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Construction Equipment

Chevrolet’s new box delete Colorado model makes it the first midsize work truck

Just in case you were wondering how serious or invested General Motors is in its new midsize pickups, the answer is, pretty darn serious. By the time GM had unveiled the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, the automaker was talking up these trucks’ capability just as much as their fuel efficiency. And when they launched earlier this […]

March 5, 2015

Construction Equipment

Heavier front axles give Kenworth’s T370 more brawn in construction applications

Kenworth announced it will begin offering heavier front axles on its T370 Class 7 work truck. The truck maker will now offer 18,000-pound and 20,000-pound front axles on the T370 when equipped with the 350-horsepower PACCAR PX-9 engine. The heavier axles will allow owners and operators to, “put more weight on the front ends in fuel hauling, dump, […]

March 4, 2015

Construction Equipment

New ZX17U-5, ZX26U-5 bring Tier 4 Final engines to Hitachi’s smallest excavators

Hitachi has updated its smallest compact excavators with new Tier 4 Final engines that require no diesel exhaust fluid. The new ZX17U-5 and ZX26U-5 compact excavators, boasting 14.5 horsepower and 20 hp, respectively, are designed for a range of jobs including commercial and residential building, site development and rental.. The ZX17U-5 weighs 3,790 pounds and the ZX26U-5 […]

March 4, 2015

Construction Equipment

Contractors put in 1,000s of hours with top-selling heavy equipment for Equipment World Reader Reviews

Face to face most contractors are brutally honest when they talk about equipment. But it has always been a challenge for us to get an objective consensus. So this year we set out to get our readers, the experts in the dirt who use these machines day-in and day-out, to tell us, on a scale […]

March 4, 2015

Construction Equipment

Jenny Products fills gap in product line with 6.5 hp C Series air compressors

Jenny Products’ four wheeled portable air compressors, the C Series, feature a 6.5-horsepower Honda engines, filling a gap between the company’s 5.5- and 9-horsepower models. The C Series compressors have single-stage pumps and deliver 9.8 cfm at 125 psi, and are available with 8-, 15-, 17- and 30-gallon air tanks. Constructed of cast iron for […]

March 3, 2015

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Real-world Equipment Reviews: Experts pass verdict on Cat 336E L, Case 580 Super N, Bobcat S650 after 1,000s of hours

It’s a type of article you’ve requested for years and a challenge we’ve struggled with: how to create unbiased, contractor-based reviews of heavy equipment. We hear opinions, but one or two opinions does not an article make. But we finally found our solution. Click here to head to Equipment World Reviews!

March 3, 2015

Technology

Telematics-equipped Case, New Holland construction equipment will soon have satellite connectivity

CNH Industrial will update its construction telematics solutions with the ability to transmit machine data even when operating on jobsites outside of cellular networks. The company has reached an agreement with Iridium Communications Inc., a global satellite communications provider to integrate Iridium’s network into both Case SiteWatch and New Holland Fleet Force. Both SiteWatch and […]

March 2, 2015

Safety

Gear Keeper retractable lanyards tether your tools to you for safety and convenience

It’s a bummer when you are high up on a beam or roof and your tape measure falls to the ground. It’s a lot more of a bummer when it hits somebody. Gear Keeper’s TL-1 3015 integrated elastic webbing has a short (33-inch) retraction length and a long extension (51 inches) so it doesn’t get […]

March 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

Used heavy equipment values, auction sales fall in January

The Rouse Rental Report for January activity indicated an 0.9-percent decrease to 46.2 percent in orderly liquidation values (OLV) from December across the 14 rental categories the organization tracks monthly. The OLV figure is “a percentage of replacement cost for the average age of equipment sold within that category.” This was a slight dip for the index, […]

March 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

Wirtgen launches Tier 4 interim SP 25i slipform paver

Wirtgen America’s new SP 25i slipform paver offers Tier 4 interim-compliant emissions, an update for the current SP 25 line. The new model features a 154-hp Deutz TCD 4.1 L4 engine, and offers the same 12-foot-wide paving capacity, ability to place barriers and/or parapets up to 6.5 feet, and ability to quickly convert from left-side […]

March 2, 2015

Business

CNH Industrial to lay off more than 200 factory workers at Nebraska, North Dakota plants

CNH Industrial has confirmed indefinite layoffs at two plants in response to, “market conditions,” as the farm and construction equipment manufacturer continues to deal with a global agricultural slowdown. According to a report from KFGO AM, CNH will lay off 80 full-time workers at its Fargo, North Dakota, plant, while the Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent reports […]

March 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

Thief takes wheel loader for destructive joyride through Kansas City neighborhood

After stealing the machine from a Kansas City, Missouri, jobsite, a man went on a joyride through the surrounding neighborhood racking up thousands of dollars in property damage along the way. According to a report from KCTV 5, the loader belonged to Britz Wrecking and was taken from the site around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Along […]

February 26, 2015