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Construction Equipment
Bigger, Better? Performance advantages of 15-foot backhoes over smaller diggers are narrowing, but have not disappeared
There’s a reason 14-foot backhoes comprise the bulk of backhoe sales. That size is well-suited to most of the tasks that backhoes perform. And as OEMs find ways to further improve the performance of 14-foot machines, the advantages of bigger diggers become less obvious. Andy Capps, Volvo backhoe product manager for North America, says advances […]
August 1, 2013
Construction Equipment
Thieves use backhoe to smash ATM, but come up empty-handed
“We’ve had machines stolen before, but no one’s ever pulled off a bank heist with them.” That’s what a worker at the Trocom Construction Corp. equipment yard in Queens, New York told the New York Daily News after learning that thieves had broken into the yard, stolen a backhoe and then used it to smash an […]
August 1, 2013
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CNH 2Q net sales up 9%, operating profit up 26%
Thanks to big increases in agricultural equipment sales, CNH Global saw jumps in both net sales and operating profit in the second quarter. The company reported a year-over-year 9 percent increase in 2Q net sales to $5.5 billion and a 26-percent jump in operating profit from equipment sales to $659 million. Comprising 83 percent of […]
July 31, 2013
Business
Opinion: If Obama wants job growth, he should start by asking the EPA to calculate how many jobs they’ve destroyed
The president spent an hour last week giving a speech detailing yet another jobs program. During the last election cycle we were promised a new era of green jobs facilitated by the hand of government. Now it’s “infrastructure,” he says. That’s where the jobs are! Obama’s been talking about infrastructure for six years now and […]
July 31, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ford announces 2014 F-150 fueled by compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas
Beginning this fall, Ford will offer a prep package on the 2014 F-150 that allows the truck to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and gasoline. The F-150 will be the only CNG/LPG-capable half-ton pickup on the market and will be capable of driving more than 750 miles on one tank […]
July 31, 2013
Construction Equipment
Benchmarking: Where are your equipment costs relative to others?
You need to find out where your equipment costs are compared with others in your industry. One key way to do this is through benchmarking. Do not discount someone else’s success. I have heard many client employees say, “Well, sure they can do that. They’re bigger than us… they don’t have the seasonal restrictions we do… […]
July 30, 2013
Construction Equipment
Tilt-shift footage from Ritchie Bros. auction makes heavy equipment look like toys
Our friends over at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers did a pretty cool thing during one of their recent auctions. Rather than grabbing normal footage of the huge event, they commissioned a “tilt-shift” filming. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, tilt-shift photography is basically a technique of filming that plays with the focus of the camera a […]
July 30, 2013
Business
Komatsu sees small decline in 1Q net sales, remains confident in stronger outcome for 2013
Decreases in demand for construction and mining equipment in Indonesia and mining equipment in Latin America led to year-over-year declines in both net sales and operating income for Komatsu in the company’s first quarter, which ends March 31, 2014. However, expanded sales of construction equipment and parts in Japan and the Middle East largely compensated […]
July 30, 2013
Business
LBX Company taps Eric Sauvage as next president, CEO
LBX Company has announced the appointment of Eric Sauvage as its next president and CEO, succeeding Robert Harvell who will retire at the end of the year. Harvell will remain a senior advisor and board member after his retirement. Sauvage joined LBX—the makers of Link-Belt hydraulic excavators, scrap/material handlers, demolition equipment and forestry equipment—in 2008 […]
July 30, 2013
Construction Equipment
Trace the 100-year evolution of Chevrolet’s ‘bowtie’ logo and the vehicles it has adorned (GALLERY)
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its famous “bowtie” logo, Chevrolet has released a cool graphic and a ton of photos charting the symbol’s evolution, along with a bit of official history. According to the automaker, the Chevy bowtie was introduced in 1913 by co-founder William C. Durant on the 1914 Chevrolet H-2 Royal Mail […]
July 29, 2013
Business
Despite growth in AWP and cranes, Terex cuts outlook after 2Q operating income falls 51%
Citing a “softened” marketplace compared to what the company originally expected for 2013, Terex Corporation announced year-over-year declines in both net sales and operating income for the second quarter and has cut its outlook for the rest of the year. Net sales for the equipment maker were $1.9 billion in the second quarter, down 5.1 […]
July 29, 2013
Construction Equipment
SUV crashes into NYC’s cavernous 2nd Avenue Subway construction site
Of all the construction sites that deserve a driver’s undivided attention upon approach, New York City’s Second Avenue Subway likely deserves the most. As we’ve shown you before, the cavernous digging going on beneath the surface at this site is like a scene of of Journey to the Center of the Earth. Not exactly something you’d […]
July 29, 2013
Business
Materials shortage pushes homebuilders even farther off the pace of demand
In addition to the skilled labor shortage currently keeping the construction industry from meeting the increased housing demand it has seen in the past 6 to 10 months, a shortage of building supplies is now keeping these contractors even further off pace, reports Reuters. According to the report, regional building materials makers—the companies that supply […]
July 29, 2013
Business
Volvo Construction Equipment 2Q sales fall 19%, operating income down 52 percent
Attributing year-over-year declines to “weaker sales, especially in the mining industry,” Volvo Construction Equipment reported its second quarter results with no change to its outlook for the rest of the year. The company reported operating income of $203.8 million (SEK 1.324 billion). That’s a 52 percent decrease from the $422.2 (SEK 2.742 billion) million brought […]
July 26, 2013
Construction Equipment
Chevy Silverado jumps sand dune, crashes spectacularly
In June we posted a video of a Ford Raptor jumping 180 feet through the air after launching off a sand dune. The jump was a record for the Silver Lake (Michigan) Sand Dunes. Not to be outdone, Bjørn Michaelsen tried to get everything his Chevrolet Silverado had with a dune launch of his own. And […]
July 26, 2013
Business
Kiewit raises disaster relief money with T-shirt sales
Kiewit, one of the largest construction companies in North America is selling these T-shirts and donating the proceeds to the Alberta Arts Flood Rebuild, after devastating floods overran parts of southern Alberta last month. Good for them. You can order a shirt here. And/or check out Kiewit’s Facebook page and tell them how much you […]
July 26, 2013
Business
Caterpillar sees second quarter profits fall 43 percent, cuts outlook
Caterpillar reported $14.621 billion in sales and revenues for the second quarter of this year with $960 million in profit. Both numbers are down significantly from last year due to a slump in mining demand, as they were in the first quarter, and the heavy equipment manufacturer has again cut its outlook for sales and […]
July 25, 2013
Telematics
Why most contractors don’t use telematics and how AEMP and AEM are trying to change that
One of the biggest and most confounding challenges in the heavy equipment industry is how to get more construction companies to use telematics to monitor and manage their fleets. The technology is well established and the ROI well proven, yet surveys continue to find only a small percentage of contractors using the technology. The Association […]
July 25, 2013
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