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Business

Cal Poly MBA student named HCSS Construction Intern of the Year

Beecham was an intern for John Madonna Construction as a dozer and excavator operator and is working toward an MBA degree at California Polytechnic State.

April 1, 2019

Roadbuilding

Dozer in tow clips bridge, falls to highway, causing wreck

The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed a report said a semi-truck hauling a dozer hit a bridge. Get more details on the incident right here on Equipment World.

December 7, 2018

Maintenance

How to measure dozer undercarriage wear

Rodney Beavers and Louie Leake at Flint Equipment in Atlanta, Georgia, show us how the pros measure dozer undercarriage wear.

October 25, 2018

Driver/operator coaching/training

New CM Labs dozer simulator lets trainee operators “feel” the dirt

The new Dozer Simulator Training Pack addresses common beginner challenges along with advanced training exercises. Details here on Equipment World.

September 26, 2018

Construction Equipment

Attachment Roundup: Break, crush, grab with these 10 add-ons for demolition work

Hyundai, Bobcat, and Doosan are just a few of the brands that make up the 10 construction attachments that'll make demolition work a breeze.

August 10, 2018

Dealers

Sewer authority coughs up $39K for forgotten rental dozer

A dozer that sat parked on a project after it was rented will cost the Scranton Sewer Authority almost $39,000, according to a story by the Scranton Times-Tribune. The paper reports that the authority entered into a 2016 hand-shake rental agreement with N&L Transportation of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, and did not transfer the agreement to Pennsylvania […]

January 11, 2018

Construction Equipment

Liebherr intros 422-hp PR 766 dozer

North America will be an interesting market for Liebherr’s new PR 766, according to Martin Langle, managing director of sales, Liebherr-Werk Telfs. “This size of machine is used there for a variety of markets, including in earthmoving, quarries and also in stockpiling operations,” he said in comments made last week during an international trade press […]

November 6, 2017

Equipment Experts

How Cat builds D5 dozers: from bare steel to finished product

Today’s heavy equipment is a marvel of sophisticated engineering and technology. And the factories that build these machines are no less so. We got a rare chance to peek inside Caterpillar’s state of the art Athens, Georgia, facility to see a D5K2 dozer come together from cold, bare steel to finished product. (The factory also […]

September 14, 2017

Construction Equipment

How Cat builds D5 dozers: from bare steel to finished product

Today’s heavy equipment is a marvel of sophisticated engineering and technology. And the factories that build these machines are no less so. We got a rare chance to peek inside Caterpillar’s state of the art Athens, Georgia, facility to see a D5K2 dozer come together from cold, bare steel to finished product. (The factory also […]

September 14, 2017

Machine control

Case unveils SiteControl CoPilot: A simple, affordable dozer machine control system

Case Construction Equipment has introduced a machine control solution for dozers that the company says it is positioning as an affordable bridge between automatic and indicate-only systems. SiteControl CoPilot is available as a retrofit or as a factory-installed option on select Case M Series dozers. The equipment associated with SiteControl CoPilot is an internal measurement […]

August 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Idaho Transportation Dept. grant provides free equipment training to vets, women, minorities

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is one of only eight states out of 40 applicants to receive a $198,000 Ladders of Opportunity grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. With the grant, ITD chose 19 people from close to 700 applicants for a free three-week hands-on heavy equipment operator training course aimed at helping veterans, […]

July 19, 2017

Construction Equipment

Adapting Dozers: Changes to mid-size and larger models, make them more versatile, productive

Construction equipment manufacturers typically answer customer demands by making equipment more versatile, durable and productive. That’s fine for skid steers and toolcarriers, but what about purpose-built machines? Dozers, for example. There’s no market for dozer-mounted augers. No one uses a dozer for snow removal. If a dozer’s primary applications are to push dirt and grade, […]

July 10, 2017