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Dealers

Bobcat of Olympia open in Wash.

Bobcat of Olympia is now part of the Bobcat dealer network. Located at 3121 Pacific Ave. S.E. in Olympia, Washington the branch will offer new, used and rental equipment. The Olympia branch is part of Bobcat of the Pacific Northwest, which has six locations in the southern Washington and northern Idaho regions: Seattle, Spokane, Yakima, […]

November 28, 2019

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch’s new RT80 brings heavy-duty trenching to tight jobsites

Ditch Witch has redesigned its RT80 ride-on trencher for fitting into narrower spaces on urban and rural jobsites where larger trenchers can’t go. The mid-sized trencher can also be moved from job to job easier with a modular design for quickly changing between tracks and tires in the field. It can be transported with a […]

November 27, 2019

Dealers

Deere sees 2019 sales rise 5%; forecasts 2020 construction equipment sales to drop 10-15%

Deere & Company reported that net sales and revenues increased 5 percent in both the fourth quarter and fiscal full-year 2019. Net equipment sales were $8.703 billion for the quarter and $34.886 billion for the year, compared to fiscal 2018’s $8.343 billion and $33.351 billion, respectively. Continuing negatives for Deere include agricultural sector uncertainties, lingering […]

November 27, 2019

Dealers

EquipmentShare adds Link-Belt equipment to four locations

EquipmentShare has added Link-Belt excavators, material handlers and attachments to the following locations: 2828 US Hwy 80 West, Savannah, GA 31408 4205 I-70 Drive SE, Columbia, MO 65201  2919 East Napoleon Street, Sulphur (Lake Charles), LA 70663 412 International Circle, Summerville (Charleston), SC 29483 “EquipmentShare has exceptional personnel, sales and product service experience to support […]

November 27, 2019

ConExpo-Con/Agg

PHIL’s new Positive Seal Autogate Tailgate to be highlighted at ConExpo 2020

Phillippi-Hagenbuch’s (PHIL) new Positive Seal Autogate Tailgate is designed for off-highway trucks and roll-off containers that require a 100-percent seal. Paired with PHIL’s fluidic seal material, the tailgate creates a water-tight seal to contain liquids, a feature that can be critical in environmentally sensitive areas. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store […]

November 26, 2019

Dealers

Felling Trailers names Michael Pitts northwestern sales manager

Felling Trailers, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, has named Michael Pitts as its northwestern sales manager, responsible for all sales development, activity and dealer support in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Pitts is charged with achieving market share objectives, training and product support with the existing dealer base and developing new dealers within his […]

November 26, 2019

Construction Equipment

New Power Curbers 5700-D curb-gutter paver makes it easier to go stringless

Power Curbers will roll out the next generation of its most popular curb and gutter concrete slipform paver in January, with an eye toward making it easier for contractors to go to stringless 3D paving. The new Power Curber 5700-D, which replaces the 5700-C, will come ready to be quickly connected to any of the […]

November 25, 2019

Construction Equipment

JLG’s SkySense warns aerial-lift operators from hitting obstacles

JLG has expanded the use of its SkySense obstacle-detection system to most of its boom and scissor lifts, the company says. The system establishes warning zones and sets stop distances as the aerial platform moves, and it sounds an alarm and emits a visual warning when the platform nears an object. The system’s sensors automatically […]

November 25, 2019

Technology

Survey: Contractors grossly underutilizing telematics systems, leaving money on the table; time constraints, lack of understanding to blame

Monitoring your fleet with telematics tools is one of the best tools you can use—unless you don’t use it. And, as it turns out, most contractors aren’t doing much—or all that they could—with the technology. That’s one of the key findings in a survey recently completed by Teletrac Navman. Even though 90 percent of the […]

November 25, 2019

Dealers

Construction equipment sales in the digital age: How dealer salespeople can reach and serve today’s customers

Machine technologies and digital communication tools have redefined the game of selling heavy equipment  — new players, new tools and some new rules now apply, even though the basic construction playing field is familiar. The question dealer principals and sales managers have to answer is: What will make my team more effective than my competitors? […]

November 25, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat intros 299D3 XE Land Management CTL; Liebherr’s electric drilling rig; Video: Cat’s new D5 dozer; Chevy Colorado ZR2 gets new design for 2021; JCB shatters own world record for fastest tractor

JCB Fastrac hits 153 mph to shatter its own world record for fastest tractor Apparently setting one world record in 2019 wasn’t enough for the folks at JCB. Following record-breaking runs in June that made the JCB Fastrac the world’s fastest tractor, the team has managed another series of test track runs that have left […]

November 25, 2019

Construction Equipment

Rototilt redesigns 5 tiltrotators for smoother operation, precision

Rototilt has spent the past year updating its tiltrotators for longer life, smoother operation and increased precision, the company says. The updates have been added to the R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 tiltrotator models, which fit excavators ranging from 6 to 32 metric tons. Tiltrotators are designed to rotate attachments 360 degrees and tilt […]

November 22, 2019