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Cat excavator, wheel loader teams both take home the crystal in a first for Equipment World Innovations awards
The weather was cold, but the reception most definitely was not last week in Peoria. For nine years now, Equipment World editors have been selecting what we consider the elite. The product introductions that go above and beyond the typical upgrade and truly move the needle forward in this industry. For these products, we reserve […]
January 30, 2013
Construction Equipment
December financed construction sales lag from previous year
New and used financed sales of construction equipment were trending together at the end of 2012, reports Equipment Data Associates, a division of Randall-Reilly. In December, 6,584 new units were financed, compared to December, 2011, when 7,084 units were sold. Used financed sales were at 6,356 units, compared to 7,758 a year ago. New financed […]
January 30, 2013
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Construction Equipment
Inside Caterpillar’s proving ground: $8 million a day in R&D
For the first time in the company’s history, Caterpillar allowed cameras inside its proving grounds for a Bloomberg TV piece on how the company spends its research and development dollars. In the video, we get a good look at the D11, Cat’s largest dozer, being driven remotely. Some very interesting figures are explained as well. […]
January 30, 2013
Construction Equipment
Volvo receives Equipment World Innovations Award
Pamela Messer and Ian Harvey (center and right) receive the 2013 Equipment World Innovations Award from our own Geoffrey Love, director of sales, heavy construction. Volvo won the award for its On-board weighing system for articulated trucks. The OBW system measures the weight of the truck’s loads with sensors and relays that information to the […]
January 30, 2013
Construction Equipment
Pre-Bauma 2013: Day 1 Impressions
I’m here in Munich at series of press conferences being referred to as “pre-Bauma” in a windy and cold city. The event is allowing equipment manufacturers to preview what they’ll be display and talking about at the big show in a couple of months. Come April some truly imaginative products, I mean really wonderful […]
January 29, 2013
Construction Equipment
Doosan launches DL250-3 wheel loader with Tier 4, increased performance
Doosan says its latest wheel loader, the DL250-3 is not just an update that adds a Tier 4 engine, but a launch that offers increased performance. The DL250-3, a 3.7-cubic-yard loader, now boasts 172 horsepower over the 163 hp of the previous model. It’s powered by a 6-cylinder DL06 engine and has a breakout force […]
January 29, 2013
Construction Equipment
Yanmar to brand and distribute Woods attachments
Yanmar America announced today that it will begin marketing and distributing Woods attachments. The products will be branded under the “Yanmar” name. The Woods line includes cutters, finish mowers, snow blowers and more agriculture and landscaping attachments. All are compatible with Yanmar tractors between 24 and 49 horsepower. “This was a natural fit for two […]
January 28, 2013
Construction Equipment
Bridge in Israel to be constructed out of shipping containers
Work will soon begin on a bridge made of shipping containers. Designed by Israeli firm Yoav Messer Architects, the project has been named “ECOntainer bridge” and will be located in the Ariel Shannon nature conserve, Designboom reports. The pieces that make up the bridge will be assembled offsite, with a steel truss being attached to […]
January 23, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ritchie Bros. launches EquipmentOne, the eBay of construction equipment
Ritchie Bros. has launched EquipmentOne, an online equipment marketplace where buyers can negotiate and settle transactions. Think of it as an eBay for construction equipment. Sellers can set their asking price or a “Buy It Now” price, while buyers can make offers and view other offers made. Photos and videos of the equipment along with […]
January 22, 2013
Construction Equipment
Dutch architect to build house with a 3D printer
At this point, 3D printers are typically used for minor engineering purposes. They can be useful for drafting out a prototype, for making replacement parts and for scale models. But Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture wants to take 3D printing to a whole new level. He wants to print a house. In what […]
January 22, 2013
Construction Equipment
How iron was once forged
This is how it all started. Mud. Straw. Wood. Fire. Red rock. Wind. And some brawny friends. Before the mechanization of just about every step of the process, when you made a tool or weapon out of iron, your blood and sweat was just another one of the ingredients. Great video of the process below. […]
January 20, 2013
Construction Equipment
Five-year-old operates wheel loader with ease
In China, five year olds operate construction machinery, and fairly well if I do say so myself. Better than a lot of editors I know. No worries about kids like this taking jobs here though. I’m sure he was just taking a break from his calculus homework. [youtube _TYkbsuX6Fk nolink]
January 20, 2013
Business
Caterpillar uncovers accounting misconduct at Chinese mining unit, ousts several managers
Caterpillar announced Friday that it had uncovered a “deliberate, multi-year, coordinated” accounting scheme at Zhengzhou Siwei Mechanical & Electrical Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary of ERA Mining Machinery Limited which it purchased for $734 million last June. Cat says it was alerted to irregularities in the Chinese unit’s bookkeeping when a review of Siwei’s physical inventory […]
January 19, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ford Atlas: The truck as art form
Unveiled today in Detroit, the Ford Atlas concept truck radiates so much eye candy you almost get the impression it can fly. If nothing, it’s a looker. No hovercraft capabilities were mentioned in the press release, however, but the amount of technological sophistication should satisfy nonetheless. The Atlas may not fly, but it threatens to. […]
January 15, 2013
Construction Equipment
JCB aids excavation of British WWII Spitfire planes
A team of 21 people is headed to Myanmar, also known as Burma, to dig and see if they can find 36 unassembled Spitfire warplanes. British equipment maker JCB is supplying two excavators and a backhoe to aid in the treasure hunt and is also sending along Oliver Keates, a JCB equipment demonstrator and the […]
January 14, 2013
Construction Equipment
Hayco Industries rents equipment combos for unusual problems
Editor’s Note: This is an edited version of a story that first appeared in Hitachi’s Breakout magazine. If you are trying to solve a problem with an attachment that you might have seen only on the Discovery Channel, then David Haywood might be your guy. “We work with medium to larger contractors, typically with a pretty […]
January 14, 2013
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar developing loaders with NASA for lunar mining
They call it earthmoving here. So does that make it moon-moving or lunar-moving if it happens up there? We’ll soon find out. NASA announced that Caterpillar is one of 38 companies awarded seed funds as a part of that agency’s Innovative Partner Program. The goal of the program is to create technologies for future space […]
January 11, 2013
Business
Caterpillar opens two more factories in China
Caterpillar announced this week that it has opened two new factories in China. One of the new facilities is a proving ground and the other is a wheel loader manufacturing facility. It’s an expansion of Cat’s presence in China and the Asia Pacific Proving Ground facility will serve as a hub for validation and product […]
January 11, 2013
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