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Construction Equipment

With equipment spending set for all-time high in 2016, ELFA releases Top 10 acquisition trends

Forecasting businesses, nonprofits and government agencies to spend more than $1 trillion on equipment in 2016, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) has released its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends. ELFA says more than $1.6 trillion will be spent on equipment—an all-time high for the sector—citing “solid market conditions and an improving U.S. economy” as being […]

January 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

Messe München establishes bauma Charity Alliance to promote and foster social programs in the construction equipment industry

Messe München has established the bauma Charity Alliance, an effort to create a network of construction machinery industry companies aimed at creating and promoting “social projects” for education, environment, health, nutrition and social integration in needy areas of the world. “Corporate societal and social commitment is no contradiction. On the contrary: long-term success requires both […]

January 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford brings hybrid-inspired Auto Start-Stop engine feature to more F-150 models

Ford has announced that it is expanding the availability of one F-150 feature that takes cues from hybrid electric vehicles. Auto Start-Stop, first available on the 2015 F-150, and initially only on models equipped with the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6, will now be available on 2017 models equipped with the 3.5-liter EcoBoost as well—including the 2017 Raptor. Just […]

January 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS >> 15 present and future machines, processes nominated for 2016 bauma Innovation Award

Fifteen nominations in five categories for the bauma Innovation Award 2016 were announced at the recent bauma and IFAT Media Dialog. This year marks the 11th time the awards have been presented. The bauma show, which is the largest construction-related tradeshow in the world at 605,000 square meters of exhibition space, held every three years […]

January 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

IronPlanet expands Florida public auction to 5 days to accommodate more sellers

Online equipment marketplace IronPlanet recently announced that it has added a fifth day to its annual unreserved public auction in Kissimmee, Fla., in order to accommodate additional sellers. Previously scheduled For Tuesday, Feb. 9 through Friday, Feb. 12, the auction will now begin Monday, Feb. 8. Just more than a year removed from its merger with Cat […]

January 26, 2016

Business

Judge throws out ICP’s antitrust suit against Caterpillar, Komatsu and Volvo CE

A lawsuit filed against three of the largest manufacturers of construction equipment alleging that they worked together to limit competition from Chinese manufacturers has been thrown out of federal court. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, U.S. District Judge Richard Andrews dismissed the lawsuit which was filed by International Construction Products (ICP) nearly one […]

January 25, 2016

Technology

Telematics 101: Cutting through the jargon to what you need to know to get started with this fleet tracking tech

Editor’s Note: This is the first article in our ongoing Telematics 101 series. To view the other articles in this series Click here. EW: What is telematics? DS: Think of it as a conduit that takes information from your vehicle or equipment and sends it to a website where you can view it. The word “telematics” […]

January 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Worker rescued from beneath collapsed crane on I-15 ramp in San Diego

Update: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that this accident occurred on I-95. However there is no I-95 in San Diego. It actually occurred on I-15. We regret the error and have updated the post to reflect the correct location. A road crew near San Diego scrambled to rescue a co-worker who became […]

January 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Protect your lungs, skip the cleanup with Hilti’s new dust collection attachment

Nothing good comes from construction dust. It’s bad to breathe, obscures the work and takes additional time to clean up. Hilti is tackling this problem head on with a new Dust Removal System attachment for its popular TE 4-A18 cordless rotary hammer. The attachment is powered by the rotary hammers 18-volt battery, so no separate […]

January 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Watch a Cat track skidder zipline off a mountain

A Caterpillar track skidder is one tough machine. It’s built specifically for log skidding and, according to the Cat website, all the “mountainous and soft underfoot” conditions that type of work includes. But sometimes it’s not as simple as driving these machines in and out of the site. Sometimes the grade is simply too steep to […]

January 21, 2016

Dealers

Heavy equipment dealers: trade skills gap costs industry $2.4 billion a year

Construction equipment dealers are reporting significant shortages in getting skilled help, a lack that is directly impacting their bottom line, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Associated Equipment Distributors Foundation. More than 50 percent of survey respondents said the inability to find qualified workers is both hindering growth and increasing costs. AED says […]

January 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

How the building blocks for autonomous vehicles are being used to assist steering, handling in today’s pickup trucks

Autonomous vehicles aren’t going to happen all at once, but a lot of companies are making small but significant steps toward this goal. One such company, Nexteer, is developing steering and driveline technologies that not only improve the ride and handling of today’s trucks but also give some indication of how autonomous vehicle technology will […]

January 20, 2016