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Dealers

Barko Hydraulics adds ARDCO Equipment to dealer network

Barko Hydraulics has added ARDCO Equipment of New Iberia, Louisiana, to its dealer network for logging and land clearing equipment. “ARDCO Equipment is a great addition to our dealer network,” says Alecia McKay-Jones, dealer development manager for Barko. “We look forward to them representing Barko and serving our valued forestry customers in the Gulf Coast region.” Barko says […]

April 21, 2017

Pickups

Test Drive: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4×4 is a pickup built to tow—and keep you connected

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part review of the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 High Country 4×4 with the newly redesigned 6.6-liter Duramax turbo diesel. Click here for Part 1. Information and Entertainment Overall, the information and entertainment systems on the 2017 Chevy Silverado 2500 High Country are very impressive. First up is the […]

April 20, 2017

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar will move global HQ to Deerfield, lll., beginning this year

Nearly three months after announcing plans that the company would be moving its global headquarters from Peoria to Chicago, Caterpillar has actually settled on a location a bit further north. By mid-2018, the world’s no. 1 heavy equipment manufacturer plans to call the Chicago suburb of Deerfield its new home. The company will move into […]

April 20, 2017

Vocational

Thunder Creek intros the Combo Tank, first transfer system for pickups that can dispense diesel and DEF

Thunder Creek Equipment introduces two portable tanks to help handle diesel exhaust fluid in the field, including the first combination diesel and DEF transfer tank for pickup trucks, the company says. The combo tank debuted at ConExpo, along with Thunder Creek’s DEF Saddle Tank, designed to be mounted to a truck’s frame rails. Combo Tank […]

April 20, 2017

Construction Equipment

GeoSLAM allows you to scan buildings, rooms and interior spaces as fast as you can walk them

Tech savvy contractors have been using GPS systems to survey and map outdoor jobsites for more than a decade. But, once you move indoors, its back to the old tape measure and clipboard. The GeoSLAM Zeb Revo is a new product that can do for indoor building measurements what GPS did for outside survey work. […]

April 20, 2017

Dealers

Hino Trucks adds 5 dealers to Certified Ultimate network

Hino Trucks has added five dealers to its Certified Ultimate network, a program that aims to provide customers with “higher standards at every touch-point throughout the lifecycle of product ownership.” These dealerships include: ♦  H.K. Truck Services, Plainfield, New Jersey ♦  Bentley Truck Services, New Castle, Delaware ♦  Lynch Truck Center, Waterford, Wisconsin ♦  Matheny […]

April 20, 2017

Construction Equipment

John Deere unveils Fixstern: A lightweight vision for the backhoe of the future

Off to one side at Deere’s ConExpo booth, attendees were asked to don a set of virtual reality goggles to get a glimpse of Deere’s vision of what a backhoe might look like in 10 or more years. Dubbed “Fixstern”—which is German for “fixed star”—the project behind the VR experience is the creation of Deere […]

April 19, 2017

Pickups

Ford files patent for sliding pickup bed

Loading and unloading a pickup bed can be a real challenge. To help make the job easier, Ford has come up with plans, seen in the images below, for a sliding bed floor that it submitted recently to the U.S. Patent Office. The automated floor may be available on the automaker’s upcoming hybrid F-150 which […]

April 19, 2017

Business

Hyundai spins off Construction Equipment division as new company

Hyundai Heavy Industries announced Wednesday that it has spun off its Construction Equipment division as a new company, Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., Ltd. The spin off took effect April 1st and is based on a restructuring plan that Hyundai reports began last year. The company says the move “offers great possibilities and improved agility.” Parent company Hyundai […]

April 19, 2017

Dealers

RDO Equipment names Spade general manager for Lakeside, Calif.

RDO Equipment has named company veteran Adam Spade as general manager for the company’s Lakeside, California, location. “Adam has done a tremendous job leading our Northern Arizona locations,” says Dennis Howard, vice president of the RDO’s southwest construction region. “I have no doubt he will continue to build upon the hard work of the Lakeside […]

April 19, 2017

Construction Equipment

Case launches CX245D, its most powerful minimum-swing excavator

Case has unveiled what it calls its most powerful and efficient minimum-swing radius excavator with the CX245D. Case boosted digging force to 34,600 pounds and lifting capacity to 22,950 pounds compared to the previous model. The company says the CX245D is designed for confined job sites, such as road and bridge work, residential projects and urban […]

April 18, 2017

Dealers

Deere, JLG, Volvo, Cat announce parts initiatives at ConExpo

It’s no secret that most of a dealer’s revenue comes from parts and service. Knowing this, several manufacturers used ConExpo 2017 to announce parts initiatives. Here’s an overview: John Deere launched its Big Parts Promise, which gives machine owners access to critical, quickly installed parts at their closest participating John Deere dealer. Deere says if […]

April 18, 2017