Tag: Milwaukee tools

Safety

Milwaukee Tool’s new neck gaiter provides face protection and more

Milwaukee Tool is expanding its work wear lineup to include a new neck gaiter for face, neck and head protection.

July 30, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Backhoe is Cat’s first “Smart Attachment” for skid steers, CTLs; Chevy unveils electric crate concept; Kobelco intros demolition excavators; Lifting attachment roundup; Milwaukee intros MX Fuel lineup of cordless tools

Milwaukee unveils MX Fuel lineup of cordless commercial construction tools with biggest batteries in the industry If you think of Milwaukee as a maker of small tools like drills and the Sawzall, you’d be right, but the company recently took a big leap into much bigger tools and a bigger market with its MX Fuel […]

November 18, 2019

Construction Equipment

Milwaukee unveils MX Fuel lineup of cordless commercial construction tools with biggest batteries in the industry

MX Fuel Equipment System from Milwaukee offers customers bigger tools in a bigger market with its lineup of cordless commercial construction tools. More here.

November 14, 2019

Safety

Milwaukee intros 3 new headlamps including the rechargeable Beacon, which doubles as PPE

Milwaukee has expanded its lineup of headlamps for construction, trades and industrial work with the introduction of three new lamps. Two of the new lamps are powered by removable, rechargaeble batteries that charge via USB: the new Beacon Hard Hat Light and the Low-Profile Headlamp. The third, the Spot/Flood is nonrechargable and is instead powered […]

September 12, 2019

Safety

Milwaukee transforms the hard hat into a working tool and accessory system

Milwaukee Tools is getting into the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in a big way and this summer they showed us a new hardhat design you’re going to want to check out. The Milwaukee hard hats will protect your brainpan like any other hard hat, but they have designed them with six accessory slots/mounting points […]

August 8, 2019

Construction Equipment

Toss your cords, air hoses and compressors—Milwaukee Tools wants to convert mechanics to battery power

Milwaukee hopes to help mechanics and remove all the hassles of cords, hoses and compressors and replace them with cordless battery powered tools. See here.

June 20, 2019

Construction Equipment

Milwaukee’s new cordless M18 Fuel rotary hammer chips half-ton per charge

Milwaukee Tool says its brand new rotary hammer is the fastest drilling and hardest hitting rotary hammer they have to offer. Check out the details here.

November 5, 2018

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Ford unveils 2019 Raptor; Deere intros Grade Guidance amid slew of excavator updates; Roush unveils its first F-250; Volvo ActiveCare Direct takes “noise out of telematics”; Remembering the electric Chevy S-10; Milwaukee drill dust box cleans extractor filters with touch of a button

Ford unveils 2019 F-150 Raptor, Deere intros Grade Guidance for 210G LC, updates to 190G W, Roush unveils its first F-250 Super Duty and more on Equipment World.

June 4, 2018

Construction Equipment

Year in Review: The Biggest Construction Equipment News Stories of 2017

2017’s Top Newsmaker: Deere buys Wirtgen After identifying Wirtgen as an attractive strategic fit several years ago, John Deere pulled the trigger in a surprise move this June, buying German equipment manufacturer Wirtgen Group. The all-cash $5.2 billion deal gave Deere access to Wirtgen’s deep roots in roadbuilding and quarry equipment markets. The deal also […]

December 29, 2017

Technology

Milwaukee Tick sticks to tools, equipment for quick locating via phone app

Milwaukee Tool’s TICK uses Bluetooth technology and a phone app to help you locate tools and equipment should they ever become lost or stolen. The plastic TICK can be placed on the tool or equipment out of sight by glue, screw, rivet or strap. The tools and equipment can then be tracked through the ONE-KEY […]

July 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

Milwaukee Tool launches full line of silica dust-extraction devices

Milwaukee Tool now offers a full lineup of dust-extraction attachments for rotary hammers, grinders and other tools that will comply with proposed federal silica dust rules scheduled to take effect in September. Anchoring the devices is the company’s 8-Gallon Dust Extractor, which features automatic filter cleaning. The extractor also includes a 99.97-percent efficient HEPA filter […]

July 11, 2017

Gear

Milwaukee’s Rocket M18 LED Tower Light/Charger changed my mind about work lights

I hate work lights. Exploding incandescent clamp lights. High temperature halogens poised on top of rickety tripods just waiting for a nudge to topple over and burst into flames. Hated all of them. Always have. For three decades. That is, until I tried the cordless Milwaukee Rocket M18 LED Tower Light/Charger. Stable and solid The […]

May 25, 2017