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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Case CoPilot dozer control; Volvo VNL redesign; Older engines exempt from ELD rule; New Fascan crane; Milwaukee’s Tick equipment, tool locator

Case unveils SiteControl CoPilot: A simple, affordable dozer machine control system Case Construction Equipment has introduced a machine control solution for dozers that the company says it is positioning as an affordable bridge between automatic and indicate-only systems. SiteControl CoPilot is available as a retrofit or as a factory-installed option on select Case M Series […]

August 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Road Institute releases schedule for 52nd season of roadbuilding training classes

Volvo CE’s Road Institute, held at training centers in Shippensburg and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Phoenix, Arizona, has released its training schedule for its 52nd season spanning October this year through May 2018. “The road building industry is changing, and placing different requirements on jobs — such as an increase in the number of states with […]

August 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Volvo launches DD30B, DD35B compactors with 20% fuel efficiency boost

Volvo Construction Equipment has launched its DD30B and DD35B double drum asphalt compactors the company says can provide up to a 20 percent increase in fuel efficiency compared to previous models. The new machines are designed for driveways, small paths, shoulders and patch jobs. They feature Volvo’s TwinLock traction control and torque transfer system which […]

August 7, 2017

Construction Equipment

With latest asphalt compactors, OEMs focus on updated operation, multiple drum options

New asphalt compactor models have seeming dominated this year’s roadbuilding rollouts, with multiple machines being launched during ConExpo this March. While many of the new machine features introduced in the past couple of years have either involved intelligent compaction (IC) or Tier 4 Final engine updates, this year’s crop of rollers are concentrating on […]

July 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

Volvo’s new PL3005E pipelayer lifts more, converts to excavator with no power loss

Volvo CE calls its new PL3005E the “most productive pipelayer” the heavy equipment maker has ever offered in its size class, citing lifting, power, torque and fuel efficiency increases in the new model. Powered by a Tier 4 Final Volvo D8J engine, the PL3005E has a 55-ton tipping capacity. The machine’s design is excavator-based and […]

July 24, 2017

Dealers

Volvo CE Q2 sales spike 36%, operating income up three-fold

Volvo Construction Equipment says its second quarter 2017 net sales grew by 36 percent compared to the same quarter last year, to 18.51 billion Swedish Krona (SEK) ($2.23 billion). For the first half of 2017, the company’s net sales total of 34.67 billion SEK ($417.3 million), an increase of 32.9 percent compared to the first […]

July 20, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Perkins SmartCap; Pipeline contractors ask for ELD exemption; Volvo sells stake in Deutz; Classic machines at Deere HQ; Fecon FMX36, FMX50 excavator mulching attachments

Perkins intros the SmartCap, an engine oil filler cap that sends service alerts to your phone Imagine a diesel engine oil filler cap that reminds you when it’s time to change the oil. That’s what Perkins showed us in June at its new factory in Seguin, Texas. Just north of San Antonio, Seguin is where […]

July 18, 2017

Construction Equipment

Volvo’s LX1 hybrid loader prototype achieves a 50% fuel efficiency gain over L150

After six months of testing at two Waste Management facilities in California, Volvo Construction Equipment says its electric hybrid LX1 prototype loader achieved up to 50 percent fuel efficiency improvement over a comparison machine, well exceeding the 35 percent goal it set for the project.   The LX1, unveiled at the Volvo CE’s Xploration Forum […]

July 17, 2017

Class 7-8

PHOTOS: Volvo’s 2017 Ride for Freedom truck honors U.S. military with beautiful custom graphics

The New River Valley assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia, built Volvo Trucks latest Ride for Freedom truck, which joined approximately 160 motorcycles from Volvo’s Washington, D.C., plant for the Memorial Day weekend “Run for the Wall” motorcycle rally. The Ride for Freedom honors men and women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military. Volvo’s […]

May 31, 2017

Vocational

Volvo adds Auto Neutral, Paver Assist features to VHD trucks with I-Shift AMT

Volvo Trucks has added auto-neutral and Paver Assist features to its I-Shift for Severe Duty, and I-Shift with Crawler Gears automated manual transmissions. Auto neutral and Paver Assist mark the latest Volvo VHD updates centered on the capabilities of I-Shift, an automated manual transmission (AMT). Volvo says Auto Neutral can help improve jobsite safety in many applications, […]

May 26, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Volvo EX2 electric compact excavator; Ford intros 2018 F-650/750; Pro-Handler extendable wheelbase skid steer; New 12kW Cat portable generator

Volvo unveils the EX2: First fully electric compact excavator prototype is faster, quieter Volvo Construction Equipment has unveiled what the company believes to be the first fully electric compact excavator prototype. Eight months after unveiling the LX1 hybrid electric loader and the HX1 load carrier prototypes as part of the company’s vision for the autonomous and electrified quarries of […]

May 23, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: ARDCO opens La. dealership; Deere, JLG, Volvo, Cat parts initiatives; Hyundai spins off Construction Equipment; Home starts fall; Finley Asphalt buys Mid-Atlantic Paving; Fox-Marrs new JCB N.A. CEO

ARDCO Equipment opens new site in Louisiana, representing Yanmar, Prinoth, Pettibone, Barko ARDCO Equipment has opened a new dealership location in New Iberia, Louisiana, to serve customers in Louisiana and Texas with multiple lines of equipment for the oil and gas, construction, agriculture, utility, forestry and material handling industries. “ARDCO has a storied history as a […]

April 25, 2017