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World of Concrete Products
Compact unit takes on range of tasks Perform utility, telecommunications and landscape/irrigation projects with Ditch Witch’s RT55, the most compact of the company’s RT series. It features an integrated front cast weight that reduces counterweight requirements and helps provide balance when running attachments. The RT55 offers backhoe, reel carrier, trencher, vibratory plow and combination trencher/vibratory […]
March 25, 2009
Business
GPS and Reference Station networks
At the beginning of this decade if you wanted to use global positioning satellite signals to direct your survey crews or earthmoving equipment you first had to buy a base station to receive the signals. You’d mount the base station on a surveyed point (what surveyors call “control”) and then rig your machines with roving […]
March 25, 2009
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Technology: Beyond asset management
How much more productivity could you gain from your equipment fleet if you knew where your machines were and what they were doing 24/7? Better yet, what if you could also pinpoint when it’s time for maintenance? Or, what if you could do all this and be notified as soon as a thief tried to […]
December 14, 2008
Machine control
Topcon SurveyMaster software simplifies ‘field-to-finish’ work
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) is now offering their new SurveyMaster software, a job site and surveying data management solution. The SurveyMaster software was designed by surveyors and provides the user with legal, annotation, adjustment and CAD drafting tools in one product. The SurveyMaster program is contained on a single USB key that is convenient for […]
November 24, 2008
Machine control
Improve accuracy with Topcon’s LS-B100 machine control sensors
Topcon Positioning Systems has unveiled affordable, high-quality machine control sensors with the LS-B100 series for dozers, box blades, excavators and backhoes. The series offers increased functionality in a modern design. The LS-B100 series replaces the LS-B2 and B4 models providing tighter accuracy and a larger working range of machine control receivers. The wireless units use […]
November 24, 2008
Equipment
Compact Equipment: Right on track
Compact track loaders have long been a machine of choice for contractors working in wet, sticky or muddy conditions, but combined with new undercarriages, track systems and attachments, these machines are expanding their jobsite roles. Compact track loaders now have more power, higher load retention and improved traction. Combined with a lower initial cost and […]
October 4, 2008
Business
Cover Story/Machine Matters: A construction classic
Like all classics, the basic bones of midsize skid steers remain the same. New features make a good machine great. Steering is easier and more precise with electronic controls that replace the mechanical hand bars on the skid steer’s original design. Caterpillar skid steers were the first to use joystick controls on all of their […]
August 18, 2008
Business
Technology: Connected construction
For a time the earthmoving industry was the last holdout of the information age. Whatever your operators did or did not do, whether you made money or not – all the critical measurements of success – couldn’t be verified for weeks until the final survey was done. Experienced supervisors usually had a gut feeling about […]
August 10, 2008
Safety
O&O Costs: Big dozers
Of all the machines in the earthmoving world bulldozers, particularly large ones, may have the greatest variation when it comes to owning and operating costs. While the initial purchase price of a big dozer is a relatively fixed quantity, everything else from there can vary greatly. A backhoe owner often charges by the hour, but […]
June 30, 2008
Business
2008 Con-Expo-Con/Agg: Showtime
The numbers were quite frankly above everyone’s expectations: more than 144,600 attendees, and 2.28 million net square feet of exhibits taken by 2,182 exhibitors – all in all a show that was 21 percent bigger than the last ConExpo-Con/Agg, held in 2005. Contractors seemed to take the media’s dire economic news with a grain of […]
May 3, 2008
Machine control
Strutt and Hinson promoted by Topcon
Topcon has recently promoted Mike Strutt and Jim Hinson. Strutt has been advanced to product manager with Topcon’s Product Management team from his previous position of professional services manager where he has worked with Topcon since 2005. Hinson, who formerly served as machine control support specialist, has advanced to manager of Professional Services Group (PSG). […]
April 8, 2008
Business
Cover Story/Machine Matters: Educated excavators
Full-size excavators have always held center stage on jobsites but have often been restricted to playing the dawdling heavy. With improved controls and electronics, today’s 40- to 50-metric ton excavators are able to extend their range and are being cast for jobs requiring more dexterity. Taking direction Many of the 40- to 50-metric ton models […]
April 5, 2008
Business
EW Survey: Contractors and digital technology 2008
Way back in the dark ages of 2004 we surveyed you, our readers, about what you were doing with digital technology – GPS systems, computers, software and internet/web usage. After four years we thought it would be interesting to ask the same questions. The differences won’t surprise anybody – almost all of you are hooked […]
April 5, 2008
Machine control
World of Concrete ’08
Bobcat enters compact tractor market Bobcat’s three-model lineup of compact tractors, the CT120, CT225 and CT230, are the first of what will eventually be a nine-model offering. The CT230 (pictured) has a 30-horsepower engine with three travel speed options. Difficult terrain is handled through four-wheel drive and a hydrostatic transmission. Weighing 3,055 pounds, the CT230 […]
March 2, 2008
Business
Perspective: Feet in the dirt
Step into any high-tech manufacturing facility today and you’ll see CNC machines shaping components with speed and precision while robotic welding arms dance back and forth at a superhuman rate. Behind the assembly line, computer algorithms guide the logistics, bin filling and just-in-time delivery. Factory managers use data from computers and insights from line workers […]
March 2, 2008
Business
Technology: GPS by the numbers
Learning new technology presents challenges. When that technology combines big iron earthmoving with in-cab computers and radio signals from the edge of space, the challenge is doubly difficult. But once contractors get on top of the learning curve with GPS (global positioning system), their productivity soars. Still, learning how to use and take full advantage […]
January 31, 2008
Machine control
Cover Story/Machine Matters: Value propositions
Value is back in style. Buying a backhoe with a dig depth of 15 feet or more is rarely an impulse buy and contractors are looking for backhoes with features that will do the job today and tomorrow and be valuable at resale several years down the road. The promise of productivity As Robert Tyler, […]
January 31, 2008
Business
’08 World of Concrete Supplement
With more than 900,000 square feet of exhibits, 1,739 exhibitors and 91,628 registrants, World of Concrete 2007 was the largest event in the show’s 33-year history. This year’s show promises to be even bigger and better. The January 22-25 event in Las Vegas will feature new products, the latest technologies, 90-minute and 3-hour seminars, indoor […]
January 1, 2008
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