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Construction Equipment: Page 505
Business
Survivor Stories
The heel-print of the Great Recession continues to reverberate throughout the industry. So how are contractors hanging on? We’ll share a number of their stories in this and upcoming issues, with the hope they offer encouragement… and perhaps an idea you can use.  Tough cost cutting, redirection helps North Carolina firm stay afloat […]
May 24, 2012
Safety
Product Focus
Trowels and Screeds  Flip, switch, sensor shut-off Walk-behind power trowels are basically simple machines consisting of a handle, engine, ring guard, gearbox and lower-blade unit. However, it’s important to never overlook proper operation of critical safety features, especially the emergency engine shut-off function. Most manufacturers use a centrifugal flip switch or hold-to-run switch to […]
May 24, 2012
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Product Focus
Vacuum Systems By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle   COMBINATION UNIT Use both air and water systems in McLaughlin Group’s Xtreme line vacuum excavators, marketed by Vermeer. • Features a 1,200-cfm positive displacement blower • Powered by a 99-horsepower Kubota diesel engine and a 5.6-gpm water system • Produces up to 15 inches of mercury and […]
May 24, 2012
Safety
Reporter
Bargain bids Cash-in-advance, as-is, where-is equipment By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle When buying new equipment isn’t in the budget, contractors can bid on as-is items through this Houston, Texas-based company. Salvex works with bankruptcy departments, insurance companies, transportation/storage facilities, manufacturers and large corporations that have end-of-life or under-used assets for sale. The company creates listings for […]
May 24, 2012
Business
Survivor Stories
Changing schedule pays off With the recession forcing professionals to re-evaluate their business practices, one New Jersey landscaper went back to his law-enforcement roots and watched as his profits grew. By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle “It’s the best year we’ve ever had,” says Patrick Donovan of Classic Landscaping in Edison, New Jersey, with 28 years of […]
May 24, 2012
Business
Survivor Stories
Adding business in tough times By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle While many contractors were struggling to keep their businesses in the black during the recession, Harrod, Ohio, native Randy Jones started a second company. Jones’s company, RD Jones Excavating, handles utility, road and public construction projects, with a client list including Procter and Gamble, Ford, Walmart […]
May 24, 2012
Technology
Product Focus
Light Towers and Gen Sets By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle  ADDITIONAL OUTLETS Wacker Neuson’s LTN 6K light tower is a narrow-body model with a 6-kilowatt alternator. It has additional outlets with standard 1 x 120V 20A GFCI duplex receptacles and 1 x 120V/240V 30A twist lock. The model is available with a factory-installed, customized options […]
May 24, 2012
Construction Equipment
Reporter
Payment Due? Expiring bonus depreciation could pose tax risks By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle Contractors may receive an unpleasant surprise when they review their taxable income for 2012. With bonus depreciation dropping this year by half and completely expiring in 2013, many will face higher tax gains on sold equipment and lower depreciation deductions. Passed in […]
May 24, 2012
Business
How do construction marketers appeal to today’s end users?
By using traditional methods with an eye toward newer avenues, according to an end user generational panel at AEM’s Marketing Council Seminar. Two father-daughter duos headlined the panel. On stage were Roy Chipley, owner, and daughter Whitney Chipley Meade, consultant, with Chipley Company, a Florence, South Carolina, total site prep contractor. Joining them were Bill […]
May 24, 2012
Construction Equipment
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May 24, 2012
Business
How do construction marketers appeal to today’s end users?
By using traditional methods with an eye toward newer avenues, according to an end user generational panel at AEM’s Marketing Council Seminar.    Two father-daughter duos headlined the panel. On stage were Roy Chipley, owner, and daughter Whitney Chipley Meade, consultant, with Chipley Company, a Florence, South Carolina, total site prep […]
May 24, 2012
Technology
Replace, repair or retire
If you’re looking to buy a used HDD system this year, don’t be surprised if you see prices on the rise. “Units built today have a longer life, which has pushed out the replacement cycle some,” says Richard Levings, Ditch Witch. Contractors are also performing significant repairs on their older drills, instead of replacing them: […]
May 23, 2012
Business
Volvo Rents acquires Action Equipment Rental
Volvo Rents has expanded in New Mexico with its acquisition of Action Equipment Rental, a three-location construction equipment rental company with stores in Alamogordo, Las Cruces and Silver City. Through such acquisitions, Volvo Rents has added 49 stores in the past 18 months and now has 120 outlets in North America, including four in New Mexico. The company’s other New Mexico store is located in Peralta.
May 23, 2012
Business
CNH teams with Thunder Creek Equipment to offer fuel, service trailer line
CNH Parts & Service, the product support business of agricultural and construction equipment maker CNH Global, on May 22 announced a new supplier agreement with LDJ Manufacturing Inc. of Pella, Iowa, to offer its Thunder Creek Equipment line of fuel and service trailers through Case Construction Equipment, Case IH, New Holland, New Holland Construction, and […]
May 22, 2012
Construction Equipment
Cat machine global sales rise 12 percent
Caterpillar’s global retail sales rose 12 percent in a three-month period ending in late April, Cat said on May 17. The increase in global sales offset the 13-percent drop in Latin American sales, the second consecutive decline in these sales. Equipment and total engine sales also increased in the April period. Cat saw a 32-percent […]
May 22, 2012
Equipment
Volvo CE president confident in North American market
Volvo Construction Equipment president and chief executive Pat Olney discussed his confidence in the North American construction equipment market at a press conference Thursday in Miami. Olney’s confirmation of his belief in the recovery in the North American construction equipment market, which the company expects could see demand increase by up to a quarter in […]
May 22, 2012
Construction Equipment
Doosan appoints new distributors
Doosan has appointed six dealerships as new carriers of Doosan heavy equipment. These dealerships are Nova International Limited in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Aylesford in Nova Scotia, Canada; and Swiderski Equipment, with four locations in Wisconsin (Mosinee, Wausau, Thorp, and Waupaca, Wisconsin). All new distributors carry a variety of Doosan equipment, which may include wheel excavators, […]
May 22, 2012
Business
Ditch Witch partners with Ewing
Charles Machine Works, manufacturer of Ditch Witch underground construction equipment, has formed a partnership with Ewing, a distributor for the landscape, turf, golf and industrial industries. The Ewing Advantage Resource Network (EARN), program connects Ewing customers with companies that provide discounted products and business services. Under the program, EARN members who purchase select Ditch Witch […]
May 22, 2012
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