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Mecalac unveils AS Series Swing Loaders to U.S. with 180-degree arm swivel
Mecalac’s AS700 swing loader At ConExpo 2020, Mecalac unveiled its latest product for the U.S. market, its AS Series of swing loaders. Unlike traditional and articulated wheel loaders, the swing loaders’ arm and bucket are positioned to the side, allowing for 180-degree arm swivel in either direction. In four-wheel-steering mode, the company says, the swing […]
March 26, 2020
Dealers
Construction equipment dealers to contractors amid coronavirus: “We’re open.”
Dealers have two critical constituencies when dealing with the COVID-19 coronavirus: their employees and their customers. It’s a balancing act as dealers adjust to dealing with what they should and should not do during the virus outbreak. General Equipment & Supplies techs are sanitizing any shared tools, and sanitizing equipment cabs both before and after […]
March 26, 2020
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Business
Cat to close some facilities due to coronavirus impact on demand as company withdraws 2020 outlook
Caterpillar announced Thursday that it will temporarily close some of its manufacturing facilities in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The company has also withdrawn its 2020 earnings outlook due to the economic uncertainty surrounding the global pandemic. The heavy equipment maker says that while the majority of U.S. facilities remain open and operational, operations have […]
March 26, 2020
Construction Equipment
Excavation Innovation: Everything you need to know about the latest mid- to full-sized excavators
The 18-metric-ton JCB 150X features the spacious CommandPlus cab and a fully welded X-frame undercarriage. The most popular configuration has 24-inch steel tracks, a 9-foot-10-inch thumb-ready mono boom and a 109-hp engine. “New and improved” is a trite marketing phrase, but it really applies to current mid- to full-sized excavators. Biggest Bobcat Bobcat’s largest excavator, […]
March 25, 2020
Construction Equipment
Deere intros 333G compact track loader with integrated grade control, DozerMode
With the push of a button, the CTL goes into DozerMode to function like a crawler dozer.
March 24, 2020
Dealers
ARA Member Survey: Rental revenues will “significantly deteriorate” due to coronavirus
After polling its members, the American Rental Association says “rental revenues are declining and are projected to significantly deteriorate in the coming months” due to impacts from the coronavirus crisis. As of March 16, 32.92 percent of  ARA’s construction/industrial and general tool/DIY member survey respondents say they’ve been experiencing up to 15 percent revenue loss; […]
March 24, 2020
Dealers
Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils new 395 excavator, crowns world’s best operator; Tadano intros 3 rough terrain cranes; Cat intros tiltrotators for compact excavators; Dawn of autonomous equipment is upon us
Opinion: The dawn of autonomous construction equipment is upon us If you think autonomous equipment operation is a pipe dream, you’d be wrong. About as wrong as the contractors who first doubted GPS machine control. Back in November I attended a prototype demonstration of Doosan’s Concept-X autonomous machine technology in Korea. At the demo, we […]
March 23, 2020
Construction Equipment
Cat Unveils New 395 Excavator: Bigger, Stronger, Faster 390F Replacement
Bigger isn’t always better. But in the case of the new Cat 395, which was unveiled at ConExpo 2020, it definitely is. The new Cat 395 replaces the 390F and is the largest machine in Cat’s next generation excavator lineup. This is a beefed-up, performance-driven machine and one that Cat says is designed […]
March 20, 2020
Business
Opinion: A very different ConExpo amid coronavirus concerns
It already was going to be different. ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020 had complicated logistics to overcome from the get-go. The Las Vegas Convention Center is in the middle of a massive expansion that took out the footprint of the former Gold Lot, forcing companies to relocate. Many relocated to what became Festival Grounds, situated a mile away […]
March 20, 2020
Construction Equipment
Case PT240D pneumatic tire roller made for large road projects
Case Construction Equipment’s new PT240D pneumatic tire roller is designed to require fewer passes and improve penetration and compaction density. It is built for sub-base and asphalt compaction on large road and highway projects, airport runways and commercial development. The compactor runs on a 100-horsepower, turbocharged, Tier 4 Final Deutz engine. The engine requires no […]
March 19, 2020
Construction Equipment
Cat Crowns World’s Best Equipment Operator: Meet Canada’s Jaus Neigum
During ConExpo 2020, Caterpillar held the finals of its 2019-2020 Global Operator Challenge. When the dirt settled, Canada’s Jaus Neigum took home the trophy and the title of World’s Best Equipment Operator. Check out the action from the competition and our chat with Jaus in this video.
March 18, 2020
Business
Update: JCB halts UK production through the end of April as coronavirus continues to take its toll
JCB says it has extended its production stoppage until the end of April at all of its United Kingdom manufacturing plants as COVID-19 coronavirus disruption is resulting in “an unprecedented reduction in global demand.” The announcement involves its nine manufacturing plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham.  The company, which stopped production at the plants on […]
March 18, 2020
Construction Equipment
Tadano intros 3 rough-terrain cranes with new cabs, engines
Tadano has redesigned three of its GR rough-terrain cranes with more comfortable cabs, new engines and more lifting capacity. The series, for the 75- to 100-ton lifting class, was first launched in 2011 in North America and is composed of models GR-1000XLL-4, GR-1000XL-4 and GR-800XL-4. The new models give operators better visibility of the remodeled […]
March 17, 2020
Construction Equipment
New DeWalt cordless hammer hits like a heavyweight
The new DeWalt Flexvolt 60V Max SDS combination hammer hits with 10.5 Joules of energy and 380 rpm to take apart even high strength concrete. The 1-¾ inch combination hammer has an optimized drilling range on bits between 5/8 and 1-¼ inches. Constant speed control maintains rpms regardless of bit size or depth. A variable […]
March 17, 2020
Autonomous
Opinion: The dawn of autonomous construction equipment is upon us
If you think autonomous equipment operation is a pipe dream, you’d be wrong. About as wrong as the contractors who first doubted GPS machine control. Back in November I attended a prototype demonstration of Doosan’s Concept-X autonomous machine technology in Korea. At the demo, we watched an excavator and wheel loader without operators maneuver around […]
March 16, 2020
Dealers
Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils new D7 dozer; Case unveils first electric backhoe; Kubota intros first mini skid steer; Electric Volvo VNL test drive; Cat Kinetic Ice+ Boot Review
VIDEO: Reviewing Cat’s Kinetic Ice+ Boots’ Vibram Ice Traction, Insulation from the Arctic Circle Recently, Tom Jackson had a chance to test out some cold weather boots and gloves in Alaska—north of the Arctic Circle in fact—in temps as low as -30 degrees. The boots are a new product offering from Cat Footwear called the […]
March 16, 2020
Construction Equipment
Cat unveils tiltrotators for its compact excavator lineup
Caterpillar’s new TRS6 and TRS8 TiltRotate System (TRS) will bring tiltrotator capabilities to Cat Next Gen compact excavators. Using the TRS, users will be able to use a variety of attachments, including  buckets, forks, grapples, brooms, and compactors. Cat says it is partnering with Rototilt in developing TRS, but that it added design elements that in […]
March 13, 2020
Construction Equipment
Vanguard rolls out new line of single-cylinder, horizontal shaft engines
Vanguard is well known for its V-twin engines, so it was big industry news when they rolled out a new line of single-cylinder, horizontal shaft engines at the recent World of Concrete show. There are four engines in the new lineup the 400 (14 hp), 300 (10 hp), 200 (6.5 hp) and 160 (5.0 hp.) […]
March 13, 2020
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