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Construction Equipment

JCB unveils the Hydradig, a unique wheeled excavator; launches 4 redesigned loaders

While JCB’s Bauma headliner was the wheeled Hydradig excavator—expected to make North American shores next March during ConExpo—it did have a number of wheel loader introductions at the show that will be seen in North America this year. Before we dive into the North American machines, however, let’s take a quick look at the Hydradig, […]

April 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

Mack launches 2017 MP7, MP8 engines with more power, new designs, better fuel efficiency

Mack Trucks has unveiled its 2017 11-liter MP7 and 13-liter MP8 engines with a handful of advancements designed to simplify maintenance and improve efficiency and productivity. John Walsh, vice president global marketing and brand strategy for Mack Trucks, says Mack’s new generation engines boost fuel efficiency from 2.1 to 8.8 percent compared with prior model year […]

April 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

Heavy equipment manufacturers release election-themed mobile game

Hoping to reach the electorate on issues related to manufacturing during this chaotic election cycle, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers have released a game for smartphones and tablets. The I Make America Game, named for the AEM campaign launched in 2010, first presents users with one of several construction and agricultural equipment-themed mini-games before testing their […]

April 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

Hyundai CE unveils HX160L, HX180L excavators with productivity gains

With the introduction of the 10th and 11th excavators in its new HX Series lineup at Bauma last week, Hyundai Construction Equipment says it is meeting the demand of customers in two of the most popular size classes for crawler excavators. The 16-metric-ton HX160L and 18-metric-ton HX180L are powered by Tier 4 Final Perkins engines rated […]

April 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar profit falls 71% in 1Q as energy demand, competitive pressure in construction knock sales

Though things aren’t looking any brighter for Caterpillar on the financial front, chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman says he is pleased with the effects of an ongoing cost reduction plan. The company today reported first quarter sales and revenues of $9.5 billion, down 26 percent from the first quarter of 2015. Operating profit plummeted 71 percent […]

April 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Perkins’ new “Syncro” engines offer modular designs, work anywhere in the world

Running from 2.8 to 3.6 liters, the new “Syncro” line of four-cylinder diesel engines unveiled at Bauma by Perkins offer outputs from 60 to 134 horsepower and an increase in power density of 22 percent over previous models. One of the goals of the Syncro engines, unveiled at Bauma last week, was to create an […]

April 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Loaders lock buckets in battle royal as Chinese contractors clash over turf

A dispute between two concrete contractors in China escalated in the most dangerous way possible recently as rival workers hopped into wheel loaders and began to slug it out. According to a report from the New York Times, two employees were injured, including one who was shot, as workers from the Jianwen and Xinghua Concrete […]

April 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

First disaster response class graduates Team Rubicon and Case CE’s heavy equipment training program

With help from heavy equipment manufacturer Case, the first group of volunteers have graduated from a disaster response organization’s heavy equipment training program. Using equipment provided by Case CE, Case IH and Titan Machinery, Team Rubicon on April 7 awarded 24 volunteers with certification to oversee the deployment of heavy equipment on disaster relief sites in North […]

April 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Benefits of John Deere’s new 944K hybrid loader extend beyond fuel efficiency

John Deere today launched the rollout of its 944K, a hybrid loader powered in tandem by AC generators and motors along with a 536-horsepower Deere Powertech engine. The hybrid drive system starts with the engine, which turns twin generators that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, Deere says. The wheel motors, located on each wheel, then […]

April 20, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > Tour the machines and giant halls of Bauma 2016

How big is Bauma? This big. As it is every three years, the Bauma show was held in Munich last week. We’ve been furiously writing up everything of note we saw at the show (and still have a bit more to write) and we’ve been gathering it all at the Bauma hub here on the […]

April 20, 2016

Construction Equipment

Hyundai’s new HL955 Tool Master loader configuration boosts lift capacity and more

Hyundai added another Tool Master configuration model to its HL lineup of wheel loaders with the unveiling of the 955TM at the Bauma show last week in Munich. The company launched the HL Series loaders last summer alongside its new HX Series excavators. And while the new loaders and excavators brought Tier 4 Final engine […]

April 19, 2016

Business

Home starts fall 9% in March as builder confidence holds steady

With sizable drops on the start of construction of both single-family and multifamily homes in March, total U.S. home starts fell 8.8 percent for the month. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of starts fell to 1.089 million, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department, but remain up 14.2 percent over the March 2016 figure. Single-family […]

April 19, 2016