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Dealers

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 higher profit margins,” says CEO Jim Umpleby regarding […]

July 25, 2017

Construction Equipment

Eterra ups force on PDX-750 post driver with breaker tech

Eterra has used concrete-breaking technology to give its new PDX-750 Breaker Style Post Driver maximum force when driving posts, the company says. The attachment, designed for use on skid steers, compact track loaders, backhoes and excavators, is powered by a nitrogen-charged power cell encased in heavy duty housing for protection and durability. It has an […]

July 25, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat, Ditch Witch visit White House; Hood scoop key on 2017 Chevy HD trucks; Volvo LX1 50% less fuel burn ; Ram unveils new trucks; House ELD delay

Hood scoop key piece in Chevy’s creation of its most powerful HD pickups yet Chevy’s 2017 Silverado 2500 and 3500 pickups aren’t just special to the automaker because they’re new. Thanks to the 6.6-liter Duramax diesel at the heart of these heavy duty pickups, Chevy says these are the most powerful vehicles it has ever […]

July 25, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Case Diamond, Gold Dealers; Terramac, Doosan add dealers; Ky. contractor leverages tech; Idaho Transportation Dept. offers training

Case CE recognizes 2017 Diamond Dealers and Gold Dealers Case Construction Equipment has recognized 20 dealers as part of its 2017 Diamond Dealer and Gold Dealer awards program through its North American Construction Equipment Partnership Program. The company says the awards review dealers in the U.S. and Canada through sales performance, marketing and communications, product support, […]

July 25, 2017

Construction Equipment

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, the PL3005E has a 55-ton tipping capacity. The machine’s design is excavator-based and […]

July 24, 2017

Class 7-8

Crane co.’s overweight haul hit with biggest ticket in R.I. history

The most expensive ticket in Rhode Island history just went to a trucking company that did not have an overweight permit for a 280-ton truck. Bay Crane Northeast was fined $57,000 Tuesday for attempting to travel through Rhode Island recently in an unpermitted 560,000-pound rig destined for Massachusetts, according to wpri.com. The truck, which was […]

July 24, 2017

Gear

Beat the heat in the shop with atomizing Wilton Cold Front 3037 cooling fan

The heat index throughout much of the country right now is well over 100 degrees, and even if they’re under a roof, the temperatures will slow down workers and can put them at risk of heat exhaustion or stroke. You know the drill about hydration and loose clothing, but one of the best investments you […]

July 24, 2017

Dealers

BlueLine Rental completes acquisition of Capital Rentals

BlueLine Rental, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, has completed its purchase of Capital Rentals, a move that expands BlueLine’s reach in the market surrounding Washington, D.C. Details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. Capital, founded in 1969, has four locations in Virginia and one in Maryland. BlueLine reports the D.C. market is a top […]

July 24, 2017

Pickups

Chevy attacks F-Series aluminum with new bed test, other videos; Ford rolls eyes

Chevy is taking on Ford again in five recently released videos (watch them below), including a new truck bed challenge that once again left the aluminum bed of a Ford pickup punctured despite the automaker’s efforts to make it stronger over an earlier design. Though not as dramatic and popular as last year’s truck bed […]

July 21, 2017

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Wheel loader sales and buyer trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.

July 21, 2017

Home

Neb. Supreme Court rules county not liable for dump truck driver’s 2011 death

On July 7, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a Washington County District Court’s ruling that Washington County is protected by sovereign immunity and can’t be sued for the death of a quarry worker who drowned while working to raise a county road during the 2011 Missouri River flood, Pilot Tribune & Enterprise reports. James McGauley, […]

July 21, 2017

Dealers

RDO Equipment names Maijala general manager of two Arizona branches

John Deere dealer RDO Equipment has named Scott Maijala as general manager of the company’s Flagstaff and Prescott, Arizona, locations. Maijala began working for RDO as a parts specialist at the company’s Burnsville-Vermeer store in the Twin Cities area in 2001. He then went on to serve as the parts manager at the Austin, Texas, […]

July 21, 2017