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Construction Equipment

Equipment roundup: Bell intros B30E artic; Diesel F-150 test drive; 9035E is LiuGong’s first zero tailswing excavator; Wacker Neuson unveils DW60 dumper with rotating cab; Hamm intros GRW 280i roller

Hamm intros GRW 280i, its first pneumatic tire roller with Easy Drive At the Intermat show in Paris last week, Hamm unveiled its first pneumatic tire roller to feature the Easy Drive operation system, the GRW 280i. Hamm calls Easy Drive, which is also used in the tandem rollers of Hamm’s DV+ and HD+ series as well […]

May 7, 2018

Construction Equipment

Latest compact wheel loaders boast new abilities to compete with skid steers and CTLs

We’ve talked recently about the ongoing turf wars between compact track loaders and skid steer loaders. It turns out there’s a third combatant waiting to claim market share: compact wheel loaders. As evidence of this trend, B.J. Meier, product specialist, compact wheel loaders, Caterpillar, says he encourages dealership sales personnel to bring along a compact […]

April 20, 2018

Vocational

Volvo unveils the FL, the company’s first electric truck

Volvo Trucks recently introduced its first all-electric truck which will be used in pickup and delivery, refuse and recycling and other applications in Europe next year. The Volvo FL, which offers up to a 186-mile range through a 185 kilowatt (248 horsepower) motor, can be charged in one to two hours with a DC fast […]

April 17, 2018

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Volvo revamps SSL/CTL lineup with ‘largest cab on market’; Komatsu intros PC390LCi-11 excavator; GMC’s redesigned 2019 Sierra has carbon fiber bed; 15 great landscaping attachments; Case adds universal machine control as dozer factory option

Case dozers get universal machine control compatibility as factory option Case Construction Equipment will now install a universal machine control kit at the factory as an available option on its production class M-Series dozers. The kit includes a harness for blade guidance systems, brackets and mounts, and universal jumpers. The kit works with systems from […]

April 9, 2018

Construction Equipment

Volvo revamps skid steer/CTL lineup: 6 new D-Series models are more powerful, have “largest cab on the market”

Volvo has introduced a major shakeup to its skid steer and compact track loader lineup with the unveiling of three redesigned models in each machine category. The new machines include the MC110D, MC115D and MC135D skid-steer loaders, and the MCT110D, MCT125D and MCT135D CTLs. Volvo says these new D-Series machines boast more strength, greater capacities […]

April 4, 2018

Construction Equipment

Landscaping Roundup: 15 attachments for grinding stumps, driving posts, clearing brush, more

A variety of landscaping attachments are designed to turn your skid steer, excavator and other equipment into lean, mean brush-clearing machines. They can also grind stumps, drive posts and perform other tasks. Stump chips stay in the hole Fecon’s Stumpex stump grinder works on skid steers with as little as 20 gallons per minute of […]

April 3, 2018

Construction Equipment

Equipment Roundup: First Drive review of the 2019 Ram 1500; Volvo debuts updated L90H loader; Manitowoc intros GMK6300L-1 all-terrain crane; Mack’s new MHD more flexible; Volvo CE now 3D printing parts

Volvo CE now 3D printing spare parts, prototype components Volvo Construction Equipment says it has begun using additive manufacturing techniques not only as part of the company’s process for prototyping new machines, but also to supply customers with replacement parts. Known more commonly as 3D printing, additive manufacturing creates three dimensional objects by slowly placing […]

April 2, 2018

Dealers

SDLG dealer Alta Equipment adds central and northern Illinois to its Midwest territory

Alta Equipment Company is now offering SDLG wheel loaders, parts and service to customers in central and northern Illinois. The Livonia, Michigan-based dealer is actively operating out of two Illinois locations and has plans to open more branches in the near future. Alta’s growth reflects the company’s established track record of meeting and exceeding its […]

March 29, 2018

Technology

Volvo CE now 3D printing spare parts, prototype components

Volvo Construction Equipment says it has begun using additive manufacturing techniques not only as part of the company’s process for prototyping new machines, but also to supply customers with replacement parts. Known more commonly as 3D printing, additive manufacturing creates three dimensional objects by slowly placing layers of a molten metal or liquefied plastic in […]

March 26, 2018

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Volvo unveils VNX Series trucks, 3 wheeled excavators, new rollers; ASV intros new skid steers; Hamm brings hybrid drive compaction to N. America

Hamm brings hybrid drive asphalt compaction to N. America with new HD+ 90i PH tandem roller Hamm’s new PH hybrid powertrain system for tandem asphalt compactors debuted earlier this month in Houston at World of Asphalt 2018, billed as a new concept that will save owners fuel, costs and maintenance. Hamm introduced the hybrid powertrain […]

March 26, 2018

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE intros EWR150E, EWR170E and EW220E wheeled excavators

The latest wheeled excavators from Volvo Construction Equipment were introduced earlier this month at World of Asphalt: the short swing EWR150E and EWR170E, and the conventional swing EW220E. “Wheeled excavators are underutilized in North America, and contractors are missing out on the benefits they bring, especially in applications like road building and in urban utility […]

March 20, 2018

Class 7-8

Volvo unveils new VNX Series trucks designed for heaviest of heavy-haul duties

Low, gray skies.  Snow on mountains. Flurries dancing through the icy air—it was a backdrop made to order for the launch of Volvo’s redesigned VNX heavy-haul truck line. But the gloomy Nordic weather, wasn’t in Sweden (Volvo’s home base), but Dublin, Virginia, where the company has its assembly plant and North American customer center. The […]

March 19, 2018