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Trucks
Test Drive: Volvo VNX heavy-hauler is more cruiser than bruiser
While many truck manufacturers do long-range market studies to determine if they should add a new truck model to their lineups, Volvo’s approach to launching its new VNX severe duty tractor was a bit more casual than the company’s usual procedures. The VNX story began a little over a year ago as Göran Nyberg was […]
June 1, 2014
Construction Equipment
Japan to build an underground ice wall beneath Fukushima nuclear plant to protect water supply
Japan’s Nuclear Regulator Authority has approved a plan to build an underground ice wall beneath the Fukushima nuclear plant in order to protect nearby groundwater. According to a report from the AFP, groundwater from nearby hillsides has been mixing with polluted water as it flows beneath the plant. The polluted water was used to cool reactors […]
May 30, 2014
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Technology
Samsung updates its rugged smartphone with water- and shock-proof Galaxy S5 Active
Around this time last year, Samsung released what was at the time likely the sleekest water-, dust- and shock-proof smartphone ever made. The Galaxy S4 Active had an IP67 in a thin package with top-of-the line specs. The company then turned around and integrated that waterproof feature into its marquee smartphone, the Galaxy S5. But […]
May 30, 2014
Dealers
Ditch Witch, Volvo, Talbert Manufacturing name top dealers in this week’s Dealer News Roundup
Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition every week! Ditch Witch honors top 10 dealerships for superior […]
May 30, 2014
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar launches the 990K: a more powerful wheel loader with more payload and a redesigned cab (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=84] Caterpillar has unveiled its latest wheel loader, replacing the 990H with the new, more powerful and more comfortable 990K. Cat increased the payload of the loader from 16.5 tons to 17.5 tons and says it pairs nicely with the 773, 775 and 777 construction and mining trucks. (In order to load the 777, […]
May 29, 2014
Construction Equipment
Ford has been secretly testing prototype 2015 F-150s at construction sites and mines for 3 years (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
[imagebrowser id=85] “Drive it like you stole it and work it hard.” Those were the marching orders Denis Kanseir, the lead prototype engineer on Ford’s 2015 F-150’s, gave the drivers of six pickups distributed evenly among three different companies when they were handed the keys back in the latter half of 2011. Barrick Mining, Elko, […]
May 29, 2014
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: This Ferrari 412 pickup conversion is the fastest work truck on any jobsite
[imagebrowser id=83] “What if this Ferrari had a truck bed?” is likely something no one had ever thought before the History Channel gave a guy named Elo his own show. That being said, you’d certainly turn a few heads at the jobsite if you showed up in the insane conversion he created. Elo, the owner […]
May 29, 2014
Safety
Woman hit by flying buzzsaw in New York City construction accident
A three-foot buzzsaw blade became detached on a New York City road construction site Tuesday and went airborne, eventually hitting a woman walking by the site. According to a report from NBC New York, a construction crew working to fix a water main break was tearing up a section of the roadway at 48th Street and […]
May 29, 2014
Construction Equipment
How much does a CNG pickup fuel tank really hold? Specs don’t tell the whole story
The other day  I was testing a CNG-powered bi-fuel 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD and was stumped when the truck’s “empty” 17 GGE (gasoline gallon equivalent) CNG tank would only hold 12 GGE. After discussions with both CNG tank suppliers and CNG automotive pickup engine builders, I found out the stated size on a CNG tank isn’t the capacity that’s […]
May 29, 2014
Construction Equipment
GMC unveils 2015 Sierra All-Terrain HD: a premium pickup designed for the jobsite (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=81] GMC has introduced an upgrade to its 2015 Sierra HD trucks with a luxury design meant to get hard work done in style. Available on 2500HD and 3500HD double cab and crew cab models, the 2015 Sierra All-Terrain HD design will be offered in SLE and SLT trims. A 6.0-liter gasoline engine is standard […]
May 28, 2014
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: Crane collapses in Boston, crushes unlucky Chevy Silverado
[imagebrowser id=82] A couple of weeks back, the Boston Fire Department responded to a crane collapse on Commercial Street in the North End of town. BFD ended up live tweeting their response to the collapse which included a full day’s worth of work to remove the toppled crane. According to the tweets, the crane operator […]
May 28, 2014
Construction Equipment
Thieves steal same skid steer twice in Omaha, resilience lands them in jail
It was British writer William Edward Hickson who said, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” Recently a couple of equipment thieves took the advice to heart. According to a report from Fox 42 in Omaha, Nebraska, two men, Robert Black and Shane Benscoter, are accused of stealing a John Deere 323D skid […]
May 28, 2014
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar excavator tiptoes through China shop, stacks glass, somehow doesn’t break anything
While Caterpillar hit viral video status with a video focusing on a massive game of Jenga, its latest Built For It Trials video centers on one of the most impressive displays of operator skill we’ve seen. In it, Ryan Neal, a senior demonstrator instructor at Cat, hops into a 301.7 CR mini excavator and drives […]
May 27, 2014
Construction Equipment
As most-patented truck in Ford history, 2015 F-150 is “teaching the world” how to build a high-tech pickup
Given that the 2015 Ford F-150 is the first pickup with an aluminum body, it’s not exactly surprising that the truck is the most patented in the automaker’s 111-year history. What’s impressive is the sheer number of new Ford patents and patent applications the truck is responsible for: more than 100. And because of that, […]
May 27, 2014
Construction Equipment
Beautiful time-lapse captures 10-year construction of 9/11 Memorial Museum
There is an undeniable beauty and resilience to the National September 11 Memorial Museum that quietly captures how we as Americans came to terms with that awful tragedy nearly 13 years ago. It is evidence of both the will to move forward and to grow, while choosing to never ignore the undeniable impact and pain […]
May 26, 2014
Construction Equipment
GM halts delivery of pickups in latest recall of 2014 Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra over airbag defect
General Motors is recalling more of its pickups, this time even halting the delivery of thousands of the trucks to dealers in order to investigate them further for more potential problems. In its fourth pickup recall this month and the second in the last week, the automaker recalled 500 2014 and 2015 model year trucks […]
May 26, 2014
Construction Equipment
Inside Diggerland USA: First look at the rides of the nation’s first construction theme park in action (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
No. 4 Story in 2014 « No. 5 No. 3 »   As the owners of Sambe Construction, the Girlya family has seen many different types of projects over the 30-year history of the company. Since emigrating to the U.S. from the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, father Samuel Girlya along with wife […]
May 23, 2014
Construction Equipment
Failed demolition leaves half of a tower teetering precariously above city
Back in December 2009, crews got to work on the demolition of a 22-story residential tower in the city of Liuzhou in southern China. But things didn’t go exactly as planned. As the Daily Mail reported at the time, the implosion of the building successfully broke the building into two parts as planned—but failed to bring […]
May 22, 2014
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