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Construction Equipment

Vermeer’s new D40x55DR S3 rock drill uses dual rod technology

Vermeer’s new D40x55DR S3 40,000-pound thrust/pullback horizontal directional drill is designed to tackle challenging rock jobs and give contractors additional crew assignment flexibility. “Most drillers usually have a dedicated guy to run the rock drill,” says Brandon Wagner, application specialist with Vermeer. “This cab is almost identical to our standard D40x50 S3 drill so if […]

October 6, 2017

Contractor of the Year

Former Marine built a successful excavation company with battlefield attitude

Maintaining a family feel while continuing to grow When Carl Jones got out of the U.S. Marine Corps in 1998, his direction was clear: he wanted to run equipment. It didn’t matter that all he had to start with was an old backhoe. He knew how to keep it running, and before long, he added […]

October 6, 2017

Dealers

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas unveils new dealer look

As part of its transition from being a division of Hyundai Heavy Industries to being part of a stand-alone business focused on construction equipment, Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas is unveiling a new look for its North American dealers. The new signage program incorporates what HCEA calls a “more streamlined version of the company’s logo, as […]

October 6, 2017

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch AT40 debuts with new All Terrain drilling system

The Ditch Witch AT40 horizontal directional drill—built on the same platform at the JT40 introduced earlier this year at ConExpo—features a new two-pipe All Terrain drilling system that the company says provides 33 percent more torque than competitive units to optimize drilling in hard rock. The new machine was introduced at the ICUEE 2017 show […]

October 5, 2017

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: The heavy equipment, dirt and demos of ICUEE 2017

The Equipment World team has spent the last few days walking the lots and exhibit halls of ICUEE 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. Known as “the demo show,” ICUEE offers a lot of chances to get behind the controls of some of the latest machines on the market. Below is a collection of photos of all […]

October 5, 2017

Construction Equipment

Vactor unveils concept HXX vacuum excavator designed for maximum payload at ICUEE

Vactor Manufacturing has been designing its concept vacuum excavator for three years and plans to begin production in mid-2018, says Ben Schmidt, company product manager. The company debuted the concept truck, which is designed to evenly distribute payload throughout the vacuum excavation process, at the ICUEE show in Louisville, Kentucky. The design for the new […]

October 5, 2017

Dealers

United Rentals finalizes purchase of Neff for $1.3 billion

United Rentals completed its acquisition of Neff Corporation on October 2 for a total purchase price of $1.3 billion. This marks the second major acquisition by United Rentals this year. In April it completed a $965 million purchase of NES Rentals Holdings. Then, a week after its announcement in August it would purchase Neff, United […]

October 5, 2017

Construction Equipment

Toro unveils the DD2226, its first in-house designed HDD

Toro kicked off ICUEE 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday with the debut of a brand new horizontal directional drill—the company’s first designed by Toro engineers. After five years of re-branding and making “tweaks,” as marketing director Neil Borenstein called them, to the Astec Underground HDDs Toro acquired back in 2012, the DD2226 represents the […]

October 4, 2017

Vocational

BrandFX now offers all-composite truck bodies with introduction of UltimateFX understructure

Since the 1980s BrandFX has built lightweight truck bodies from a fiberglass-based composite the company says “compares favorably with that of heavier steel bodies, and far exceeds that of aluminum.” The company’s latest EverLast bodies are no exception, offering fuel savings over the course of five years of $275,580 over a steel body. But after […]

October 4, 2017

Construction Equipment

VMAC intros Honda-powered G30 gas-engine-driven air compressor

VMAC released its G30 gas-engine-driven air compressor the opening day of ICUEE Tuesday, now with a Honda GX390 gas engine that offers up to 30 cfm at 100-percent duty cycle. “VMAC’s G30 has always been the lightest, smallest and most affordable gas engine-driven air compressor in the industry, and now with the change to the […]

October 4, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat autonomous fleet grows; Mack unveils Anthem; Komatsu D375A-8; International unveils HV Series; Atlas Copco redesigns QAS generators

Redesigned Atlas Copco QAS generators smaller, more efficient Atlas Copco’s eight-model lineup of QAS generators has undergone an overhaul to make them easier to transport, operate and maintain, the company says. Read More   Mack unveils Anthem, a brand new on-highway tractor Mack Trucks on Wednesday upped its ante in the company’s on-highway business with […]

October 4, 2017

Trailers

Talbert’s new 35CC trailer designed for unloading equipment in tight spaces

Talbert’s new 35CC-HRG lowbed trailer, unveiled Tuesday at the ICUEE show in Louisville, Kentucky, is designed to load and unload construction equipment in tight spaces with its beavertail and ramps. The beavertail and spring-assisted ramp, which can be raised and lowered, allows operators to drive equipment over the back of the trailer without having to […]

October 4, 2017