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Pickups

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor shreds smarter with 6 new terrain modes

Ford has released a new video highlighting the six new terrain modes that will be available on the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor. A variety of scenes reveal Raptor in its element taking on mud, rocks, sand and snow. Raptor’s terrain modes include normal, sport, weather, mud/sand, Baja and rock control. Normal, like its title suggests, applies […]

July 6, 2016

Dealers

Doosan files for Bobcat IPO on South Korean stock market

Parent company Doosan Infracore has filed the paperwork needed to take compact machine maker Bobcat public on the Korean Exchange. According to a report from Reuters, Doosan applied for the initial public offering Monday. Doosan, which owns 66.6 percent of all Doosan Bobcat shares, first announced its intent to take the company public in February. At […]

July 6, 2016

Driver/operator coaching/training

Operator training school helping to rebuild construction workforce amid labor shortage

At the controls of a Caterpillar D6 dozer on an overcast day in Southern Wisconsin, David Gomroth, 33, of LaCrosse, Wis., hones his skills in his quest to become a credentialed heavy equipment operator. The 6-week, two-part heavy equipment training program he’s enrolled in at Associated Training Services in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, promises to teach […]

July 5, 2016

Vocational

Work trucks are smarter, more comfortable than ever thanks to AMTs, plush cabs

Generations ago, vocational trucks were about as basic as you could get; a steering wheel and three pedals. Trucks that were meant to be battered on the jobsite got very few options not designed for moving payload, but the quest for driver retention and the trickle down of available technologies has begun to change how […]

July 4, 2016

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Excavator sales and buyer trends

July 4, 2016

Pickups

Ram eyeing unibody chassis for coming midsize pickup

Fiat Chrysler is again talking about the possibility of offering a midsize Ram pickup. Mike Manley, head of the Jeep and Ram brands, told Motor Trend that the company is considering a unibody chassis for a midsize pickup. Manley told Motor Trend that a midsize truck is “a big opportunity for the brand. We have a good history […]

July 4, 2016

Dealers

How Tier 4 Final impacted the skid steer segment and how manufacturers are responding

Why did Tier 4 Final have so much impact on skid steers? Three reasons. First, emissions standards for machines less than 75 horsepower are different than the standards for those with 75 horsepower and above. Skid steer models fall on both sides of this rating. Second, skid steer customers are price sensitive, and Tier 4 […]

July 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bomag updates Cedarapids CR662RM RoadMix to Tier 4 final

Bomag has updated its Cedarapids CR662RM RoadMix material transfer vehicle (MTV) and paver combo machine with a 260 horsepower Tier 4 final Cummins engine. The company says the CR662RM can be converted from an MTV to a paver in less than four hours by removing the rear conveyor assembly and replacing it with a screed. “If […]

July 1, 2016

Dealers

Hertz Equipment Rentals is now Herc Rentals following spin-off

Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation said it expected to complete its metamorphosis into Herc Rentals today, July 1st, officially separating from Hertz Global Holdings. In materials prepared for investors and available on its website, hercrentals.com, Herc Rentals estimates its 2015 North American market share was 4 percent, compared with United Rentals at 13 percent and Sunbelt Rentals […]

July 1, 2016

Construction Equipment

Video: Amphibious Komatsu D155W Dozer is an Earthmoving Submarine

Only five of the 36 models built between 1971 and 1993 remain, restored for reconstruction after the 2011 tsunami in Japan.

June 30, 2016

Construction Equipment

Digga intros mini loader auger drives with single or dual axis swing

Digga, long-time manufacturers of planetary gearboxes and drives for attachments, have released a pair of new auger drives for use on mini loaders and compact tool carriers. Digga says the new 1MDS2 and 1MDS4 auger drives deliver more powerful performance than comparable units and work on auxiliary flows between 6 and 16 gallons per minute. A unit-specific […]

June 30, 2016

Pickups

Ford has sold more than 1 million fuel-friendly EcoBoost-equipped F-150s

Ford has sold more than 1 million F-150 pickups equipped with the company’s EcoBoost V6 engines in the U.S. It took more than 1,000 days for Ford to sell its first 400,000 EcoBoost engines, but only 2,000 days to sell 1 million. Adoption of the 2.7-liter EcoBoost is soaring, with more than 13,000 orders placed in the last […]

June 30, 2016