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Dealers

John Deere presents 4 Rivers Equipment with Onyx Circle award

John Deere Construction and Forestry has presented 4 Rivers Equipment with the Onyx Circle Award, as one of the three top-performing dealerships in the United States and Canada. Since 2011, John Deere has presented the award after performing a dealership performance review for the top market share, product support and return on sales. “It is […]

December 29, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat demos versatility of M315F, M317F compact radius wheeled excavators

In October, Caterpillar expanded its F Series lineup of wheeled excavators with two new compact radius models: the M315F and M317F. These models are the smallest wheeled excavators in the F Series lineup and are designed for use as tool carriers. Both models can also be equipped from the factory to accept the company’s new tiltrotator which […]

December 28, 2016

Maintenance

DEF Contamination and how to avoid it

When it comes to the new emissions-compliant engines, OEMs are preaching the need to maintain clean fluids. But when it comes to the purity of your diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), the cleanliness specs are off the charts. All it takes to contaminate a 5,000-gallon tanker truck of DEF is one-tenth of a teaspoon of a […]

December 28, 2016

Dealers

Screen media producer Major Wire Industries adds 4 authorized dealers in U.S.

Major Wire Industries has added four new authorized dealers in the U.S. to supply its line of screen media solutions for aggregate, mining and recycling operations. The new dealerships include: Continental Equipment Company, representing Missouri, Arkansas, Southern Illinois and Eastern Kansas McCourt and Sons Equipment Incorporated, representing most of Texas, as well as Oklahoma, Louisiana […]

December 28, 2016

Dealers

How to protect heavy equipment from theft during the holidays

As equipment thefts tend to increase in December and January because machinery is left unattended more frequently than other times of the year, the National Equipment Register (NER) has provided a few tips aimed at theft prevention. • Test to be sure that alarms and lighting are all operating properly. • If you are getting […]

December 27, 2016

Dealers

IronPlanet inspected record 100k+ used heavy equipment items in 2016 (and one “mobile ice fishing house” SUV)

IronPlanet reports it has conducted inspections on more than 100,000 used heavy equipment items for 2016, breaking its own record for most equipment evaluated and certified in one year. “High quality, detailed and meticulous equipment inspections are a core component of IronPlanet offerings to buyers and sellers alike and that is what differentiates us from […]

December 27, 2016

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Updates on Doosan DX380LL-5 log loader, Caltrans snowplows, John Deere, Smartphone cases

Doosan launches DX380LL-5, its largest log loader yet Doosan has added a new size class to its lineup of log loaders with the introduction of the DX380LL-5, its largest machine yet in this category. Powered by a Tier 4, 318-horsepower engine, the DX380LL-5 boasts high swing torque and approximately 44 feet of reach at ground […]

December 26, 2016

Dealers

Business Roundup: News on Terex, Mecalac, construction employment, Bandit Industries, Bobcat

With sale of backhoe line, Terex exits the earthmoving equipment business Terex is now completely out of the earthmoving business. According to a report from The Construction Index, the company has agreed to sell its UK-based operation where it manufactures backhoes, site dumpers and compact compaction rollers, to Mecalac, a French manufacturer of compact loaders and […]

December 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat intros D3K2 Mulcher, a factory-built dozer config with custom attachment

Caterpillar has introduced a new factory-built mulcher which combines a D3K2 dozer with an HM518 mulcher attachment. Designed for small-to-medium diameter material across a range of applications in construction, road work and forestry, the D3K2 Mulcher can be equipped with either a conventional long (XL) undercarriage, or a low-ground-pressure (LGP) under carriage. The HM518 has […]

December 26, 2016

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Compact track loader sales and buyer trends

December 26, 2016

Dealers

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Nov. metrics show more than 3% GAP growth

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ latest monthly auction metrics show an increase of 3.1 percent in reported growth auction proceeds (GAP) for November 2016 compared to the same month last year. This figure represents and increase of $7 million. Organic GAP growth for the same period is reported at 3.6 percent, or $8 million. The organic growth […]

December 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

The heavy equipment behind moving and erecting the 2016 Capitol Christmas tree

An 80-foot Englemann spruce Christmas tree is the latest “People’s Tree”. Now adorned with thousands of lights and some 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho, the tree made a 4,000-mile, three-week journey from the Payette National Forest in Idaho to the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) lit […]

December 23, 2016