.We’re here to help you get an early start ...

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Big Jobs Take Big Trucks

There’s probably no bigger a workhorse in a construction or maintenance fleet than the trusty pickup truck. It hauls crews and supplies to and from worksites, pulls everything from trailers to tree stumps, and can even double as a plow for light-duty jobs. But when it’s time for the heavy work, it’s time for the big boys to show up.The Right Truck Makes for Quick WorkWhether it’s removing acres of...

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Landscaping Season is Coming. Are You Ready?

Spring doesn’t spring in Colorado. It inches slowly across the state. It starts on the southwestern prairies and spreads northward to the high plains before creeping up the mountainsides at its own unpredictable leisure. While this can be frustrating to sun-worshippers waiting to break out the shorts and flip-flops, it presents plenty of opportunities for folks in the lawn care and landscaping bus...

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Spring Storms Ahead. Keep Your Snowplows Rolling

Forget what Punxsutawney Phil and his wannabes say, there’s a whole lot more than six weeks of winter weather left in Colorado. More like sixteen if you start counting on Groundhog Day.Heck, we’ve had snow in Denver the first week of June and plenty more in the hills even later. And if you think April and May snowstorms just melt away overnight, think again.If your plows, scrapers, or other snow r...

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Marshall, Middle Fork Fire Cleanup, Rebuilding Begin

It’s hard to grasp the magnitude of the firestorm that consumed nearly 1,100 homes and businesses and impacted even more thousands of lives the week after Christmas in the Boulder County communities of Superior and Louisville. Hurricane force winds whipped what began as a small grass fire into the costliest wildfire in Colorado history.One life (and likely at least one more) was lost in the infern...

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