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ConExpo-Con/Agg
Komatsu fields diverse new machines
Komatsu brought to ConExpo a new machine or two in almost all its significant catagories, including the second iterration of its groundbreaking electric-hybrid excavator, and unveiled its strategy for Tier 4 engines. The HB215LC-1 hybrid electric 20 ton excavator uses up to 25 percent less fuel than comparable models (48 percent less in some scenarios) of […]
March 24, 2011
Business
Maintenance
Online Oil Analysis Whether you have one machine or thousands, online reports beat paper anytime. By Tom Jackson The fundamentals of oil analysis haven’t changed much over the years, but in the past decade the emergence of online reporting of oil analysis results has given fleet managers a great set of tools to do more, […]
March 24, 2011
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Machine Matters
Fill out the team Pavers remain the cornerstone of a road contractor’s arsenal, but is another full-time member primed to join the equipment team? By Mike Anderson If you’re a paving contractor, no doubt you’re used to having milling equipment working at your jobsites. The use of cold planers as part of the road […]
March 24, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Volvo Introduces 55 new products and Ups U.S. Investment
By John Latta- Las Vegas- Saying that North America remains ‘a strategically important home market’, Volvo Construction Equipment President and CEO Olof Persson introduced more than 55 new or updated products and a $100 million in a product and production expansion program at the company’s North American facilities at CONEXPO. Persson described “substantial improvements” in […]
March 23, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Caterpillar celebrates Generations
By Mike Anderson LAS VEGAS – Surrounded by the green of Caterpillar’s Generations Park, John Disharoon noted the 30-percent increase in efficiency and 30-percent reduction in emissions of what his company has long termed a “track-type tractor.” “Most of you are thinking I’m talking about the D7E right next to me – and those are […]
March 22, 2011
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Show off hard work in Volvo’s Working Iron Challenge
The overall winner of Volvo Construction Equipment’s Working Iron Challenge will be chosen at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2011 in Volvo’s booth, N-1641, on March 24 at 11 a.m. For the challenge, participants shoot and upload videos that demonstrate their passion to work hard by overcoming obstacles, lowering fuel consumption and engine emissions and being safe. They can […]
March 14, 2011
Business
‘Yes we can’ create jobs, reduce deficit spending
An independent analysis conducted by Architecture 2030 and released in a fact sheet, illustrates that President Obama's Better Buildings Initiative (BBI) can put the nation's commercial real estate (CRE) market on the road to recovery, creating at least 300,000 new U.S. jobs and boosting tax revenue to begin putting money back into federal, state, and local coffers.
March 9, 2011
Roadbuilding
Special Report
Backhoes By Tom Jackson, executive editor, Equipment World Contractors extend trade-in times, rely on used equipment As with just about every other category of equipment, the sales of both new and used backhoes plunged between 2006 and 2010. What’s a little less obvious until you do the math is the ratio of new to […]
March 4, 2011
Roadbuilding
Special Report: EQUIPMENT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD
Where we are, how we got here and what happens next. by Kirk Landers, editor emeritus, Better Roads A recovery is coming for the U.S. construction industry. It will be long and slow. It will be different than other recoveries. And it will require planning. Even in the early stages, it is likely to […]
March 4, 2011
Safety
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 (Supplement)
SHOW PREVIEW For new products, the latest technology and access to the best minds in the industry, CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the place to be this March. The show, held March 22 through 26 in Las Vegas, will host more than 2,000 exhibitors, include a comprehensive education program and launch new events, such as the International Mixer […]
March 3, 2011
Safety
Marketplace
FLEXIBLE FUNNEL Keep oils and fluids from dripping in even the tightest spots with the Form-A-Funnel draining tool from New Pig. The flexible tool bends to fit the space and then holds any shape, keeping fluids off of the shop floor and directing the flow into the drain. The Form-A-Funnel is constructed from moldable aluminum […]
March 2, 2011
Business
Contractor of the Year Finalist
Chuck Laney Gatlinburg, Tennessee A family construction business that puts family first and has reaped the reward By Tom Jackson C. Laney and Sons Construction Year started: 1980 (Incorporated in 1999) Annual volume: ($14 to $15 million) Markets served: Residential and commercial construction, excavation and site utilities, metal buildings, spray insulation and construction management. The […]
March 2, 2011
Business
CARB: Vouchers worth $40K toward hybrid truck purchase
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Feb. 15 initiated the second year of grants totaling $19 million for hybrid vehicle technology that significantly reduces smog-forming and greenhouse gas emissions. The Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program will provide vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis to help California fleets purchase fuel-efficient hybrid medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
February 16, 2011
Business
Daimler Trucks produces 1,000th hybrid electric vehicle
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) on Jan. 27 marked the production of its 1,000th hybrid electric vehicle with a celebration at its Mt. Holly, N.C., plant. The 1,000th vehicle – a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 Hybrid truck – is manufactured at the Mt. Holly location.
February 8, 2011
Safety
Marketplace
By Amy Materson Editor’s pick SAFETY MADE SIMPLE Keep workers safe when guiding steel trench plates into place with the Trench PlateMate from the Bradley Blume Corporation. As a trench plate is lifted over the trench by a backhoe or excavator, a worker must maneuver the end of the plate into place – usually […]
February 7, 2011
Equipment
Maintenance
Fuel Filtration New fuels and new engines demand a new filter regimen By Tom Jackson Going green has its drawbacks. When it comes to cleaning up diesel emissions, the price you pay is reduced fuel quality. If you’re not careful, clogged fuel filters and ruined injectors may result. Fresh from the refinery, diesel fuel is […]
February 7, 2011
Equipment
Rebuilt Machinery
Terex glider reman What it takes to turn an aging front discharge concrete mixer into a good-as-new machine By Tom Jackson In the current construction economy, some ready mix producers are reluctant to buy new mixer trucks at full price. But, as their fleet ages, it requires more and more repairs, suffers more downtime […]
February 3, 2011
Business
Transportation leaders voice support for high-speed rail in CA
More than 100 California public and private sector transportation leaders voiced strong support for implementing high-speed rail in California in a report released Jan. 25 from the Center for Urban Infrastructure at Brandman University.
January 25, 2011
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