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Heavy duty winch bumper with light bar openings headlines Westin’s SEMA introductions
Westin Automotive Products introduced several new products Monday at the 2015 SEMA show in Las Vegas. An addition to its Heavy Duty Xtreme (HDX) truck gear line, the HDX Winch Bumper is a solid one-piece construction utilizing 7-gauge steel for heavy duty winching capability. The bumpers feature an application-specific design with seamless welded bends. Each bumper […]
November 3, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS > Vintage Jeep trucks display 3 eras of company’s glorious pickup past at SEMA
Rumors have heated up that Jeep is set to launch a pickup version of its Wrangler, but the folks at Omix-ADA brought to the 2015 SEMA Show this week a reminder that Jeep, years ago, was already a player in the pickup segment. The 1955 Willys 4×4 pickup truck in the gallery above, and its 226-cubic-inch […]
November 2, 2015
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Technology
BrandMotion’s 360° Vision system brings à la carte overhead views to most pickups
Though the SEMA show hadn’t officially opened its doors quite yet Monday, that didn’t stop the Equipment World team from poking around a bit inside the Las Vegas Convention Center as exhibitors hurried to put the final touches on their booths. One of the companies we ran into at a preview event for the media was BrandMotion, […]
November 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Dump truck electrocutes, kills worker on Oklahoma paving job
A construction worker in Oklahoma was killed recently in a bizarre electrocution accident involving a dump truck. According to a report from The Oklahoman, 34-year-old Victor M. Rameriez Baltazar was killed October 21 while working as part of a crew carrying out a paving job on a highway near Clinton. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol tells the paper Baltazar […]
November 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
The Bulldog 4Ă—4 is a beastly go-anywhere fire truck with mounted water cannons (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
As we explained in a separate post from earlier today, we’re at the SEMA show this week providing coverage over the course of the next few days of the latest pickups, work trucks, truck concepts and aftermarket parts. All the big names in truck making are at SEMA each year and they typically bring along […]
November 1, 2015
Construction Equipment
We’re at the SEMA show. That means it’s Truck Week
For the next four days, the Equipment World team will be reporting from the show floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center with full coverage of all the cool new pickups, work truck and truck aftermarket products on display at the annual SEMA show. Today (Monday) we’re getting a sneak peak at what the show has in […]
November 1, 2015
Construction Equipment
Ditch Witch intros SK752 mini loader with 10% boost to lift capacity (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Mini skid steers are becoming quite the interesting segment of compact equipment. Just a few weeks ago at the ICUEE show we saw Toro unveil the TX 1000, a mini skid with a rated capacity of 1,000 pounds as the company attempts to lure away customers of traditional skid steers with a more nimble machine […]
November 1, 2015
Construction Equipment
Excavator operator’s tricks aren’t nearly as cool as he thinks they are
Just in case you ever hoped there existed a video on the Internet that perfectly summed up how to get fired as an equipment operator in just a couple of minutes, we have good news. It takes a little while to figure out just what this guy is trying to do with this machine as […]
October 30, 2015
Construction Equipment
Kubota unveils RTV-X1140 UTV with cargo bed that converts to rear seating
Kubota’s latest utility vehicle has a pretty cool trick up its sleeve, with functionality similar to a Chevrolet Avalanche. The new RTV-X1140 comes standard with a hydraulic dump bed with a capacity of 19.1 cubic feet. But in a few simple steps all that cargo room is quickly converted to rear seating whenever you need to haul […]
October 30, 2015
Construction Equipment
FCA recalls 65,000+ Ram 1500 pickups due to rear axle manufacturing oversight
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is recalling thousands of Ram 1500 pickups due to a manufacturing oversight with the trucks’ rear axles. An estimated 65,760 Ram trucks in the U.S. are affected by the recall which is being carried out voluntarily by the automaker in order to inspect and replace rear axles and rear axle shafts that […]
October 30, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTO: Backhoe operator advertises a creepy “Halloween Special”
If hard work can’t be fun sometimes, what’s the point? That being said, not too sure how long this side business is going to last. Not exactly the type of action you want to advertise. This photo has made the rounds in just about every corner of the Internet, so its origin is kind of […]
October 29, 2015
Construction Equipment
Up your pumpkin carving game with 6 heavy equipment stencils from Volvo CE
Halloween is mostly for the kids. It’s a holliday centered around dressing up and getting candy. And though a lot of adults can still get their kicks with costume parties and decorating the house, the easiest way, though not the cleanest, to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve as a grown up is to impress everyone with your […]
October 29, 2015
Construction Equipment
This Ford F-150-shaped corn maze is neat, but the real star is its F-450 pumpkin cannon (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Each year the folks at Leaders Farms in northwest Ohio choose a theme for their famous corn maze. This year, Brad Leaders got a bit of inspiration from the new Ford F-150. After all, he’s been using a Ford as his primary pumpkin firing apparatus for years. “Brad was reading a magazine last winter and […]
October 29, 2015
Construction Equipment
CNH Industrial sales drop 24% in 3Q as company posts $128 million loss
Across the board declines continued for CNH Industrial in the third quarter, leading the company to decrease its sales forecast for the rest of the year. The company, which manufacturers the Case and New Holland brands of construction and agricultural equipment, saw sales drop 24 percent during the quarter to $5.85 billion. Consequently, the company […]
October 29, 2015
Technology
REVIEW: Caterpillar S40’s excellent durability, battery life come with major sacrifices
No. 6 Story in 2015 « No. 7 No. 5 »  It’s not often that Caterpillar is beaten handily by competitors when it comes to power. But that’s exactly where the company’s smartphone lineup finds itself. However, it’s not exactly due to a design failure. It’s more of a consequence of trying to find the […]
October 28, 2015
Business
Thousands of Caterpillar employees take early retirement as cuts continue
As Caterpillar begins its extensive workforce cuts around the world, thousands of employees have decided to take an offer of early retirement. Since announcing a cost-cutting plan in September, Caterpillar has laid off hundreds at its East Peoria plant and announced the closing of its global mining headquarters. And with the possibility that the workforce cuts […]
October 28, 2015
Safety
Compactor operator killed in machine rollover on Mississippi jobsite
A worker was killed earlier this month in an equipment rollover in Mississippi. WHBQ TV reports 35-year-old Antonio Thompson was working on a residential jobsite at a new subdivision in Southaven when the accident occurred around noon on October 13. According to a report form WMC TV, co-workers say Thompson was operating a soil compactor near the […]
October 28, 2015
Construction Equipment
Bobcat upgrades T740 compact track loader with M-Series power, cab improvements (PHOTOS)
Bobcat has added to its M-Series lineup with the introduction of the T740, a Tier 4 Final-compliant 700 frame-size compact track loader. The new machine is powered by a diesel engine with under 75 horsepower and thus does not require a diesel particulate filter (DPF), selective catalytic reduction (SCR) or diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). The […]
October 27, 2015
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