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Construction Equipment

Vintage dozer kills 2 people in freak accident in Ohio

What should have been a happy day for a lover of heavy equipment turned tragic last week when an accident involving a vintage bulldozer killed two people in Ohio. According to a report from WKYC TV, 44-year-old Kevin “Scott” Moore and 39-year-old Barb Hammer were run over and killed by the dozer in what appears […]

August 24, 2015

Dealers

Case donates backhoe to community college and more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

CNH Industrial and Case donate backhoe to Southeastern Community College CNH Industrial and CASE Construction Equipment’s Burlington, Iowa, plant donated a CASE 580N backhoe loader to Southeastern Community College. The college’s Construction Technology and Agriculture programs will use the backhoe for student training and instruction as well as special class projects. It will also be […]

August 24, 2015

Safety

Boom lift overturns, killing worker on Massachusetts jobsite

A worker in Massachusetts was killed last week when the boom lift he was working from toppled over. According to a report from the Taunton Gazette, 48-year-old Kevin Miranda was part of a crew performing an inspection of a large smokestack for Skyline Contracting and Roofing when the machine flipped over August 17. The smokestack is […]

August 24, 2015

Construction Equipment

Takeuchi improves uptime with new large frame TS80 skid steers

Takeuchi has added to their skid steer product line with the TS80, the largest model in the company’s lineup. Featuring a 74-horsepower Tier 4 Final Deutz engine, the TS80 delivers 192 lbs.-ft. of torque at 1,800 rpm, and also has a maintenance-free diesel oxidation catalyst that requires no regeneration, cleaning or diesel exhaust fluid. The […]

August 21, 2015

Business

John Deere feels impact of energy slowdown in 3Q as construction equipment sales fall 13%

After a third quarter that brought more severe decreases in sales and profit, John Deere has cut its forecast for the rest of the year as the company now faces slowed demand for construction equipment alongside an existing farming slump. Deere sales fell 20 percent during the quarter to $7.6 billion while profit dropped 40 percent […]

August 21, 2015

Technology

Sharpening the saw: AEMP’s 2015 Asset Management Symposium to focus on how telematics can improve safety

Everybody knows telematics can improve productivity, but fleet managers and contractors are just beginning to discover how this technology plays a big role in making heavy equipment and trucking safer. That’s the theme for the Association of Equipment Management Professionals yearly Asset Management Symposium, which will be held October 6-8, in Cleveland, Ohio. The education […]

August 21, 2015

Technology

SiteAware, a LIDAR/camera unit, gives equipment operators 360-degree vision (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Inspired by the lane-keeping, radar and camera systems that have been improving safety and all the while forming the foundation for fully-autonomous vehicles in the automobile industry, Volvo Construction Equipment and Carnegie Mellon University have provided a peek at a still-in-development system which seeks to give heavy equipment operators 360-degree vision. Citing construction industry deaths nearing 1,000 […]

August 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Man arrested after climbing 10-story crane to take a selfie

If this guy is any indication, in Wisconsin they take their selfies a bit more seriously than the rest of us. According to Channel 3000 news, a passerby noticed a man climbing a construction crane around 6:20 a.m at a downtown construction site in Madison and notified police. When officers arrived, the 25-year old man […]

August 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

FIRST DRIVE: 2016 Toyota Tacoma 4×4 an impressive upgrade in initial testing (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Toyota has always taken their time when it comes to making generational changes to their pickups, the Tacoma being no exception. In fact, the last time the company’s best selling mid-size pickup saw any significant changes was in 2005 when the “second-generation” Tacoma, which was first introduced in 1995, rolled out with a new powertrain and body […]

August 19, 2015

Business

Not even Caterpillar can escape Donald Trump’s disses

In perhaps a prime example of just how far Donald Trump will reach to underscore his “Make America Great Again” slogan, the Republican presidential candidate has called out Caterpillar’s recent financial performance as evidence of how far the country has apparently fallen. “People are buying Komatsu tractors instead of Caterpillar tractors. I’m telling you, we’re in […]

August 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Vanway linear crushers help county and road builder improve gravel roadwork efficiency

A Montana county and an Idaho road construction firm are finding linear crushers, which crush and position rock in one pass, to be major money and time savers when working on gravel roads. Mining, oil, timber and agriculture industries in the two states rely heavily on well-maintained gravel roads for reaching work areas and transporting […]

August 19, 2015

Business

Bobcat, Doosan break ground on $9.5 million expansion of West Fargo HQ (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Company executives and a fleet of Bobcat buckets recently broke ground on a $9.5 million expansion of the Bobcat/Doosan North America headquarters. In a video from the event, Rich Goldsbury, president of Bobcat and Doosan North America, explained that the companies had simply outgrown their current headquarters, built in 2000 in West Fargo, North Dakota. “This […]

August 19, 2015