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Construction Equipment

Heavy equipment simulators helping contractor recruiting efforts in North Iowa

Projecting construction positions to be among some of the best paying jobs over the next five years, groups in Iowa are working to attract more new blood to the industry with the help of equipment simulators. According to a report from KIMT TV, a partnership between Iowa Workforce Development, Iowa Works, Hawkeye Community College and […]

March 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Worker killed after being struck by excavator in NC work zone

A construction worker died recently after he was struck by the counterweight of an excavator at a highway project in North Carolina. WFMY News reported that Dimino Foster was working for Tetra Tech Construction on U.S. 220 when he walked into the swing radius of an excavator at about 11 a.m. on March 8. Foster was hit […]

March 14, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE debuts EC35D, ECR40D compact excavators with better hydraulics, larger cab

Volvo Construction Equipment used the recent Rental Show to showcase its new EC35D compact excavator along with its ECR40D short swing radius model. Both models have a 27-horsepower Volvo D1.8A engine that does not require a diesel particulate filter. “We lowered the horsepower from the C Series machines, but improved the hydraulic performance by 5 […]

March 11, 2016

Construction Equipment

GM brings Chevy Colorado’s 2.8L Duramax diesel to Express and GMC Savana vans

GM has announced that it will bring the popular Duramax diesel currently offered as an option on its Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups to its lineup of cargo and passenger vans The 2.8-liter Duramax will be offered on the 2017 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans. GM says production of these 2.8L models […]

March 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Cummins facility

Two employees at Cummins Inc.’s Seymour Technical Center are dead in the wake of a shooting police are describing as a murder-suicide. According to the Indianapolis Star, the shooting happened just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the diesel engine manufacturer’s facility in Seymour, Indiana. Police were called to the scene, and nearby businesses and schools were put on […]

March 11, 2016

Business

POLL: Do you take advantage of Bonus Depreciation for equipment purchases?

With bonus depreciation extended through 2019, we were wondering just how many readers have or planned to take advantage of this legislation for equipment purchases. The current bill allows the full 50 percent for property placed in service during 2015, 2016 and 2017, then phases down to 40 percent in 2018 and 30 percent in […]

March 10, 2016

Construction Equipment

Welder in pickup pulls stuck semi from snow to clear way for plows on I-490

Never underestimate the power of a Good Samaritan and his truck. With several inches of snow piling up on Interstate 490 in Rochester, New York, a few weeks ago, traffic began piling up as well, according to a report from TWCNews. And with stranded vehicles, including several tractor trailers, crowding a stretch of the interstate, snowplows […]

March 10, 2016

Construction Equipment

Chevrolet unveils 2016 Silverado 1500, 2500 Z71 Midnight Editions

Though Chevy has released several special edition pickups in the last few years, the automaker says its Midnight Edition trucks, introduced on the 2015 Silverado 1500, have been especially successful. Citing demand that “outstripped supply in a matter of months,” Chevy has announced the addition of the Silverado 2500 Z71 to its available models for the […]

March 9, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > The coolest rigs and pickups from Work Truck Show 2016

The Equipment World team spent last week in Indianapolis wandering the halls of this year’s Work Truck Show. The show held a lot of announcements but even more amazing trucks on display. In the gallery above we’ve gathered our favorite work truck rigs and pickups to give you a feel of what it was like […]

March 9, 2016

Construction Equipment

Detroit unveils DD5 medium-duty engine with 2 initial power ratings

Daimler Truck North America has unveiled the first of two new medium-duty engines, the Detroit DD5. The engine, which will be available for order later this year in Freightliner Class 5/6 M2106 trucks, will initially offer two power ratings, a 210 horsepower/575 ft.-lb. torque model and another with 230 hp/660 ft.-lb. torque. Kary Schaefer, general manager […]

March 9, 2016

Construction Equipment

Wheel loader as a lower-cost finish-grader? With Trimble’s new GPS system, it’s possible

Say again? GPS on a wheel loader? That was our first reaction too, but after talking to Jeff Drake, business area manager, Trimble Machine Control Systems, we discovered there’s a lot to recommend in it. While dozers and motor graders are the machines most people enhance with GPS/GNSS machine control, until Trimble brought out its […]

March 8, 2016

Technology

Cummins releases new telematics app, Inline 7 service tool

Cummins recently introduced two new tech tools, one for subscribers of its telematics service and another for technicians. The engine maker’s new Connected Diagnostics (CD) app is available on both Apple iOS and Android devices for free to registered users of the telematics service. Cummins says the app is designed to complement its fault monitoring app. […]

March 8, 2016