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The owning and operating costs of dump trucks
The three-axle dump truck is as integral to construction jobsites as any piece of yellow iron or paving equipment. But unlike off-road equipment, which has seen a number of small, incremental improvements over the past few years, Class 8 dump trucks have enjoyed significant technological progress. Things like engines that can go up to a […]
October 6, 2010
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By Equipment World Staff CARB throws out estimates The numbers just didn’t add up The California Air Resources Board has proposed a two-year delay to the start of its off-highway diesel emission regulations, in effect admitting the regs are not immediately needed to meet its emissions reduction goals. The announcement underscored CARB’s admission that its […]
October 5, 2010
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Case launches EPA Tier 4 Web site
Case Construction Equipment has launched a new Web site devoted to helping its customers understand the U.S. EPA Tier 4 interim emissions regulations that take effect in 2011, the company says. The new Web site, www.CaseCE.com/Tier4_NA, outlines the challenges facing the off-highway equipment industry to significantly reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate-matter (PM) emissions from […]
October 5, 2010
Equipment
On Record
The numbers game By Marcia Gruver Doyle And so the California Air Resources Board has finally come to the conclusion that its numbers are off – and by a significant amount. In a series of workshops this fall, CARB is admitting that it overestimated the average annual activity of the top types of equipment used […]
October 5, 2010
Equipment
Marketplace
By Amy Materson No ripping  Scarify gravel, bitumen and sealed asphalt roads without ripping with FAE USA’s MTH soil stabilizer and asphalt grinder attachment, which also functions as a forestry tiller. Available in three models, the MTH attaches to tractors ranging from 230 to 360 horsepower, and is available in working widths from 82 to […]
October 5, 2010
Safety
Final stimulus transit grant awarded: $2.2 million
The final grant for public transit under the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a.k.a. “the stimulus,” was awarded on Sept. 29 when U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a $2.2 million grant for Indiana’s Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, or “CityBus.” Stimlus transit projects have created nearly 10,000 jobs across the county, according to […]
September 29, 2010
Business
TXI loses $23.7 million in first quarter
Texas Industries, Inc. (TXI) on Sept. 23 reported financial results for the quarter ended Aug. 31, 2010. Results for the quarter were a net loss of $23.7 million or $.85 per share and included an after-tax charge of $18.0 million or $.65 per share with respect to the company’s refinancing. Net income for the quarter […]
September 24, 2010
Equipment
Deere engines receive Tier 4 certification
John Deere Power Systems’ PowerTech PVX 6.8-liter above 130 kilowatts and PowerTech PSX 6.8-liter engine have received EPA Interim Tier 4 and EU Stage III B certification. John Deere’s PowerTech PVX and PSX 9.0-liter engine models were the first engines to receive EPA and EU Interim Tier 4/Stage III B certification early this year. Interim […]
September 23, 2010
Equipment
Cat gets non-road Tier 4 certification
Caterpillar’s C13 ACERT and C15 ACERT engines received the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 4 emissions certification. The engines are the latest to receive certification in the 130- to 560-kilowatt power category. These engines, in addition to the previously announced certified C9.3 ACERT engine families, will power a number of Cat products such as […]
September 21, 2010
Business
Maintenance
Information flows in mixed fleet applications using new AEMP telematics standards   If you’ve stayed away from telematics* in the past because of the complexity, good news is coming. Starting in October, an industry-wide standard will take effect that makes it possible to collect mixed fleet data from multiple OEMs and download it into […]
September 9, 2010
Business
America’s 10 best transportation projects unveiled
The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named 10 states that are in the running to be called “best of the best” in transportation. (For the original press release from AASHTO on the Top 10 finalists for the 2010 America’s Transportation Awards competition, click here.) The Top 10 finalists in […]
September 9, 2010
Equipment
Deere’s loader follows emissions rules
When New Jersey Contracting Firm J.H. Reid wanted a wheel loader to allow it to work in Brooklyn, New York, under current and future emissions rules, John Deere found a solution: the new 304-horsepower 744K 4WD loader. Deere’s new loader is the construction industry’s first IT4-certified iron with more than 175 horsepower. Reid took delivery […]
September 9, 2010
Business
Cummins produces 26,000 EPA 2010 engines
After seven months’ production of its EPA 2010 certified and compliant engines, Cummins says it has now built and shipped more than 20,000 Heavy-Duty and MidRange engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment, and at the end of August, this number will crest at 26,000. “Our technology experience and our own testing of the […]
September 7, 2010
Equipment
CARB’s emissions adjustment lauded by AGC
By abandoning its original estimates of off-road diesel emissions, the California Air Resources Board is conceding its “off-road rule” is not needed to meet ambitious emissions-reducing goals for off-road equipment, says the Associated General Contractors of America. According to new estimates that CARB staff developed over the summer, off-road fleets of diesel equipment will exceed […]
September 7, 2010
Equipment
CARB “on apology tour”
William Davis, executive vice president of the Southern California Contractors Association, calls a series of off-highway rule workshops that began today the California Air Resources Board “apology tour.” Writing in his association’s newsletter, Davis says, “They probably won’t really say they’re sorry that they caused thousand of construction companies to sell off perfectly good, but older equipment […]
September 7, 2010
Equipment
Trucks
EPA, Navistar formally end litigation EPA, CARB move ahead with further SCR reviews By Jack Roberts  The legal battle Navistar had waged against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since March 2009 formally came to an end Aug. 16 when the two parties jointly filed to withdraw the lawsuit and a federal appeals court agreed. […]
September 6, 2010
Equipment
Marketplace
By Amy Materson JAWBREAKER Crush up to 750 tons per hour with the Powerscreen Pegson XA750 mobile jaw crusher from Terex. Fitted with a hydraulically driven pan feeder and live pre-screening unit, the Pegson XA750 removes fines and sizes prior to crushing while avoiding packing and unnecessary manganese wear. A 55-by-32-inch unrestricted feed opening delivers […]
September 6, 2010
Safety
Special Report
Tier 4 Interim Big changes in store for new equipment next year … and 2012 … and 2014. By Tom Jackson It’s just three months and counting before the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 4 Interim regulations for non-road engines takes effect for most medium to large horsepower bands. And when it does, the new machines […]
September 6, 2010
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