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How a flooded ice skating rink helped one contractor start his own business
Everyone has to deal with unexpected changes in their lives, and often in their careers. For Brian Winot, owner of Northeast Site Contractors in East Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania, the unplanned paths he’s taken has made his business what it is today—a successful commercial site development contracting firm with 30 employees. Although construction is all Winot has […]
February 25, 2014
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February 25, 2014
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Construction Equipment
How Ritchie Bros. set online records and sold $166 million worth of heavy equipment at its Orlando auction
“The Big One” has once again lived up to its name for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. During its huge annual auction in Orlando, Florida last week—the largest equipment auction in the world—Ritchie Bros. sold more than $166 million worth of heavy equipment. To give you an idea of how big this event is to the company, […]
February 24, 2014
Construction Equipment
RANKED: The top-selling financed construction equipment of the past decade
[imagebrowser id=31] Using Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates to find out the unit count winners, we calculated the top-selling construction equipment types and specific models over the past 10 years. EDA tracks financed units only—so if you bought a machine with cash or by a letter of credit, it doesn’t have the data. What’s left, however, […]
February 24, 2014
Construction Equipment
Down an excavator, dozer operator loads rock truck by driving on top of it
No. 9 Video in 2014 « NO. 10 NO. 8 »  At the beginning of the video below, we hear the guy behind the camera mention that he and his crew are already down a rock truck and an excavator. (For what it’s worth, it appears they were making repairs to the excavator’s bucket.) […]
February 21, 2014
Construction Equipment
Now that Ford is on board with new F-150, pickup truck tow ratings are finally standardized
It’s been a long, slow, tedious road, but pickup buyers will finally have a standardized way to compare tow ratings between brands as Ford accepts the SAE J2807 towing standard when the 2015 F-150 hits the market later this year. I’ve always looked at tow ratings as somewhat of a joke because until now none of the auto manufacturers […]
February 20, 2014
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: Tour the largest heavy equipment auction in the world, in this Ritchie Bros. Orlando gallery
[imagebrowser id=30] Each year, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sets up its own temporary version of Disney World in Orlando, Florida. But, as the gallery above attests, this one’s for equipment junkies. The annual Orlando equipment auction is known as “The Big One” and is the largest equipment auction in the world. Folks come from across the […]
February 20, 2014
Construction Equipment
LA construction crew breaks world record for largest continuous concrete pour
A crew in Los Angeles poured 21,200 cubic yards of concrete without stopping over a period of 18-1/2 hours to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest continuous concrete pour. The crew building the New Wilshire Grand, a skyscraper that will reach 1,110 feet into the air once it’s complete, started the pour […]
February 20, 2014
Construction Equipment
First round of Ram 1500 EcoDiesel orders sells out in 3 days in rush from dealers and customers
The 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel hasn’t hit dealerships yet, but the fuel-saving truck is already a hit. Chrysler announced Wednesday that between February 7 and 10, more than 8,000 orders were placed for the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel–which filled the initial round of orders being offered for the truck and accounting for about half of the […]
February 20, 2014
Construction Equipment
JLG to discontinue Lull line of telehandlers
JLG has announced that it will discontinue its Lull line of telehandlers. The company says that beginning next year in 2015 the Lull 644E-42, 944E-42, and 1044C-54 Series II will no longer be manufactured as part of the JLF telehandler portfolio. The company will continue to manufacture SkyTrak and JLG-branded telehandlers. JLG’s global product director for […]
February 20, 2014
Construction Equipment
GM to release an aluminum pickup by 2018 to compete with F-150
Feeling the heat from arch-rival Ford, General Motors is in the process of developing a pickup truck with an aluminum body to release by 2018, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Confirming reports that Ford’s competitors were rushing to reach agreements with aluminum suppliers in the wake of the 2015 F-150 unveiling to […]
February 19, 2014
Construction Equipment
One ton of explosives brings down a skyscraper in 10 seconds in one of the tallest implosions ever
To bring down this 32-story, 381-foot tower in Frankfurt, Germany, demolitions experts drilled more than 1,500 strategically-placed holes in its side and packed them full of explosives. More than 2,000 pounds–one ton–full to be exact. More than 10,000 people gathered to see the event, according to Deutsche Welle. It is one of the tallest buildings […]
February 19, 2014
Construction Equipment
To improve F-150’s seats, Ford hired several 265-pound men to sit down and get up 10,000 times
It might sound like an odd methodology, but at least Ford is paying attention to this kind of detail. While developing the 2015 F-150, Ford wanted to address concerns it was hearing from some customers over the leather seats inside the current F-150. Over time, the leather covering many of these seats was cracking with […]
February 19, 2014
Business
Much improved 4Q and stronger 2013 sales push Terex to “a good year”
Releasing fourth quarter and full year results today, Terex said it had net sales of $7.1 billion during 2013, up 1.4 percent from 2012. Fourth quarter sales were up 12-½ percent in 2013 over the previous year to $1.8 billion, and tracking closely with third quarter net sales of $1.810.6 billion. Income from 2013 continuing […]
February 19, 2014
Construction Equipment
Ford’s 2015 F-150 has triggered a “stampede” on aluminum among competing automakers
The weight-shaving and redesigned aluminum body on the new 2015 Ford F-150 turned more than the heads of customers and truck lovers. It also got the attention of competing automakers. So much so, that the Detroit News reports that the new F-150 has “triggered a stampede among automakers” who are “scrambling to ink deals with aluminum […]
February 17, 2014
Business
Caterpillar opens $14.8 million expansion to large engine plant in Mississippi
This past weekend, Caterpillar held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a $14.8 million expansion at its large engine manufacturing plant and warehouse in Corinth, Mississippi. Cat makes the C175 engine at the Corinth plant. The 42,000-pound, 20-cylinder, 4,000-horsepower engine is used for power generation and in mining equipment. The newly-opened expansion will house the […]
February 17, 2014
Construction Equipment
Do Look Down: Crane operator snaps breathtaking photos from 2,000 feet (GALLERY)
Crane operator Wei Gensheng had simply taken up photography as a hobby. And now, after beautifully capturing the amazing sights high above Shanghai, China that his main job treated him to each and every day, he’s an award-winning photographer. Wei is a crane operator and part of the crew building the Shanghai Tower. When completed […]
February 17, 2014
Construction Equipment
Toro puts EFI engine in STX-38 stump grinder, improves guarding
A redesigned guarding, improved cutter head and the addition of an electronic fuel injection engine head the list of improvements of Toro’s STX-38 stump grinder, introduced at The Rental Show last week. The EFI engine means the carburetor and choke have been eliminated, allowing for easier start-up in all weather conditions. Cutter head improvements give […]
February 16, 2014
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