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Dealers

Cat dealer Ring Power’s director of used heavy equipment sales retires after 44 years

Frank Fowler, senior vice president and director of used heavy equipment sales for Caterpillar dealer Ring Power, has retired. Fowler spent 44 years with the Florida-based dealership, having first started in the parts warehouse at their corporate office in 1972. He has served as a parts counter salesperson, equipment sales administrator, equipment rental manager and […]

January 26, 2017

Dealers

Caterpillar reports $38.5 billion sales and revenue for 2016, $0.11 per share loss

Caterpillar Inc. has reported an 18 percent drop in sales and revenues for all of 2016 at $38.5 billion, with a per share loss of $0.11 for the year. That compares to 2015, when the company reported full-year sales and revenue of $47.0 billion and a profit per share of $4.18. The loss, Caterpillar says, […]

January 26, 2017

Construction Equipment

Mid-size excavators are evolving due to control refinements, contractor demand for higher versatility

Excavators in the 35- to 50-ton class are being shaped by market forces and technology. While most of them still do what they’ve always done – mass excavation – many serve expanded roles, and the future for this class is bright.   Reverse trickle For years, features – including electrohydraulics and work modes – have […]

January 11, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Updates on CNH, hybrid F-150, Brokk demo machine, heavy truck design, Cat wheeled excavators

CNH honored with 2 awards from AEM The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) recently honored CNH Industrial with its “Pillar of the Industry” award. This is the fifth year in a row that CNH Industrial has been recognized for improving the business environment for equipment manufacturers in the United States in 2016 and for its participation in […]

January 9, 2017

Dealers

Thompson Machinery opens Cat Rental Store in Jackson, Tenn.

Caterpillar dealer Thompson Machinery has opened a new Cat Rental Store at its Jackson, Tennessee, operation to serve its west Tennessee customers. “The addition of the Cat Rental Store in Jackson fills a gap between our Nashville and Memphis locations that expands our footprint in which to serve customers’ equipment rental needs,” says Mike Rattan, […]

January 6, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Updates on Caterpillar, Tier 4 equipment sales, DEF contamination tips, Ford Super Duty recall, top 10 videos of 2016

The Top 10 Construction Equipment Videos of 2016 We’ve gone back through our thousands of posts to determine the top 10 construction equipment videos on the site for 2016. These are ranked in order based on the number of clicks you, our dear readers (and watchers), provided. And this might actually be our favorite mix […]

January 2, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat intros D3K2 Mulcher, a factory-built dozer config with custom attachment

Caterpillar has introduced a new factory-built mulcher which combines a D3K2 dozer with an HM518 mulcher attachment. Designed for small-to-medium diameter material across a range of applications in construction, road work and forestry, the D3K2 Mulcher can be equipped with either a conventional long (XL) undercarriage, or a low-ground-pressure (LGP) under carriage. The HM518 has […]

December 26, 2016

Business

Year in Review: The Biggest Construction Equipment News Stories of 2016

While everyone has their sights on ConExpo in March, it might be easy to overlook what a busy year 2016 turned out to be. Here’s an quick overview, plus a timeline, of what happened in the construction equipment industry last year. Bonus: check out our editors’ quick predictions for 2017 on page 30. (Note: In order to meet […]

December 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Motor graders have gotten better at one thing

Some machines are exciting because of the array of features, applications and attachments they support.  Motor graders…not so much. They do one thing. They move dirt. So, how do OEMs build excitement for these one-dimensional machines? By making them better at doing that one thing.   Proper power As with other types of equipment, graders […]

December 21, 2016

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Updates on Cat M-Series small loaders, Nikola One, Honda Ridgeline

Cat upgrades M-Series small wheel loaders with Payload Management, intros 930M Ag Handler Caterpillar has introduced several enhancements to its three M-Series small wheel loaders as part of a 2017 update and has introduced a variant of the 930M designed as an Ag Handler. The company first introduced the 926M, 930M and 938M loaders at […]

December 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat upgrades M-Series small wheel loaders with Payload Management, intros 930M Ag Handler

Caterpillar has introduced several enhancements to its three M-Series small wheel loaders as part of a 2017 update and has introduced a variant of the 930M designed as an Ag Handler. The company first introduced the 926M, 930M and 938M loaders at the World of Concrete show in February 2015. And while the specs on […]

December 12, 2016

Gear

3rd Day of Construction Gifts: Cat Revolver steel-toe boots

After several weeks of wearing the Cat Revolver for a review posted here in September, this steel-toe, pull-on-style work boot has become the go-to boot for both myself and my son. The boots feature a spot-on fit, a short break-in period and a construction that gives this boot the feel of a lightweight tank, with nice, thick leather that […]

December 9, 2016