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Roadbuilding

Bertha delayed again; won’t restart drilling until late December

The Seattle Tunnel Partners have once again delayed the restart of drilling for the State Route 99 tunnel, with Bertha not expected to start work again until Dec. 23. The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the revised schedule Thursday and said the tunnel most likely would not open until April 2018. That puts the project two years and four […]

October 26, 2015

Safety

Worker backed over and killed by dozer on Florida jobsite

A worker on a residential jobsite in Florida was killed recently when he was crushed by a bulldozer. According to the St. Petersburg Times, 27-year-old Justin H. Smith, was killed while working at a jobsite for an apartment complex in the city’s Gateway area. Smith was backed over by a bulldozer being operated by 37-year-old Albert […]

October 26, 2015

Roadbuilding

Pennsylvania DOT to test real-time tracking of plow trucks this winter

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) plans to outfit 728 plow trucks this winter with an Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) system as part of a pilot program to “improve location and operations information” of the trucks. The AVL system will help PennDOT track real-time movements of 516 plow trucks and 212 contracted rental trucks, their […]

October 26, 2015

Construction Equipment

Vintage-styled 3CX backhoe marks JCB’s 70th anniversary; tour the company’s history in our equipment timeline (PHOTOS)

Marking its 70th anniversary, JCB has issued a limited edition 3CX super backhoe loader. Only 70 of these machines will be released with a vintage look last seen 40 years ago on the JCB 3CIII model. While it may look like a 40-year-old machine, these models have all new machine features, plus one we haven’t […]

October 23, 2015

Business

Caterpillar CEO voices confidence in strength of key industries despite 64% profit decline in 3Q

After preparing everyone last month for the likelihood of continued bad news on the financial front with the launch of an extensive cost-cutting plan, Caterpillar has announced another down quarter with double digit decreases to both sales and profit. Cat sales and revenues fell to $11 billion during the third quarter, a decrease of 19 […]

October 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator rides a landslide into the jungle

A couple weeks ago we saw an excavator operator escape a hillside collapse while staying inside his machine. Today’s video is pretty much the reverse of that situation entirely. While the previous operator was working beneath a crumbling hillside, today’s operator is working atop the earth deteriorating beneath him. And rather than keep cool and […]

October 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

Toyota includes select Tundra model years in massive power window recall

The Tundra pickup is one of several models Toyota is including in a massive, 6.5 million-vehicle global recall related to a defect with the vehicles’ power windows. The automaker is recalling 2 million vehicles in the U.S. alone, including an unspecified number of 2009-2011 model year Tundras. The trucks could be affected by the issue […]

October 23, 2015

Technology

How Caterpillar is developing virtual and augmented reality to design and service heavy equipment

We are in the midst of a transition between ages. Data is everywhere. Computers will soon be in nearly every pocket and screens are increasingly being strapped to more and more wrists and heads. Even our homes, a thing that you wouldn’t necessarily have pegged as a data-intensive environment, have become Smart with a capital […]

October 22, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > Toyota recreates Marty McFly’s SR5 dream truck from ‘Back to the Future’ with a 2016 Tacoma

The iconic Delorean DMC D12 may be the star of the Back To The Future movie franchise, but it was a 1985 Toyota SR-5 Xtra Cab 4×4 that a teenaged Marty McFly longed for – and Jennifer Parker, of course. For what was widely referred to as Back To The Future Day, Toyota celebrated October […]

October 22, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in excavator accident on San Jose jobsite

A construction worker on a residential jobsite near San Jose was killed earlier this month when he was hit by an excavator. According to a report from the San Jose Mercury News, 24-year-old Andres Alvarez Esquivel was working as part of a crew building a home in Almaden Valley when he was hit by the bucket of […]

October 22, 2015

Construction Equipment

First Drive: 2016 Ram 3500’s big Cummins power, improved cab impress in test track run

It wasn’t too long ago that if you needed to tow a 30,000-pound payload, you needed a Class 5 or 6 truck to get the job done. Today, all you need is a Ram 3500 pickup truck. The truck maker invited Equipment World out to its test track in Chelsea, Michigan, to give its 2016 trucks a […]

October 21, 2015

Construction Equipment

John Deere launches sulfur compatibility kits for Tier 4 engines in non-regulated countries

John Deere has launched their “Sulfur Compatibility Solutions” this week for their Tier 4 and Tier 4 Interim engines operating in non-regulated countries. Deere first announced these conversion kits back in October of 2013, saying it would be available at some point this year. In order to engineer diesel engines to drastically reduce exhaust emissions as stipulated by the […]

October 21, 2015