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Truck Trend names Silverado/Sierra 2500 HD best work truck
Truck Trend has released its 2013 Best in Class rankings and a few of the categories should be of particular interest to readers here. For starters, the site named the Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra 2500 HD Best Work Truck. That category is reserved for regular cab, 3/4-ton, two-wheel-drive pickups. Truck Trend says that it feels like […]
April 8, 2013
Construction Equipment
A look under the hood of Caterpillar’s new 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator
Caterpillar has been talking in vague terms about it’s 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator for several months now. This week they finally let us peek under the hood and take a long, detailed look at the technology and spend a little stick time with this game-changing machine. The feel of operation Hybrid, in many […]
April 5, 2013
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Join us April 11th for a live chat with Caterpillar about the 336E H hybrid excavator
Caterpillar unveiled its 336E Hybrid excavator to the press back in October and very soon after was named to Equipment World‘s list of 2013 Innovations Award winners. Why? The machine uses a hydraulic hybrid system that Cat says provides a 25-percent reduction in fuel consumption compared to the current 336E. And when placed side by […]
April 5, 2013
Business
Caterpillar CEO calls for more visas for foreign engineers, path to legal status for undocumented immigrants
During a speech at the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition in Chicago, Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman said his company has a hard time retaining talent and filling lower-skilled positions due to the hard time its foreign workers have in obtaining a visa to stay in the U.S. “Today, we (employers) have gaps in our workforce. We have […]
April 5, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ram Trucks looking to “upset” pickup sales pecking order after sales increase 25%
The news that Ford, Chevrolet and Ram, in that order, hold the top three spots for pickup sales for March shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. However, as Truck Trend points out in its roundup of how each automaker fared over the year between March 2012 and March 2013, the numbers indicate that an […]
April 5, 2013
Driver/operator coaching/training
VISTA Training launches new dozer simulator
Provide comprehensive training for new operators with VISTA Training’s new PC-based dozer simulator from Simlog, which complements the company’s dozer training programs. The simulation software features a medium-size dozer at work on a construction site, and has seven simulation modules to train entry-level operators on core skills and basic machine operation, including controls familiarization, dozer […]
April 5, 2013
Business
Construction equipment investment expected to continue above average growth in 2013
Construction equipment investment is expected to continue to grow and an above average rate over the next three to six motnhs, according to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. However, the ELFF warns that the rate of growth construction equipment has enjoyed “should continue to decline from […]
April 4, 2013
Construction Equipment
Big Bertha, world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, arrives in Seattle
The “Big” in Bertha’s name isn’t there for the catchiness. It’s there because it’s apt. With a 57-foot diameter and a length of a football field, Big Bertha is the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine. She’s quite hefty too. Bertha is assembled from 41 parts, the largest of which weighs in at 900 tons. And she […]
April 4, 2013
Construction Equipment
Runaway pipelayer heads down a mountain
Here’s a hump day video that should cheer you up. If your week has been bad, there’s a very good chance it wasn’t as bad as this crew’s. It’s obvious that a pipelayer has fallen over and these poor guys are trying to fix their problem. But in the end they only make it worse. […]
April 3, 2013
Business
Dynapac equipment to show off new Atlas Copco colors, branding at Bauma
Dynapac equipment will soon drop its familiar yellow and red color scheme for yellow and gray. Atlas Copco announced today that it has decided to change the color scheme and badge branding on its Dynapac range of rollers, planers and pavers in order to match the visual identity used by other divisions in the company’s […]
April 3, 2013
Construction Equipment
What it takes to pave a parking lot, Part 2: Rollers
Editor’s Note: If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Part 1 of this series on pavers by clicking here. If we do some math, we can calculate that the hypothetical Walmart parking lot we began paving in Part 1 of this pieces, should take two days if everything works right, says Chris Connolly, […]
April 2, 2013
Construction Equipment
What it takes to pave a parking lot, Part 1: The Pavers
Just imagine that it’s a sunny spring morning in suburban America, and that our job is to pave and compact the asphalt for a large Walmart parking lot. We posed just that task to seven equipment manufacturers and asked them what pavers and rollers they would choose, and the reasons for their selections. Today, we’ll […]
April 1, 2013
Construction Equipment
Win a decked out 2008 GMC Sierra 3500HD from ProPickup
Our sister publication ProPickup will soon give away its project truck which goes by the name Big Red. However, they’re giving Red away April 1, so you’ll need to enter to win as soon as you can. Big Red is a fully-customized 2008 GMC Sierra 3500HD Crew Cab SLE Dually 4×4 powered by a tuned […]
March 28, 2013
Construction Equipment
Supercapacitors may solve battery woes plaguing hybrid and electric vehicles
A new article from Slate makes you wonder: are we wasting our time trying to improve battery technology to power our vehicles when we should be working on capacitors? Electric and electric/fuel hybrid vehicles are steadily growing in popularity. A recent ExxonMobil report forecasts that hybrids will become much more affordable by 2025 and by […]
March 27, 2013
Construction Equipment
Financed equipment volume down 6% in February
Overall new business volume in heavy equipment financing was down 6 percent annually to $4.7 billion in February, according to the latest data from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. The ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index reports activity from 25 companies and showed a month-over-month decrease in new volume of 20 percent from January. Year […]
March 26, 2013
Business
Caterpillar opens 24th Chinese factory
Again underlining that success in China “is an important part” of the company’s long-term strategy, Caterpillar announced that it has opened its 24th factory in China as the company continues to expand its presence in the country. The new, nearly 23,000-square-meter facility in Wuxi, China produces axles, transmissions and final drives “for use in a […]
March 26, 2013
Business
Transportation Sec. LaHood: Volvo’s first U.S.-made wheel loader a sign of confidence in American economy, workers
Last week, we watched as the first American made Volvo wheel loader (an L60G) rolled off the line at the company’s expanded Shippensburg, Pennsylvania plant. As we noted in our report, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez was in attendance also. Yesterday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took to his blog to discuss Volvo’s decision. Of […]
March 26, 2013
Construction Equipment
Boston tests asphalt alternatives for filling potholes
According to a report from our sister publication Better Roads, the city of Boston is considering three alternatives to asphalt for repairing potholes. Because the materials are more expensive than asphalt, the main benefit is that they fill potholes faster, are more friendly toward the environment and can be easily transported in bags and buckets. […]
March 26, 2013
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