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Roadbuilding

Lake Erie Portable Screeners joins HGACBuy program

In June 2017, Lake Erie Portable Screeners simplified the buying process for its government and nonprofit customers in the continental United States by joining the HGACBuy Cooperative Purchasing Program that makes the governmental procurement process faster and more efficient. This will help expedite the procurement process, saving money and time, for customers who have joined or plan to join the […]

July 14, 2017

Pickups

3.0L found in Land Rover SUVs will reportedly power Ford’s 2018 F-150 diesel

Ford’s 2018 diesel F-150 will reportedly be powered by the 3.0-liter diesel engine used in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles. Ford manufactures the turbocharged V6 diesel engine used in Range Rover and Land Rover SUVs at its plant in Dagenham, United Kingdom. “Ford also says the engine is designed, tested, and engineered specifically for use in […]

July 13, 2017

Vocational

Dump truck overturns at stoplight, injures several

Brake failure may be to blame for a frightening dump truck crash at a busy intersection last week in Kennesaw, Georgia. Video below posted by WSB-TV shows the truck plowing into several vehicles that had stopped at an intersection around 2 p.m. Wednesday on Barrett Parkway near Interstate 575, about 15 miles northwest of Atlanta. […]

July 13, 2017

Business

Construction is driven by people, not machines

Certain themes repeat themselves when we talk to contractors: The 20-hour days to get a construction company started … and to keep it going. The great financial risks for miniscule margins. The inherent joy of building something. But the most prevalent comment we hear from contractors concerns their people. “We couldn’t do this without the […]

July 13, 2017

Dealers

Terramac adds Road Machinery to dealer network for Arizona, California

Terramac has added Road Machinery to its dealer network to expand coverage of its crawler carrier product lines in Arizona and California. The dealer will offer the company’s RT9, RT14 and RT14R crawler carriers available in convertible dump-to-flat beds, rock dump beds and flatbeds in addition to customized support attachments. “We aim to offer our […]

July 13, 2017

Construction Equipment

John Deere updates L-Series backhoes with improved controls, new rear coupler

John Deere has refreshed its two-year-old L-Series lineup of backhoe loaders with updates the company says make operation of the machines simpler and more productive. Brian Hennings, Deere’s product marketing manager for backhoes, says the L-Series machines are particularly popular among utility contractors in the Americas, adding that the company worked with fleet managers, owners […]

July 12, 2017

Safety & Compliance

Pipeline contractors request short-haul exemption from ELD mandate

By Matt Cole   An association representing the pipeline construction industry – including truck drivers who contract to haul equipment for pipeline construction projects – and a specialized equipment fleet are seeking exemptions from the electronic logging device mandate set to take effect on Dec. 18. The Pipe Line Contractors Association (PLCA) is requesting the […]

July 12, 2017

Construction Equipment

Wacker Neuson taps CTO Lehner as next CEO

Wacker Neuson has chosen a successor for Cem Peksaglam as the next CEO of the company. Martin Lehner, who is currently serving as Wacker Neuson’s chief technology officer and Deputy CEO to Peksaglam, will take the reins of the company when Peksaglam steps down in August. August will mark the end of a six-year contract […]

July 12, 2017

Dealers

Vermeer Great Plains becomes employee-owned through stock ownership plan

The employees at Vermeer Great Plains, which has locations in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, now fully own the dealership through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). The company believes an employee ownership structure offers a more productive environment because employees are working toward common goals and feel more of a direct impact from business success. […]

July 12, 2017

Pickups

Ford unveils one-of-a-kind F-22 Raptor with 545 hp

If you know some of Ford’s history then you’re probably aware that Henry Ford also had a big interest in aircraft and even went so far to help his son, Edsel, build an experimental plane in 1909 six years after the Wright brothers had taken to the skies. Though Edsel’s plane crashed, Henry Ford’s interest […]

July 11, 2017

Business

Engine Repowers: The complicated business of putting a new diesel in an old machine

It used to be easy to replace an engine in an older piece of diesel-powered equipment in the era before emissions controls. In many cases today, that process doesn’t start with an engine hoist, but instead requires permission from air quality regulators before you touch a wrench. That’s because with each new iteration of diesel […]

July 11, 2017

Construction Equipment

Milwaukee Tool launches full line of silica dust-extraction devices

Milwaukee Tool now offers a full lineup of dust-extraction attachments for rotary hammers, grinders and other tools that will comply with proposed federal silica dust rules scheduled to take effect in September. Anchoring the devices is the company’s 8-Gallon Dust Extractor, which features automatic filter cleaning. The extractor also includes a 99.97-percent efficient HEPA filter […]

July 11, 2017