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Construction Equipment

Morooka’s new MST2200VDR crawler carrier adds fully revolving upper structure

Morooka’s new MST2200VDR crawler carrier offers a 360-degree revolving upper structure, a feature the company says fills a size void in the current crawler carrier market. The company launched the new model at the 2015 International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) in Louisville, Kentucky. The revolving upper structure allows the machine to enter tight […]

September 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: 1955 Dodge Power Wagon with Tel-E-Lect digger derrick started it all for Terex Utilities

With Terex celebrating the 70th anniversary of its digger derricks and utilities business, the heavy equipment manufacturer decided to bring along a throwback with all of the new equipment being shown at this year’s International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition. Near the edge of the L lot of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Terex has […]

September 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Terramac unveils the RT14: its largest crawler carrier yet with 14-ton capacity; adds digger derrick to RT9 (PHOTOS)

Terramac has launched its largest crawler carrier yet, the RT14, with a carrying capacity 55 percent higher than the popular RT9 model. The machine was introduced today at the 2015 International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) in Louisville, Kentucky. “With the RT14, contractors are able to effortlessly transport a much heavier amount of materials and supplies […]

September 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Toro intros Dingo TX 1000, positions strongest CUL as skid steer, CTL alternative at ICUEE (PHOTOS)

The construction firms that weathered the recession all share a common trait: a willingness to adapt, to get lean and get resourceful. If anyone has benefited from this new mentality among contractors, it’s the rental industry, as construction business owners are much more open to owning only what they need and renting everything else. Meanwhile, manufacturers […]

September 29, 2015

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS > Big Bertha gets her head together: How to repair the world’s largest tunnel machine

With the final repairs having been made earlier this summer and Big Bertha finally picked back together underground, Washington State Department of Transportation and Seattle Tunnel Partners crews are hopeful that their 18-month nightmare is nearing a close. Now two years behind schedule, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is pegged for a return to digging in […]

September 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE intros EC60E excavator for big and small jobs alike with 20% power boost (PHOTOS)

Typically, when it comes to compact excavators, manufacturers like to talk about how well these machines fit in on small jobsites. And while Volvo Construction Equipment certainly says the same about the new EC60E, they’re also pretty confident it can handle a fair share work on major projects as well. As such, the company is positioning the new […]

September 28, 2015

Construction Equipment

Wheel loader operator ends high-speed chase using bucket as a barricade in Minnesota

With the turn of his bucket, a brave wheel loader operator recently put an end to a high-speed chase following a traffic stop in Minnesota. According to a report from KAAL TV, a Mower County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over 45-year-old Jerry Castilleja on Interstate 90 on the morning of September 18 for not wearing his seat […]

September 28, 2015

Technology

US Radar’s ground-penetrating radar now features Garmin GPS, split-screen display

US Radar has enhanced the company’s ground-penetrating radar systems through the integration of Garmin GPS technology and an upgraded GPS software module. US Radar’s GPS software now has a split-screen view that can simultaneously display real-time radar-mapped imagery of the jobsite, along with the operator’s choice of public-sourced maps such as Google Earth or OpenStreetMap […]

September 28, 2015

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar D10T takes on The Mountain from ‘Game of Thrones’ in a heartwarming tug of war

Ever wonder just how strong the guy who plays The Mountain in the HBO series Game of Thrones is? Apparently strong enough to stop the giant Cat D10T in its tracks. Now, while this latest installment in Cat’s Built For It trials is certainly more storybook than field test, we do see strongman Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson’s […]

September 25, 2015

Business

Caterpillar mining VP retires amid leadership shakeup

Chris Curfman, the chief mining executive at Caterpillar, will retire at the end of the year, ending a more than 20-year career at the company. Caterpillar announced the move this week amid big changes for the company, including a massive $1.5 billion cost reduction plan and a restructuring of leadership within the Mining Sales and Support Division, […]

September 25, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford unveils 2017 Super Duty trucks: redesigned aluminum body, better tow/haul, ton of tech (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

No. 15 Story in 2015 « Intro No. 14 »   We’ve seen more of Ford’s new Super Duty trucks before their actual unveiling than any pickup in recent memory. First there was the prototype that exploded in Death Valley during testing last August. Then there was that leaked photo of an F-250 in all its chromed out glory […]

September 24, 2015

Business

Caterpillar plans up to 10,000 job cuts as part of extensive $1.5 billion cost reduction plan

In the midst of a third straight year of down sales and revenues, Caterpillar has announced further cost cutting and restructuring in order to lessen the impact of what will likely be off a fourth-straight down year in 2016—a first in the company’s nearly century-long history. Planning large workforce cuts and the consolidation and closures of its […]

September 24, 2015