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Construction Equipment

Epiroc’s CB Concrete Busters for excavators work at height

Epiroc boosted its CB Concrete Buster lineup with its two largest models, for excavators weighing 50 to 80 tons. See Equipment World for details.

June 9, 2020

The Dirt

The Dirt #04: New Aerial Lift Standards + Cat’s Matt Santee Talks New MH3040 Material Handler

In this week’s episode of The Dirt we highlight the new Cat D7 dozer, Kubota’s first mini skid steer, and go over the details of the new ANSI standards for aerial lifts. We also have a conversation with Matt Santee, a product application specialist at Caterpillar, on the company’s new 40-metric-ton material handler, the MH3040. […]

June 8, 2020

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT reports string of work-zone crashes despite less traffic

The Ohio Department of Transportation reports that five of its work areas have been crashed into by drivers within an eight-day period.

June 8, 2020

Construction Equipment

Kobelco’s new SK140SRLC-7 excavator combines compact design, long reach

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has introduced the SK140SRLC-7, with increased power and speed over its predecessor, the SK140SRLC-5, says the company. With a digging force of 24,800 pounds, the SK140SRLC-7 has a compact design and long digging reach capabilities.  The unit has 19-foot 7-inch dig depth and an 11-rpm swing speed, which shortens cycle times […]

June 5, 2020

Construction Equipment

Sinoboom enters U.S. aerial lift market; hires Cat exec

Chinese aerial lift manufacturer Sinoboom appoints former Caterpillar executive Kolin Kirschenmann as CEO of new North American subsidiary.

June 4, 2020

Dealers

Barko Hydraulics adds Heavy Machines to dealer lineup

Barko Hydraulics has added Heavy Machines as the new Barko forestry equipment dealer for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Heavy Machines has two branch locations in Maine, in Portland and Skowhegan, to serve customers in the northeastern United States. Heavy Machines will provide sales and product support for Barko’s merchandising loader, stationary electric loader, […]

June 4, 2020

Machine control

Liebherr, Leica Geosystems form excavator control partnership

Liebherr’s crawler and wheeled excavators can now be factory equipped with 2D and 3D machine control systems as the result of a partnership with Leica Geosystems. The optional system can be added to Liebherr’s Generation 6 and Generation 8 excavators featuring both mono and two-piece booms and includes the ability to integrate a tiltrotator or […]

June 3, 2020

Safety

New ANSI standards for aerial lifts begin; is the construction industry ready?

After years in the making, the new ANSI standards started June 1st and affect all telescopic boom, articulated boom and scissor lift aerial work platforms.

June 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

Tesla Cybertruck sneak peak in Jay Leno’s test drive with Elon Musk

Jay Leno recently got to take the upcoming and extremely hyped Tesla Cybertruck for a test drive. And who better to go for a drive in the Cybertruck than with Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk? Leno, who’s shown driving the Class 2 EV with Musk sitting beside him, asked what changes might be coming […]

June 2, 2020

The Dirt

The Dirt #03: Construction News + John Deere’s Cory Brant on Development of New L-Series Dozers

In this week’s episode of The Dirt we discuss a new Doosan excavator, the new MH3040 material handler from Cat, a massive budget shortfall affecting road contractors in North Carolina, and we talk with Cory Brant of John Deere about the new features and development of the new L-Series dozers.       Mentioned in […]

June 1, 2020

Business

How to use cloth face masks to combat coronavirus spread on construction jobsites

Now that face masks are much more than dust-inhalation preventive measures on the jobsite, OSHA is now offering guidance on how best to use cloth face coverings to combat coronavirus. First, OSHA says that cloth face coverings are not PPE, nor are they an appropriate substitute for PPE such as N95 respirators or medical face […]

June 1, 2020

Construction Equipment

Takeuchi promotes U.S. president Eubanks to director of global sales

Takeuchi Manufacturing has named Clay Eubanks as its director of global sales from his current position as president of Takeuchi US. Eubanks is relocating to Japan and will be responsible for overseeing global machine and parts sales. In addition, Eubanks has been named vice chairman of Takeuchi US’s board. Taking his place at Takeuchi US […]

June 1, 2020