Equipment World Staff (EQW)HomeMcElroy University launches new websiteMcElroy University has launched a new website, which features online instruction videos hosted by YouTube, a comprehensive course listing and online registration. McElroy University has 12 videos on topics such as Pit Bull, Aquatherm polypropylene and mid-range diameter fusion operations; heater troubleshooting; jobsite set-up; DataLogger operations and analysis; and MegaMc PolyHorse operations. Visitors to the […]September 21, 2012Construction EquipmentThe Boss Snowplow, Gravely host sweepstakesThe Boss Snowplow and Gravely Commercial Lawn Mowers have teamed for the Heavy Metal Sweepstakes, which gives participants a chance to win a Boss Power V-XT Snowplow or a Pro-Turn 152 Mower from Gravely. The sweepstakes ends at 11:59 CST on September 30. In addition to the Grand Prizes offered, which have an estimated […]September 20, 2012Construction EquipmentContractors Dream PackageONE LUCKY CONTRACTOR WILL WIN IT ALL!  Enter for your chance to win Equipment World’s 2020 Contractor’s Dream Package and take home a new Ford truck and other great prizes! Sign up and you could win all this! Ford Super Duty® Chassis Cab Ditch Witch walk behind trencher Landoll tilt trailer Rubbertrax, Inc. rubber […]September 20, 2012EquipmentTier 4: Will tough regulations make construction equipment resale a quarantine market?There has been much ado about the Tier 4 final regulations that are coming down coming the pike and what it is going to mean for the used construction equipment market. With Tier 4 interim standards currently in effect, there are already some “unintended consequences of doing the right thing for the environment,” quipped Frank Manfredi, president of Frank Manfredi & Associates, as he moderated the “Tier 4 and the Future of Equipment Markets” panel discussion at the 2012 Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)/Infor Executive Forum at the Rosement Hilton/Chicago O’Hare hotel on Sept. 6.September 20, 2012RoadbuildingBuilding permits dip, housing starts rise in AugustThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development report on August housing statistics show the following: Building permits: Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 803,000. This is 1.0 percent (±1.2%) below the revised July rate of 811,000, but is 24.5 percent (±1.7%) above […]September 20, 2012Construction EquipmentSany Heavy Industry ranks 85 among Forbes’ Most Innovative CompaniesForbes magazine has ranked Sany number 85 on its 2012 list of the world’s 100 most innovative companies. This is the second year in a row Sany has made the list. Sany Heavy Industry, the publicly traded parent company of Sany America, was one of seven China-based companies to make the Forbes Top 100 list […]September 19, 2012Construction EquipmentDean & Derek participate in Crews That RockDean & Derek, radio and television hosts of DIY Network’s Rock Solid, Indoors Out and PBS’s Victory Garden, have been signed to participate in the 2013 Crews That Rock Contest at WOC 2013. Dean & Derek will host the Crews That Rock 2013 winners’ reception, which celebrates the four winning crews, on February 6. […]September 19, 2012SafetyUnited Rentals expands in North AmericaUnited Rentals has opened three new locations in the United States and two in Canada. New branches in Denver, Colorado; Nashville, Tennessee; and Edmonton, Alberta, specialize in providing temporary power and climate control equipment and services. A new Watford City, North Dakota, branch and a second Edmonton location provide trench safety protective systems for underground […]September 18, 2012BusinessDoosan offers compressor remanufacturing programDoosan Remarketing Services, a Doosan Infracore business unit, has launched a Factory Certified Remanufacturing Program for aging air compressors. Under the remanufacturing program, Doosan Remarketing Services takes older, larger model air compressors — with capacity greater than 675 cubic feet per minute — originally manufactured by Ingersoll Rand or Doosan Portable Power, and returns them […]September 18, 2012Construction EquipmentAbout Equipment WorldWith a circulation of nearly 78,000, Equipment World allows your advertising to reach deeply into the heavy construction market. 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