Tag: equipment: Page 259

Construction Equipment

John Deere debuts Machine Health Monitoring Center, 950K dozer, 260E and 310E artics, 844K-III wheel loaders

While there are encouraging signs for U.S. infrastructure spending, Sam Allen, chair and CEO of John Deere, says any initiatives will take time to reach contractors, in remarks made during ConExpo. “Meanwhile, 70 percent of state infrastructure ballot initiatives were approved last year, and in some cases, the impact of those initiatives will last decades,” […]

March 15, 2017

Technology

Trimble goes mast-free on dozer GPS, puts a telematics tablet in vocational trucks and partners with new OEMs

Trimble has announced it is joining the ranks of manufacturers who offer “mast-free” aftermarket 3D GPS systems for dozers. The hardware for Trimble’s Earthworks for Dozers uses three inertial measurement units (IMUs) to locate the blade of the dozer in space and two GPS/GNSS receivers mounted on the cab of the machine. Contractors and operators […]

March 15, 2017

Dealers

AEM: Off-highway equipment industry contributed $159 billion+ to GDP in 2016

With ConExpo’s sunny skies and sunny moods as a backdrop, show producer Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) issued research findings stating the equipment manufacturing industry (construction, agriculture and mining) contributed more than $159 billion to the GDP of the United States in 2016. Produced by research firm IHS Markit, “The Market Size and Economic Contributions […]

March 15, 2017

Dealers

Caterpillar, Holt Cat investment arms award funding to 3 industrial startups at SXSW

Holt Ventures, the investment arm of dealer Holt Caterpillar, along with Caterpillar Ventures, Brick & Mortar Ventures and Cottonwood Technology Fund, selected three winners in the Industrial Technology Pitch Competition held at the South by Southwest Startup Village March 14 in Austin, Texas. The group of investment firms held the competition to find award startups […]

March 15, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

This ’73 International 1700 with a 700-hp engine is one Hellcat of a service truck

Despite the fact that there are thousands upon thousands of people milling about the halls and lots of ConExpo on a given day of the show, you typically don’t see many pileups at booths. There’s a lot of heavy equipment to see so folks generally give everything a once over and move along. That is […]

March 14, 2017

Dealers

IronDirect launches truck remanufacturing service with Vehicle Reman partnership

IronDirect, the online seller primarily known as a sales platform for Chinese-made heavy equipment, has partnered with Tyler, Texas-based Vehicle Reman, which you can read more about here, to create IronDirect Reman Trucks. The service, announced at the 2017 ConExpo in Las Vegas, will offer a quick turnaround time (as fast as 48 hours) on pickups […]

March 14, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Sakai launches 67-inch vibratory tandem-drum roller SW754 at ConExpo

Sakai launched its new 67-inch vibratory tandem-drum roller, the SW754, at the 2017 ConExpo show in Las Vegas. The machine adds to the company’s 770 series and is designed for subbase and base layers, coarse graded asphalt mixes and thick asphalt lift compaction. The SW754 features a Tier 4 Final 3.8-liter Kubota engine that […]

March 14, 2017

Construction Equipment

FAE debuts 2 dust-busting forestry mulchers, line of rock cutters in 8 different sizes

During ConExpo 2017 last week in Las Vegas, FAE debuted new models of two excavator attachment types: forestry mulchers and rock cutters. Dressed out in some cool camouflage colors—because America!—FAE’s new UML/S/EX/VT rotary forestry mulchers for excavators are designed to keep dust at a minimum, by virtue of a hydraulically actuated rear dust hood. […]

March 14, 2017

Dealers

Rental Show 2017 sees highest attendance in more than a decade

The 2017 Rental Show, held  in Orlando, had its highest total attendance since 2006 at 11,648. The show also and had nearly 6,300 rental business attendees, also the highest number since 2006, according to the American Rental Association (ARA), which puts on the show. Extending to 16 years, the number of rental business represented by attendees, at […]

March 14, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Generac light towers; Ox Bodies lightweight TrailMaker; Terex Demag AC 500-8 updates; Ditch Witch ST37X; Takeuchi TB216H hybrid excavator; Rental Show equipment photos

Generac launches 3 new light towers: MLT6SMD, MLT4060MVD and PLT240 LINKTower Generac Mobile Products recently launched three new light towers, the MLT6SMD, MLT4060MVD and PLT240 LINKTower, at The Rental Show in Orlando. The machines come fitted with four 240 Watt LED lights that offer a five-year limited warranty. Both the MLT6SMD and MLT4060MVD feature the […]

March 14, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Southeastern joins National IPA; Cemen Tech adds G.W. Van Keppel; Morbark adds Correlli; Compact Power opens standalone rental center; contractor JBR Inc. profile

Southeastern Equipment now offers sales through National IPA cooperative purchasing Southeastern Equipment reports it has joined the National IPA governmental purchasing cooperative, which allows discounts for government, nonprofit or educational entities covering Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. Through the National IPA, “contracts are solicited, evaluated and awarded by a government entity that acts as the lead agency. Contracts […]

March 14, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat unveils redesigned 745 articulated truck with larger cab, stability assist to counter overturns

The 45.2-ton Cat 745 articulated truck unveiled last week at the company’s ConExpo booth is visibly different from its predecessors, and features a new external “spinal” ROPS that uses bonded rear quarter glass, thus eliminating the structural rear pillar. The result: what Cat calls a “dramatic improvement in visibility from the cab.” The 745 is also […]

March 13, 2017