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Pickups

Test Drive: We punish Ford’s 2017 Super Duty with a rocky climb and a muddy dive

Editor’s Note: This test drive originally appeared on our sister site Hard Working Trucks. While riding on top of the hill, the engineer from Ford tells me to keep driving towards the boulder until it disappears from view. It’s not the most comfortable feeling while driving a new 2017 F-250 FX4. I mean, you know […]

August 12, 2016

Dealers

This diesel tech finds intuition, experience and a bit of Googling helpful in move to management

Richard Waitz got his first taste of equipment repair tinkering with tractors and four-wheelers at his grandfather’s ranch in Cotula, Texas. And after blowing the engine in his first pickup truck, he learned some automotive skills the old fashioned way. But Waitz took a shine to diesel equipment when he attended Texas State Technical College […]

August 12, 2016

Dealers

Fecon adds dealers at home and abroad

Fecon Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, has added two authorized dealers, with Tri-State Bobcat covering Minnesota and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin and Fecon UK Ltd. covering the United Kingdom and Ireland. Tri-State Bobcat will offer Fecon’s line of Bull Hog Mulchers, FTX Tracked Carriers (97-600 hp) and other forestry attachments. “Tri-State Bobcat has done a […]

August 12, 2016

Driver/operator coaching/training

Cat shows how to operate large loaders like a pro with in-depth tour of 988K

Caterpillar has posted a helpful training video for large loader operators to its Cat Mining YouTube page. The 25-minute video spends much of its time going through pre-operation basics such as maintenance checks, control location/functionality and start-up/shutdown procedures, but the last 10 or so minutes are chock full of information that even seasoned operators should […]

August 11, 2016

Pickups

Ford to offer STX trim on Super Duty for first time with 2017 model

Ford said Wednesday it will roll out its STX Appearance Package for the first time on Super Duty trucks for the 2017 model year. The option will also be available on the 2017 F-150 in either SuperCab or SuperCrew configurations. Positioned between Ford’s XL and XLT models, the STX trim level targets customers looking for the utility […]

August 11, 2016

Business

The Robin, a wearable surveying system, maps sites unreachable by conventional equipment

The company 3D Laser Mapping has launched a new multi-platform mapping system called Robin, which can scan and map terrain when worn by the operator while walking, or when attached to a moving vehicle, drone or helicopter. Unlike most other mapping systems, Robin can capture date from paths, forest trails and coastlines that are only accessible on […]

August 11, 2016

Dealers

Curry Supply expands parts distribution

Curry Supply, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, is expanding its parts and components distribution network and is adding 32,000 square feet of warehouse and office space capacity to its East Freedom location. The facility is expected to be complete late summer. The company, which manufactures service vehicles for the construction, rental, mining, oil and gas, and waste industries, […]

August 11, 2016

Pickups

PHOTOS: Inside Toyota Texas to see how the Tundra and Tacoma are made

At its Texas Motor Manufacturing facility just outside of San Antonio, Toyota manufactures both the Tacoma and Tundra pickups. The 4.2 million-square-foot facility’s 7,200 employees build an incredible 40 pickup models across the two platforms. For comparison, the Camry, Toyota’s best-seller and the best-selling car in America, has less than 10 models being made at […]

August 10, 2016

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Skid steer sales and buyer trends

August 10, 2016

Construction Equipment

JCB upgrades 4 wheel loaders with larger, more comfortable CommandPlus cab, new engines

A year after unveiling the latest version of its 457 wheel loader, JCB promised at an event in March 2015 that it would be bringing that machine’s redesigned cab to its smaller loaders. Now, the company’s four-model, mid-range loader lineup features that CommandPlus cab and new Tier 4 Final engines. JCB EcoMax diesel engines power the new […]

August 9, 2016

Dealers

John Deere joins forces with HCSS to deliver mixed fleet telematics data

John Deere has announced that it is partnering with HCSS, maker of Heavy Bid and other construction software products, to enhance the capabilities of Deere’s WorkSight telematics machine reporting system. Most contractors will know HCSS from their popular back-office software systems, but in recent months the company has made substantial inroads into the telematics business. […]

August 9, 2016

Dealers

Paralyzed from waist down, gritty operator still gets the job done with this modified excavator

It’s not uncommon when talking to skilled operators for them to talk about how the machine, at some point in their development, began to feel like an extension of their body. That’s especially true for excavator operators, who are tasked with quickly operating a giant arm and bucket and with high precision. But for Norwegian excavator operator Tim […]

August 8, 2016