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Dealers

RDO Equipment officially opens Chandler, Arizona location

RDO Equipment has officially opened its second Phoenix-area location in Chandler, Arizona, providing equipment from John Deere, Hitachi and Topcon. “We’re thrilled to be open for business and I’d like to personally invite all of our customers, neighbors, and the entire community of Chandler to stop by and visit our team at the new store,” […]

September 28, 2016

Vocational

How Cat is using the 793F haul truck to bring automation to more machines

Caterpillar first started internal discussions on autonomous trucks back in 1996, says Jim Hawkins, director of the company’s mining technology enabled solutions, “but really we didn’t start in earnest until 2012. We really wanted to focus on how to make an autonomous truck outperform a truck with an operator.” Company executives, including Hawkins and Cat group […]

September 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

RIDOT demolishes, installs East Shore Expy. Bridge in just 80 hours (Time-lapse)

Over the span of just 80 hours, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation carried out a rapid bridge replacement of the East Shore Expressway Bridge in East Providence. Between September 9 and 13 the department demolished the old bridge—classified as functionally obsolete with significant concrete cracking—and installed a new span which was built in temporary […]

September 27, 2016

Technology

Preco unveils PreView Sentry, adjustable heavy equipment object detection that sees all the way to the face of the machine

Preco Electronics is debuting the PreView Sentry at the MINExpo show in Las Vegas this week, an object detection technology that uses a different radar bandwidth than before, thus making it more functional, says Doug Whitfield, director of marketing. Sentry has a fully adjustable detection zone, with the ability to detect objects from the face of […]

September 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu celebrates 30 years of U.S. manufacturing at Chattanooga plant

This week, Komatsu America is celebrating the 30th anniversary of U.S. machine production at its Chattanooga Manufacturing Operation in Tennessee. The company kicked off the celebration Friday, September 23, with an event that hosted past and current executives, along with elected officials including Tennessee Sen. Bo Watson, Rep. Patsy Hazlewood and Hamilton County Mayor Jim […]

September 27, 2016

Dealers

Yanmar America names Berkhimer product manager for construction equipment

Yanmar America has named Eric Berkhimer product manager for the company’s construction equipment division. Berkhimer has more than 20 years of experience in the industry involved in engineering, supervisory and management positions at Golder Associates, P&H Mining, Terex Mining, John Deere and Hitachi Construction Machinery. In his new role, Berkhimer will lead the development and […]

September 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu intros WA270-8 loader with higher fuel efficiency, more comfortable cab

Komatsu has updated its WA270 wheel loader with a new model the company says provides more fuel efficiency and more comfort for the operator through an updated cab. RELATED >> Komatsu intros the 980E-4, its largest haul truck yet Powered by a Tier 4 Final, 6.69-liter Komatsu SAA6D107E-3 engine, the WA270-8 is a 149-horsepower wheel loader Komatsu […]

September 26, 2016

Dealers

Caterpillar execs stress confidence in long-term health of mining, despite present depths

Topmost in the mining industry’s mind are these two questions: “Have we hit the bottom of the mining cycle? Is it possible there will be a slight upturn in 2017?” “While there are some definitely optimistic signs that we are at the bottom, we’re still not seeing it in sales.” says Denise Johnson, Caterpillar group […]

September 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat enters home/outdoor power market with introduction of 4 portable generators

Dubbed the RP Series, Cat has introduced a new lineup of generators aimed at the home and outdoor power market. However, the company says the 4-model lineup isn’t necessarily limited to use by consumers. RP Series generators range in power from 3.6 kilowatts to 7.5 kW, and are designed to provide backup or recreational power […]

September 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

SnowEx Scrape Maxx gives plows downward force capabilities for hard-packed snow

SnowEx has launched the Scrape Maxx accessory kit for the company’s line of snowplows, providing a means to activate downward force when working in hard-packed snow, as well as improve back dragging. The company says the kit is designed primarily for light-truck and regular-duty plows, which allows them to perform on par with commercial-grade plows. “The […]

September 26, 2016

Pickups

Production of 1950s Chevy NAPCO, the Bowtie’s first 4×4, resurrected by Legacy Trucks (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Legacy Trucks in Wyoming continues to attract attention for its restored and customized classic American pickups. Though it’s best known for restoring early Dodge Power Wagons, the company continues to take on new projects, including more recently General Motor’s first commercially produced 4×4 pickups. Not long after Dodge Power Wagons blazed a successful path in […]

September 23, 2016

Technology

Airware acquires Caterpillar partner Redbird to offer full drone planning solution for construction, mining

In order to better integrate planning for and analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights on construction jobsites, Airware, a San Francisco-based company that develops what it calls a “comprehensive operating system for commercial drones,” has acquired French drone data startup Redbird. If that second name sounds a bit familiar, that’s because Redbird has been […]

September 23, 2016