Wayne GraysonWayne Grayson is the former Executive Video Producer for Randall-Reilly; in previous positions, he served as the Executive Editor and Online Editor for Equipment World.SafetyWorker killed after piece of crane fell on top of him on Chicago jobsiteConstruction workers on a jobsite in Chicago’s Gold Coast found a co-worker Friday afternoon that had become pinned by part of a crane. According to a report from WLS TV, the workers were able to free the man who was unresponsive when emergency personnel arrived to the site. Paramedics spent several minutes treating the […]February 2, 2015Construction EquipmentJohn Deere launches redesigned 1050K: its largest, most powerful dozer ever (PHOTOS, VIDEO)[imagebrowser id=177] Opting instead to completely reimagine its largest crawler dozer rather than simply update it, John Deere has launched the 1050K, a machine the company calls its largest and most powerful dozer yet. Deere redesigned the 1050K from the ground up and leaned heavily upon customer feedback throughout the years-long development of the machine. It’s being […]January 30, 2015Construction EquipmentBackhoe takes bad bounce after being uprighted, is swallowed by jungleThings were going so well for this crew. After managing to bring this overturned backhoe back onto its wheels, something happens that they did not anticipate. Apparently not accounting for the steep slope bordering this road, the truck being used to pull the backhoe up, gives it a good last yank which causes the backhoe […]January 30, 2015Construction EquipmentPOLL: Will you consider a Nissan Titan now that it has a Cummins V8 and a whole lot of towing power?Probably the biggest headline out of the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month was the unveiling of the 2016 Nissan Titan XD. In the first design refresh since the Titan was launched back in 2004, Nissan went all out in trying to move from the bottom of the pack in the U.S. pickup truck market. […]January 30, 2015BusinessManitowoc to split into two companies through Foodservice spin-offManitowoc has announced that it will split into two, independent and publicly-traded companies. The move will separate the company’s cranes and foodservice businesses through a tax-free spin-0ff of Foodservice. The spin-off is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2016. “After a comprehensive evaluation, including a thorough review of the current and projected operating […]January 30, 2015SafetyOne worker dead, another injured after wall collapses into scissor lift in TexasOne construction worker is dead and another received minor injuries while doing demolition work atop a scissor lift in Midland, Texas. According to a report from the Midland Reporter-Telegram, the two men were standing atop the scissor lift demolishing a brick wall with sledgehammers Wednesday morning. Suddenly, the wall collapsed, knocking the scissor lift over and […]January 30, 2015BusinessAntitrust suit alleges Caterpillar, Komatsu and Volvo conspired to bar Chinese construction equipment from U.S. marketInternational Construction Products has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the three biggest names in construction equipment, accusing them of colluding to limit competition in the U.S. The suit was filed this morning in a U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, and names Caterpillar, Komatsu America and Volvo Construction Equipment North America as defendants. The suit alleges […]January 29, 2015BusinessSales fall again in 4Q as CNH Industrial posts 14% profit decline for 2014 on slumping farm demandIt wasn’t nearly as bad as the third quarter, but the fourth certainly wasn’t much better for CNH Industrial which saw sales declines across all equipment and vehicle segments. Sales for the company, makers of the Case Construction and New Holland equipment brands, fell 10 percent during the quarter to $8.4 billion. Despite the drop […]January 29, 2015Construction EquipmentSledgehammer smash test of 2015 Ford F-150’s aluminum body results in huge repair billUpdate: We have updated the article to include comment from Ford below. From the outset, quite a few folks have questioned the durability of the 2015 Ford F-150’s aluminum body. That was obviously something we wanted to ask folks in our industry about to which they replied with the exact opposite response. The construction professionals we […]January 28, 2015BusinessKomatsu profit up 5.5% in 3Q thanks to strong construction equipment sales in North AmericaHelped by a weakening of the yen against the U.S. dollar as well as increased equipment sales in the Americas and Europe, Komatsu posted gains in both profit and sales during its fiscal third quarter. For the quarter, which ended December 31, net sales increased 6.4 percent over Q3 2013 to $4.2 billion (494 billion yen). 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