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Construction Equipment
Doosan intros line of excavator buckets for rock and other severe-duty applications
Doosan has launched a new line of severe-duty excavator buckets made with abrasive-resistant material. The new buckets range in size from 18 inches to 72 inches and are available in a pin-on or wedge-lock style for Doosanâs DX140LC-5 all the way through the DX530LC-5 crawler excavators. The buckets are built for handling abrasive materials in [âŚ]
February 23, 2016
Business
Ritchie Bros. buys online equipment listing service Mascus
Heavy equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. has acquired online equipment listing service Mascus in an all-cash deal. Ritchie Bros. says it has paid âŹ24.0 million ($26.6 million) for 100 percent equity in Mascus and will pay up to âŹ3.4 million ($3.8 million) more should certain performance targets be met by Mascus over the next three years. Mascus will continue [âŚ]
February 23, 2016
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Construction Equipment
Komatsu intros WA600-8 loader with a better standard bucket, powertrain improvements
Komatsu has launched a new WA600 loader the company says is faster, more productive and more fuel efficient than its predecessors. The new WA600-8 is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D170E-7 Tier 4 Final engine which produces 529 horsepower. The company says its work to optimize engine power and improve powertrain and hydraulic efficiency in the new [âŚ]
February 22, 2016
Construction Equipment
Vacuworxâs new H models bring hydraulic power, fuel savings to lifting systems
Vacuworx has made a big change to its lineup of vacuum lifting systems the company says will save its customers some serious change in return. With its new H models, introduced at the World of Concrete show earlier this month, Vacuworx vacuum lifters now driven by hydraulic power rather than a separate diesel power source. [âŚ]
February 22, 2016
Business
ARAâs Rental Penetration Index down slightly in 2015 despite ârobustâ non-residential market
The American Rental Associationâs Rental Penetration Index, which has been on a steep incline in the past five years, saw its first downward movement in 2015, says ARA. The decrease was slight, however, going from 53.9 percent in 2014 to 52.9 percent in 2015. The indexâwhich measures the share of the U.S. construction equipment fleet [âŚ]
February 22, 2016
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar unveils the S60: the first phone with a built-in FLIR thermal camera is Catâs most powerful yet
When Caterpillar launched its first Android smartphone, the B15, back in 2013, it was unclear just what the company expected out of a product so foreign to its traditional yellow iron segments. Was it simply a stab at a licensing success (such as Cat boots and apparel), meant to gauge demand for that CAT logo [âŚ]
February 19, 2016
Construction Equipment
Montabert intros the 501 NG: a next generation breaker with 75% power boost
Montabert used the World of Concrete show to debut its 501 NG, or ânext generation,â breaker. Designed for backhoes and excavators weighing between 17,647 and 39,683 pounds, the 2,000-foot-pound impact energy class 501 NG replaces the companyâs 700 breaker, says Eric Chudzik with Montabert. The model is 75 percent more powerful than its predecessor, even while [âŚ]
February 19, 2016
Construction Equipment
Geith tilting quick coupler offers up to 180 degrees of side-to-side rotation
Designed for excavators and backhoes weighing between 6 and 26 tons, the Geith tilting quick coupler offers up to 180 degrees of side-to-side rotation, depending on the model. âThis gives users the ability to easily perform tasks, such as clean ditches, without repositioning the machine,â says Paul Shevlin with Geith, speaking to Equipment World at [âŚ]
February 19, 2016
Construction Equipment
Ron Hunsche Excavating wins Equipment Worldâs 2015 Contractorâs Dream Package
Ron Hunsche, president of Ron Hunsche Excavating in Highland, Illinois, is the winner of Equipment Worldâs 2015 Contractorâs Dream Package. Hunsche won several prizes, including a Ford F-Series Super Duty Chassis Cab with 16,000-pounds conventional towing capacity; a 16-horsepower Ditch Witch RT12 walk-behind trencher; a 20-foot-long, 10,000-pound Landoll LT1020 trailer; and replacement rubber tracks from Rubbertrax. [âŚ]
February 19, 2016
Construction Equipment
Parking garage collapses atop excavator during demolition
A demolition crew in the final stages of a job in Houston watched in horror as it came to crashing halt. According to a report from KHOU TV, a parking garage being torn down along Highway 59 suddenly collapsed Feb. 9 as two excavators worked in close proximity. As you can see in the video below [âŚ]
February 18, 2016
Construction Equipment
With Ramâs new Tradesman 4Ă4 and 2500 off-road package, you donât really need a Power Wagon
If youâre interested in buying the most off-road-capable Ram pickup available, the choice is easy: get the new Power Wagon. But if youâre not interested in spending quite that much money, or if you prefer the look of a more standard 2500 model, Ram has carried over quite a bit of the Power Wagonâs capability [âŚ]
February 18, 2016
Technology
The SiteWatch 700 is a solar-powered, streaming jobsite surveillance system with any-device access
Thanks to advances in cameras and the reliability of wireless networks in recent years mobile surveillance towers are officially a growing industry within construction. And while there are companies like Cameras Onsite that will rent these towers, which capture high quality footage of intruders and even call the police, to contractors, those firms interested in [âŚ]
February 18, 2016
Construction Equipment
Riding along with an upstate New York snowplow: a life that ârevolves around the weatherâ
Camillus Highway Department snowplow driver Gary Poppe never knows when the call will come to get out on the roads to clear the snow. Heâs out in his snowplow so much fighting back the accumulation in the city, located in upstate New York, that he considers his plow his winter home. âSame with all the other [âŚ]
February 18, 2016
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar intros 4 new F Series excavators to round out versatile machine lineup
Caterpillar today introduced four new F Series machines, completing its family of 11- to 90-ton tracked excavators. The new machines include the 313F (which will complement the 313F GC introduced last year), the compact radius 315F, the 316F and 318F. 313F Caterpillar says the primary difference between the new standard F 313 and the GC [âŚ]
February 17, 2016
Construction Equipment
Chinaâs Zoomlion confirms offer to woo Terex away from Konecranes merger
Chinese equipment manufacturer Zoomlion has officially confirmed an offer made to Terex to buy the company, despite Terexâs plans to merge with Finnish manufacturer Konecranes. Zoomlion announced Tuesday that on Dec. 4 it offered to buy Terex for $30 per share in cash. At the time of the offer, it represented a 41 percent premium [âŚ]
February 17, 2016
Construction Equipment
Chevrolet intros 2016 Silverado Realtree Edition: a Z71 model with camo racing stripes
While itâs a bit more reserved than the Realtree Bone Collector concept we saw at SEMA last year, Chevrolet has unveiled a special edition Silverado with camouflage accents that will actually hit dealerships in the spring. The 2016 Silverado Realtree package will be available on Silverado 1500 LTZ crew cab models. Realtree designer and president [âŚ]
February 16, 2016
Construction Equipment
Time-lapse captures 2 years of âDaytona Risingâ construction to create âWorld Center of Racingâ
It took $400 million and more than two years of work, but the Daytona International Speedway has been fully upgraded to become what Daytona officials say is the âworldâs first motorsports stadium.â According to EarthCam, the project began in Sept. 2013 and ended just a few weeks ago. The time-lapse video below compresses the massive [âŚ]
February 16, 2016
Construction Equipment
Liebherr displays the fuel-sipping L538 wheel loader at WOC 2016
Though much of Liebherrâs booth at the 2016 World of Concrete dealt specifically with concrete products (makes sense) the manufacturer did use the show as an opportunity to once again acquaint the North American public with one of its mid-size, or utility, wheel loaders. As the company did at the 2015 show, Liebherr displayed the 29,000-pound L538. The [âŚ]
February 16, 2016
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