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Construction Equipment

Air bag defect halts sales of 2016 Chevrolet Colorado as GM issues recall

General Motors has issued a stop-sales order and recalled affected 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks. The recall, which is owed to potentially defective front air bags, also impacts the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. About 1,750 GM vehicles are effected by the automaker’s actions, according to a report from Reuters. GM vehicles in Mexico will […]

March 24, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo unveils the DD105: New compactor design boasts faster eccentric, better visibility, available cab

At World of Asphalt here in Nashville, Volvo Construction Equipment has unveiled a double-drum compactor featuring a completely new design the company says will be its way forward in this segment. The new DD105 is a 10-ton large asphalt compactor with a 66-inch wide drum. The machine will replace the DD110B and gains a new 3.8-liter […]

March 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Roadtec’s new BF400 side paver is a low-cost method for widening roads and more

Roadtec has launched its first side paver here at World of Asphalt in Nashville, a machine that can be used for road widening, shoulder work, maintenance and repair applications and more. The new BF400, which has been available in Germany for several years and is manufactured by Roadtec partner Astec Industries, features a conveyor belt […]

March 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Thunder Creek updates Service and Lube Trailer with boosted storage and new chassis

Thunder Creek has updated its Service and Lube Trailer (SLT) with features from its other line of trailers, including a new chassis, front-end design to allow for better turning radius, expanded storage and modular options. The company launched the new trailer at the 2016 World of Asphalt in Nashville. The modular tank design can hold […]

March 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Caltrans demos its souped-up $1 million surveying SUV

The California Department of Transportation has released a new video in its News Flash series, and in it, you can watch as a Caltrans worker uses the department’s “revolutionary” surveying vehicle. “Some call it a Google car on steroids, at Caltrans we call it Mobile Terrestrial Laser Scanner,” spokesman Gilbert Mohtes-Chan said. Caltrans said in a press release […]

March 23, 2016

Safety

Trailered backhoe overturns during haul, kills driver in California

A combination of unsafe driving and unpermitted heavy equipment hauling led to the death of a man near Sacramento, California, last month. According to The Sacramento Bee, Terry Cordell, of Newcastle, was driving along Highway 49 in a Ford F-350 hauling a trailered backhoe and traveling at an unsafe speed Feb. 18. The California Highway […]

March 23, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 815K soil compactor with improved cab and controls

During a press event last week at the company’s headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, Caterpillar unveiled a new soil compactor with an improved cab and increased productivity. Powered by a Cat C7.1 ACERT engine, the new 815K soil compactor is rated at 248 net horsepower and weighs in at 49,353 pounds. Cat says the 815K meets […]

March 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

New Ford Super Duty backup cameras let you monitor your trailer from multiple angles

While the latest F-150 models will nearly back up your boat or trailer for you, Ford’s figures Super Duty customers want a bit more control. But that doesn’t mean these new trucks aren’t at least going to try and help you out, as Ford has equipped the next-generation Super Duty models with a host of cameras ready to […]

March 22, 2016

Business

Morbark acquired by private equity firm as company looks to reach “next level”

Morbark, makers of a wide variety of heavy equipment and attachments, has been acquired by a private equity firm. According to a Morbark release, the stock purchase of the company was made by an affiliate of Stellex Capital Management with plans to “significantly expand” the company. Stellex has no plans to relocate the company from […]

March 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bonded for Life: The cold milling equipment, techniques and technology for a super-smooth asphalt overlay

A milled surface with the right pattern, grade and slope is the key to a super-smooth asphalt overlay that wins the smoothness, density and performance bonuses (now so critical to contractor profitability). In just over three decades, asphalt cold milling equipment, also called planers or grinders, has matured in terms of durability, complexity and choice […]

March 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new 304.5E2 XTC is half excavator, half skid steer

Bringing a whole new meaning to the term “hybrid machine,” Caterpillar has introduced the 304.5E2 XTC, an excavator with skid steer capabilities. This 4-ton Xtra Tool Carrier model excavator was conceived about four years ago by Cat’s Greg Worley, who realized replacing the machine’s dozer blade with a skid-steer interface would eliminate the need for two […]

March 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Who wants a skip loader? Why Caterpillar brought it back with the 415F2 IL

Though Caterpillar quietly displayed its new skip loader to the public at World of Concrete in February and provided us with the details on the machine a few weeks later, the company used a press event at its headquarters in Peoria last week to formally announce the 415F2 IL to the media with a walkaround that […]

March 21, 2016