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Construction Equipment

Manitou donates Gehl skid steers to university, community in Wisconsin

Manitou Americas Inc, donated two new Gehl skid loaders, one to the University of Wisconsin-Washington County (UW-WC) and one to the Washington County Fair Park and Conference Center. In a press release, Jon Etta, regional director of Facility Planning and Management of UW-WC, said the Gehl skid loader is “dependable and versatile, allowing staff to […]

August 2, 2017

Pickups

Diesel Ram 1500 gets thumbs up from EPA, CARB

The wait is over. FCA reports that it has received a certificate of conformity from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a conditional executive order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), permitting the production and sale of 2017 Ram 1500 and 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles equipped with 3.0-liter diesel engines. Approval from both […]

August 1, 2017

Technology

Data, IoT, AR/VR key drivers in improving construction productivity, says McKinsey report

One of the leading management consultant companies in the country, McKinsey&Company, released a study on technology in the construction industry this week. It contains a good many gems, some of which will not be unfamiliar to Equipment World readers. The big takeaway from the report “The new age of engineering and construction technology,” is that […]

August 1, 2017

Dealers

H&E Equipment Q2 revenues up 3%, net income jumps 32%

Baton Rouge-based H&E Equipment Services saw second quarter revenues increase 3 percent over the same quarter in 2016 at $249.4 million, with a 32 percent increase in net income to $9.9 million. Revenues were led by an 8.9 percent increase in rental revenue for the quarter, reaching $118.4 million compared to $108.7 in 2016. H&E’s […]

August 1, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Volvo PL3005E pipelayer; Eterra PDX-750; VIDEO: What’s a Dumphoe?; New Michelin XTRA Load tires; Deere gives teacher CTL

Volvo’s new PL3005E pipelayer lifts more, converts to excavator with no power loss Volvo CE calls its new PL3005E the “most productive pipelayer” the heavy equipment maker has ever offered in its size class, citing lifting, power, torque and fuel efficiency increases in the new model. Powered by a Tier 4 Final Volvo D8J engine, […]

August 1, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Cat sales jump; BlueLine completes acquisition; Loader sales trends; Volvo CE sales up; CNH profits up

Caterpillar Q2 sales up 9.5%, profit jumps 45% Caterpillar’s second quarter 2017 sales and revenues increased by 9.5 percent compared to 2016, reaching $11.3 billion. In response the company released an improved outlook for the remainder of the year. “Our team delivered an impressive quarter. As demand increased, we continued to control costs and generated […]

August 1, 2017

Class 7-8

Volvo’s new VNL marks truck maker’s first long-haul redesign in 20 years

Volvo Trucks North America unveiled its new VNL tractor, the first major overhaul of its flagship long-haul model since the VN model was introduced in 1996. The announcement came during a press conference at the company’s new state-of-the-art customer center at its New River Valley manufacturing facility in Dublin, Va. “The new Volvo VNL builds […]

July 31, 2017

Safety & Compliance

ELD mandate won’t apply to trucks with older engines

By Matt Cole The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted new guidance for the electronic logging device mandate that exempts trucks equipped with model year 2000 engines and older from adhering to the mandate, regardless of the model year of the truck. However, if a truck’s model year is older than 2000, but the […]

July 31, 2017

Construction Equipment

Fascan reaches new heights with F600SE.44 wallboard crane

Fascan International’s new F600SE.44 has the highest reach of any wallboard crane in the U.S. market, the company says. The crane can extend 10 stories high, or 115 feet, and has a horizontal reach of 101 feet. It can lift up to 6,600 pounds. Features include a high-capacity oil cooler and automatic greasing system, all […]

July 31, 2017

Home

Conco turns to Terex’s TR70 for hauling needs

Conco Companies, which was founded in Missouri in 1947 as a ready-mix concrete company, acquired two quarries when it purchased Garrett Construction Co. in 1958. This created Conco Quarries, which is now a subsidiary of Ash Grove Cement. “Over the last seven decades Conco has grown from a small operation with just seven employees and […]

July 31, 2017

Dealers

Manitowoc Crane dealer Shawmut Equipment marks 60 years

Shawmut Equipment, which carries Manitowoc Crane Group’s construction cranes and multiple lines of utility equipment, celebrates 60 years in business this year. George O’Connell founded the company in 1957 and members of his family continue to run the business today, with his son David taking over as president in 1978 and David’s sons Brian and […]

July 31, 2017

Vocational

Crane truck tips from elevated lot, crushes truck on highway

A pickup driver in Blue Springs, Missouri, was being treated for possible injuries earlier this week after a crane truck nearby tipped over and landed on his truck. The Missouri Department of Transportation, which responded to the accident near the intersection of SB Highway 7 and Highway 40, posted on Twitter that a crane truck, […]

July 28, 2017