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Dealers

Quick Data: New and used wheel loader sales for July 2015

July 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

Watch a Caterpillar 797 mining truck manufactured and crane-assembled in this awesome time-lapse

Anyone who’s had the thrill of standing next to a Cat 797 mining truck knows the machine is larger than life. So, it should come as no surprise that the task of manufacturing such a machine is a bit…involved. For instance, some of you might be unaware that the trucks are so massive they are only […]

July 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

Vandals pee in cabs of contractor’s equipment, ride a bike down newly-poured sidewalk in Michigan

A contractor in Michigan recently endured a rough week where thousands of dollars of vandalism was done to equipment and finished work. According to a report from the Traverse City Record-Eagle, vandals began the week of June 15 by tipping over porta-potties at the site of a sidewalk project being performed by Team Elmer’s, a firm […]

July 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE unveils EC140E excavator with improved cab, more precise control (PHOTOS)

Continuing its E-Series excavator introductions, which began last year at ConExpo, Volvo Construction Equipment launched the EC140E at its annual Volvo Days event in Eskilstuna, Sweden, last week. The 119-horsepower unit has an 8,200-pound maximum lifting capacity, and an 18-foot 3-inch dig depth. “The really big news on the E Series is the cab,” says […]

June 30, 2015

Oils & lubricants

PHOTOS: Tearing apart a Detroit Diesel DD15 engine to see how well it holds up with the new PC-11 lube oil

A massive amount of lab work goes into formulating a new heavy-duty diesel engine oil. But when the guys in the white coats have had their say, every prototype oil goes through extensive field trials. Shell Lubricants has put about 40-million miles on some 450 vehicles to field test its oil for the upcoming PC-11 […]

June 30, 2015

Business

Liebherr to take over production of Claas Scorpion ag telehandlers under new deal

Under a new agreement between the two companies, Liebherr will begin manufacturing the Scorpion agricultural telehandlers for fellow European manufacturer Claas in 2018. Liebherr will take over manufacturing of the Scorpion from Kramer-Werke, a subsidiary of Wacker Neuson. Kramer and Claas have announced their partnership will conclude at the end of 2017. Kramer has manufactured the […]

June 30, 2015

Business

Carolina Cat Power Systems completes construction of 10-acre solar farm

The construction of a 10-acre solar farm, led by Carolina Cat Power Systems, is nearing completion. Scheduled to open within the next few days, the farm, located in the city of Shelby, will contain 9,828 solar panels. The farm will be capable of producing 3 megawatts of electricity—enough to power about 250 homes. Duke Energy […]

June 30, 2015

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Excavator operator strikes 400 live WWII grenades buried beneath jobsite

Though he wasn’t exactly sure of what he had struck at the time, an excavator operator in Austria likely needed a drink later on, once police informed him he’d made a potentially explosive discovery. According to a report from the Associated Press, the operator went to police after his excavator bucket struck metal on a jobsite […]

June 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Print your own F-150 Raptor or Ford GT with the automaker’s new 3D Store

Remember those halcyon days of model car building? Carefully popping those plastic pieces apart before piecing them together? The smell of the paint fumes and the pride of finding a spot on the shelf? While scale model cars might not be as popular as they once were, Ford is—knowingly or not—providing us with a bit […]

June 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Mythbusters get help from Ditch Witch for crop circle construction

Anyone familiar with Discovery’s popular show Mythbusters knows the incredible lengths the show’s hosts will go to to put myths, assumptions and pop culture references to the test in the pursuit of truth. And now it appears the show is tackling extraterrestrial messages with the help of Ditch Witch. In a tweet posted June 10, Mythbusters host Adam […]

June 26, 2015

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Man arrested after attacking neighbor’s home with a backhoe in New York

A New York man was arrested over the weekend after attempting to end a dispute with a neighbor by attacking the man’s home with a backhoe. According to a release from the New York State Police, troopers responded to a call in High Falls Sunday where 51-year-old William D. Dalton is accused of doing quite a bit of damage […]

June 26, 2015

Construction Equipment

Drunk guy wanders onto jobsite, is subdued by workers after trying to operate a backhoe

As if workers don’t have enough to worry about while trying to get their work done on a busy jobsite, a crew in Wisconsin had to wrestle down a drunk man who decided to take a backhoe for a spin last week. According to a report from WBAY TV, a drunk, 58-year-old man wandered onto […]

June 25, 2015