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New Komatsu WA900-8 wheel loader designed for loading 150-ton trucks, easier operation
Komatsu’s new WA900-8 wheel loader is designed for loading heavy dump trucks in quarries, with a bucket engineered for increased productivity, and for making life easier for the operator, the company says. The WA900, which weighs 256,618 pounds, is geared toward loading haul trucks that are 70 to 150 tons. The company calls it the […]
August 12, 2019
Trucks
Phil’s new sealed Autogate dump tailgate prevents liquid spills
The Positive Seal Autogate from Philippi-Hagenbuch creates a water-tight seal to contain liquids within the truck bed or roll-off container. Details here.
May 8, 2019
Vocational
Push Block prevents damage when rescuing dump trucks with dozers, other machines
The device is custom designed to fit the rear chassis of rigid-frame or articulating trucks ranging from 20 to 400 tons. Details here on Equipment World.
January 25, 2019
Roadbuilding
Asphalt sealing truck collides with dump truck
A collision between a dump truck and an asphalt sealing truck brought traffic to a standstill. Get more details on the traffic accident here on Equipment World.
October 18, 2018
Vocational
Dump truck, semi collide on Miss. highway, killing both drivers
The disastrous collision of a log truck and dump truck in Copiah County, MS, kills two truckers, Charles Ray Halford and James E. Millender.
August 10, 2018
Vocational
Dump truck driver forgets raised bed, takes down 15 power poles, trapping other drivers and causing power outage
A dump truck with an elevated bed brought down power lines which trapped drivers in their vehicles and caused a power outage in Henrietta, New York.
July 25, 2018
Vocational
Dump truck’s raised bed slams into I-10 overpass in Fla., badly damaging beam
A dump truck traveling in Florida with an elevated bed slammed into an Interstate 10 overpass causing structural damage and a highway shutdown. No injuries were reported after the raised bed of a Chavers Construction dump truck traveling east-bound on I-10 struck the Wilkerson Bluff Road overpass early Friday morning about five miles east of […]
August 9, 2017
Home
Neb. Supreme Court rules county not liable for dump truck driver’s 2011 death
On July 7, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a Washington County District Court’s ruling that Washington County is protected by sovereign immunity and can’t be sued for the death of a quarry worker who drowned while working to raise a county road during the 2011 Missouri River flood, Pilot Tribune & Enterprise reports. James McGauley, […]
July 21, 2017
Vocational
Michelin improves speed, capacity with XTRA Load rigid dump truck tires
Michelin Earthmover’s new lineup of XTRA Load tires for rigid dump trucks are designed to increase productivity on the jobsite by handling heavier loads and traveling at faster speeds. The tires are the first in the 24.00R35 size to earn a three-star rating for load capacity by the Tire and Rim Association, the company says. […]
July 20, 2017
Vocational
Dump truck overturns at stoplight, injures several
Brake failure may be to blame for a frightening dump truck crash at a busy intersection last week in Kennesaw, Georgia. Video below posted by WSB-TV shows the truck plowing into several vehicles that had stopped at an intersection around 2 p.m. Wednesday on Barrett Parkway near Interstate 575, about 15 miles northwest of Atlanta. […]
July 13, 2017
Vocational
Dump truck diaper covers tailgate gap, prevents debris damage
You’ve heard it said that necessity is the mother of all invention, and that’s definitely the case for Kevin Goldstein, owner of Devon Demo in Patterson, New Jersey. Goldstein was getting tired of complaints—and even worse—paying for damages done by small aggregate that slipped through the gap on his dump trucks’ tailgates and chipped windshields […]
June 16, 2017
Roadbuilding
TxDOT begins testing dump truck running on compressed natural gas
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is testing a dump truck that runs on compressed natural gas (CNG). “This pilot truck will help us find out how natural gas performs in a heavy hard-working vehicle,” the agency says. TxDOT says the advantages of CNG include being a clean-burning fuel and typically offers a quieter vehicle […]
November 25, 2016
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