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Construction Equipment

Hoelscher Spike handles motor grader tasks twice as fast

Hoelscher’s new Spike road maintainer is true to its name – it has two rows of rigid spikes for rejuvenating roads. The attachment is made for tractors of 60 to 70 horsepower. The company says it is simple to operate and can be used at twice the speed of a motor grader, saving time and labor […]

December 26, 2017

Trailers

Felling redesigns utility pole trailers for easier use

Felling has revamped its utility pole series of trailers to make them easier to use and maintain and has added safety features. The FT-10-1 PT is the first in the series to be released. It has a retracted length of 24 feet and can be extended to 40 feet. The company offers a variety of […]

December 26, 2017

Dealers

Dealer trade groups helping members understand tax overhaul

In the wake of rewritten tax code, Equipment Dealers Association and Associated Equipment Distributors are providing members with resources to help them learn about upcoming tax changes. Kim Rominger, CEO and president of EDA, Brian McGuire, president and CEO of AED, and others are also voicing appreciation for dealers who contacted their Congressional representatives. The EDA […]

December 26, 2017

Vocational

Fire dept. creates viral Christmas light show with trucks

Most of the time when trucks are used to help celebrate the holidays you’ll see them in Christmas parades dressed up in lights and pulling floats, honking horns and—in the case of firetrucks—sounding off sirens. However, a determined fireman in Colorado took a different approach this year by synchronizing the lights of his station’s firetrucks […]

December 25, 2017

Contractor of the Year

Precision excavation, machine tech key to Tenn. contractor’s growth

Joe Palmer wasn’t exactly your typical teen. Midway through his senior year in high school, Palmer took his savings from the many jobs he’d been working and bought a new set of wheels: a dump truck. With that truck and some compact equipment, Palmer started his company, doing hauling and light demolition. By the grand […]

December 25, 2017

Dealers

Iowa Mold Tooling adds new distributors in Wyo. and Saskatchewan

Iowa Mold Tooling Company is growing its distributor network with the additions of Equipment and Power Equipment Company of Wyoming and Transform Crane of Canada’s northern Alberta region. Transform Crane and Equipment provides one-source equipment solutions from their offices in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Founded in 2017, partners Emile Bourassa and Lee Steinbring bring substantial knowledge of […]

December 25, 2017

Dealers

Aggregates giant Metso signs on 14 new distributors in 2017

Finnish industrial machinery company Metso continues its expansion into the global aggregates market with 14 new distribution agreements signed in 2017. The agreements, which involve Metso’s crushing and screening offerings for the construction industry, include Texas, which is one of the main markets for mobile equipment, as well as new markets Qatar, Morocco and Papua, […]

December 22, 2017

Dealers

JLG offers website to prepare customers for future aerial lift standards

JLG is providing resource materials on its website to educate customers about proposed new standards for aerial work platforms. The proposed American National Standards Institute standards, known as ANSI A92, would affect machine design, training and safety and lead to changes for manufacturers, equipment dealers, rental shops and contractors. JLG says it expects the standards […]

December 22, 2017

Construction Equipment

Watch this excavator board a barge and paddle away

At this point, when I see a video on the internet with an excavator boarding a floating apparatus, I expect it to go a certain way. Namely, with the operator swimming back to shore and the machine sinking out of sight. But this video goes in the complete opposite direction, literally, as this excavator operator […]

December 21, 2017

Dealers

Pa. dealer combines equipment and Christmas lights for huge annual show

It’s the fifth year of Neil Messick’s equipment dealership throwing a wildly popular holiday Christmas Light Show in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The animated display is choreographed to holiday music. This year, 30 pieces of equipment are wrapped in Christmas lights and the show is bigger and better than ever, Messick says. “Any kid obviously loves it, […]

December 21, 2017

Technology

11th Day of Construction Gifts: DJI Mavic Pro a great first drone for pro use

If you or someone on your list has been toying with the idea of getting a drone to explore uses on the jobsite, the DJI Mavic Pro makes a great first drone for getting familiar with the technology. Beyond its reasonable price (right now it’s going for around $900 on Amazon), the Mavic Pro provides […]

December 21, 2017

Construction Equipment

Hanson named regional VP, CEO of Manitou North America

Mark Hanson is the new regional vice president and CEO of Manitou North America. “We are excited to welcome Mark at a time when Manitou Group is bringing many new innovative products to global markets,” says Laurent Bonnaure, executive vice president of global sales and marketing for Manitou Group. “Mark has a great team in […]

December 21, 2017