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Construction Equipment

KCM’s new 70Z7 wheel loader boosts fuel efficiency and power

KCMA Corp. has unveiled a Tier 4 Final version of the KCM 70Z7 wheel loader, designed to be more powerful and fuel efficient. The new loader runs on a 173-gross-horsepower Cummins diesel engine and emits almost no emissions, the company says. It uses a diesel oxidation catalyst and selective catalytic reduction instead of a diesel […]

August 4, 2017

Safety & Compliance

HCSS eLogs solution gives construction truck drivers another ELD option

The construction software developer HCSS announced this week that it has jumped into the electronic logging device (ELD) market. As we reported in the June issue of Equipment World magazine, starting December 18, ELDs will be required for all commercial motor vehicles that currently use Hours of Service (HOS) paper logs to record a driver’s […]

August 4, 2017

Dealers

Bomag Americas names Sweet as VP of sales and marketing

Bomag Americas has named Shawn Sweet as vice president of sales and marketing, with responsibilities over dealer and rental sales teams, marketing, product management and new business development. Sweet has 27 years of experience in the construction industry, having worked the first 17 of those years at Ingersoll Rand. He then spent seven years as […]

August 4, 2017

Construction Equipment

Crane tumbles despite loader’s help with unwieldy load

Thanks to the wonders of internet video, we’ve seen a lot of terrible ideas involving heavy equipment on this here website. But this one just might be the worst offender of all. (Well, maybe except for this one.) In the video below, an all-terrain crane is lifting a large billboard in place for mounting. And […]

August 3, 2017

Construction Equipment

Link-Belt intros 110RT rough-terrain crane with six-section boom

Link-Belt Cranes has upgraded its 100RT rough terrain crane to handle more capacity through improvements that required no physical changes to the machine. With its new rating of 110 US tons (100 metric tons) the new machine does however carry a new model number: 110RT. The company notes that because there were no physical changes […]

August 3, 2017

Pickups

Ford issues Super Duty, F-150 recalls over door handle, seat defects

Ford recently issued two recalls impacting its F-Series pickups. The first recall is for certain 2015-2017 F-Series trucks over concerns that a door handle cover may cause the door to unlatch in an accident. The door handle accessory was available on certain 2015-2017 F-150 and 2017 F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 trucks. In the event of […]

August 3, 2017

Dealers

Hyundai CE adds Newman Tractor to NA dealer network

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas has added Newman Tractor, based in Bartow, Florida, to its North American dealer network. This addition adds coverage for sales, rentals, service and parts to central Florida. “The addition to our authorized dealer network of another established, successful dealership continues strengthening our ability to meet the needs of construction equipment customers […]

August 3, 2017

Business

Nonresidential sends construction spending down 1.3% in June

Decreases in spending on apartment homes and nonresidential projects were the difference in June’s construction spending report, as total U.S. spending fell 1.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.205 trillion. Despite the monthly drop, the annual rate remains 1.6 percent above the June 2016 rate. Total residential spending fell 0.3 percent in […]

August 3, 2017

Pickups

Bollinger B1 is an AWD, electric, modular truck that is both pickup and SUV

The world of electric trucks just got a lot more interesting with the introduction of Bollinger Motors’ all-in-one pickup and SUV. Bollinger, which pushed to design an all-new off-road electric vehicle from the ground up, allows owners to transform the B1 from an SUV to a half-cab truck thanks to reconfigurable body panels (see […]

August 2, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat CFO Halverson to retire; company begins external search for replacement

The leadership turnover at Caterpillar continues as an eighth company executive in the last 24 months has announced plans to retire. The company announced Wednesday that group president and Chief Financial Officer Brad Halverson will step aside in early 2018. According to the Cat website, Halverson oversees the Finance Services Division, Human Services Division, Global […]

August 2, 2017

Safety & Compliance

Bill to delay ELD mandate unlikely to garner enough support

More than 21 members of the U.S. House have signed on as co-sponsors to the bill that would delay the compliance date of the looming electronic logging device mandate. The bill, if enacted, would give drivers and carriers two extra years to adopt ELDs by pushing the compliance deadline to December 2019. The legislation, however, […]

August 2, 2017

Dealers

Franklin Equipment opens Louisville, Ky. branch

Franklin Equipment has opened a new branch in Louisville, Kentucky, which expands the company’s regional coverage into the state beyond the locations in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Tennessee, the company reports. Franklin Equipment Louisville follows another opening in June of a branch in Nashville, Tennessee. “We are excited to enter the Kentucky area markets and […]

August 2, 2017