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Construction Equipment

2017 Ford Super Duty overtakes Ram 3500 as towing champ

There’s a new Heavyweight Towing Champion of the World. Ford announced Monday a towing capacity of 32,000 lbs. for its revamped 2017 F-350 Super Duty, unseating the former tow champion, Ram’s 3500, by 800 pounds. “This is the best heavy-duty truck we’ve ever made,” says Doug Scott, Ford truck marketing manager. RELATED >> Ram says […]

July 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

This 1968 Volvo DR861 is the oldest articulated hauler in operation in North America

It might not be the prettiest machine in his fleet, but Tomy Stenvall’s 1968 Volvo DR860 articulated hauler is certainly his most prized. But the truck isn’t just a novelty antique at Stenvall’s Amswede Corporation in Chula Vista, California. Since the early 1990s, the DR860 has been used on a daily basis as a water truck on jobsites […]

July 19, 2016

Business

Home starts rise 5% in June; home builders report “scattered softness” in market

U.S. home starts rose nearly 5 percent in June on gains in both single- and multi-family residences. Total starts rose 4.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.189 million, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. However, total starts are down 2 percent from the June 2015 rate. Single-family home starts were up 4.4 percent […]

July 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

As Bertha visits the dentist, a look at how this machine digs and builds the SR99 tunnel at the same time

Bertha, the world’s largest and perhaps most beleaguered tunnel boring machine, has been halted deep below the streets of Seattle once again. But this time the stoppage is for routine maintenance following significant progress. Plus, the stoppage gives us an opportunity to look at an often overshadowed portion of this project: construction of the State Route […]

July 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

Mega Beak 200 is a massive fork/grapple excavator attachment with 5 sets of teeth

Daniel Manufacturing, an Illinois-based custom attachment firm, offers a six-model lineup of what it calls “beaks,” a unique attachment type that offers a fork/grapple design. The largest is known as the Mega Beak and is designed to fit excavators between 16 and 40 metric tons, featuring a 57-inch jaw opening and weighing in at 2,280 […]

July 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

Bauma China show producers expecting signifiant recovery

More than 2,400 exhibitors will be showcasing their latest equipment at Bauma China, scheduled for Nov. 22-25 in Shanghai, China. Around 180,000 visitors are expected at the show, now in its eighth year. Even though the “situation in the Chinese market is complicated,” says Collin Davis, project group manager for show producer Messe Muchen, “…there […]

July 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

GPS Control for Excavators: How it works and how it can make an operator’s life much easier

This is the second in our four-part GPS/GNSS 101 series. To read more, click here. A new and surprisingly useful evolution of this technology   When GPS/GNSS made its first debut in the construction world, dozers and motor graders were the machines of choice to use this earthmoving technology. With precise satellite data and 3D […]

July 15, 2016

Construction Equipment

Drone’s eye view of a horizontal directional drill river crossing

NPL Construction, a national energy construction firm based in Phoenix, Arizona, took on a tough project last fall when crossing the Blue Earth River, about 10 miles south of Mankato, Minnesota. Working for Benco Electric, NPL installed duct under the river, a project that would replace an aerial electric cable, the only part of Benco’s […]

July 15, 2016

Dealers

Durante Rentals opens seventh location

New York-based equipment and tool rental house Durante Rentals has opened its third location in less than a year and its seventh overall. The new location sits on 13 acres in Brewster, New York, and is the company’s second location to open in Putnam County following the opening of the Carmel location seven months ago. “With the […]

July 15, 2016

Construction Equipment

Toddler operates his Cat D8 homemade mini dozer like a boss

Using lawn mower and snowmobile parts, a dad created a miniature version of a D8 for his 2-year-old son. Check out the video of the serious little operator.

July 14, 2016

Class 7-8

International’s new predictive cruise control optimizes truck performance in real time using GPS and route data

International Truck announced Wednesday it is now offering GPS-based predictive cruise control as an option on its ProStar and LoneStar trucks. International’s predictive cruise control uses preinstalled GPS maps and updated commercial route data to make adjustments to cruising speed without the need to pre-drive the route. “When [predictive cruise controls] originally came out, the systems kind of […]

July 14, 2016

Safety

Building a strong construction safety culture means being comfortable with confrontation

When it comes to safety, most construction companies today talk a good game. They follow the rules; they document the training. But does it stick? Do you have the bases covered, or do you have a true safety culture with 100 percent buy-in? According to Carl Uhinck, asphalt equipment manager at Kokosing, a true safety […]

July 14, 2016