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Construction Equipment

2015 Innovations Awards: The 3 biggest game-changing construction machines of the year

Our 2015 Innovation award winners include an excavator that goes into semi-automatic mode every time you get close to the target surface, a pickup truck body that was the talk of 2014 and a generator with massive capabilities to give power to remote – even Third World – job sites and communities. Go with us […]

January 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

John Deere’s 244K and 324K compact wheel loaders deliver tight turning radius, increased hydraulic flow (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=166] John Deere’s newest compact machines, the 244K and 324K compact wheel loaders, deliver features specifically requested by the company’s customers, says Doug Laufenberg, product marketing manager for compact wheel loaders. The loaders, which offer a range of improvements when compared to their predecessors, the J-Series models, feature tight turning, standard shift on fly […]

January 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

Kobelco to build excavator plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Kobelco Construction Machinery announced it will build an excavator plant near Spartanburg, South Carolina. The plant will start producing 1,800 units of an as-yet unspecified 20-metric-ton model in January 2016. The 85-acre site will be operated by Kobelco Construction Machinery U.S.A, which now markets five conventional excavators, including the 48,500-pound SK210LC, four compact excavators, six […]

January 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

Residents of small Oregon town use bulldozer, snow to fight and contain large fire

With no fire department of their own, the residents of a small town in central Oregon banded together in sub-zero temperatures last week to fight a large fire, using whatever was at their disposal. According to a report from KTVZ TV, the blaze began in the early hours of December 31 with temperatures at -11 […]

January 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: This monster Liebherr excavator is single-handedly digging a tunnel for Europe’s biggest infrastructure project

No. 13 Story in 2015 « No. 14 No. 12 » [imagebrowser id=165] While Americans fuss and fume over our crumbling infrastructure, the Germans are forging ahead with Stuttgart 21, the largest infrastructure project currently under construction in Europe. And as is typical with German infrastructure builds, the project is ahead of schedule and under […]

January 7, 2015

Business

Larry Weyers named president of Manitowoc Cranes, Etchart steps down to VP role

Eric Etchart is stepping down from his role of president at Manitowoc Cranes and into a vice president role as part of The Manitowoc Company’s succession plan for Etchart’s upcoming retirement. Etchart has served as president of the cranes business for the past eight years. He has a planned retirement in the coming years, according to a […]

January 7, 2015

Dealers

Quick Data: New and used backhoe sales for January 2015

January 6, 2015

Construction Equipment

More than 100 JCB machines aboard tipped-over cargo ship that ran aground near English island

More than 100 JCB machines worth millions of dollars are in jeopardy of being lost after a cargo ship ran aground and nearly tipped over on a small bank near the Isle of Wight in England. According to the BBC, the Hoegh Osaka began listing shortly after leaving the port of Southampton January 3. About 90 minutes […]

January 6, 2015

Business

R. Barry Uber, former president of Ingersoll-Rand Construction and Mining Group, dies at 69

Barry Uber, a 30-year veteran of Ingersoll-Rand, passed away on Dec. 31 in Springfield, Vermont. Uber began his career at Ingersoll-Rand in 1967, starting as a sales engineer. He held positions in the company’s construction machinery sales, service and rental areas, and later served as vice president and general manager of Ingersoll-Rand’s Road Machinery Division […]

January 6, 2015

Construction Equipment

The Top 14 Construction and Heavy Equipment Stories of 2014

In these last hours of 2014, it’s easy to look forward to getting 2015 underway, especially for those in the construction industry. After all, work is finally picking back up, jobs are available again and 2015 might be the year things really start taking off again. However, it’d be a shame to forget just how […]

December 31, 2014

Construction Equipment

This carbon fiber drone is technically a toy, but its indestructible design is perfect for construction use

One of the best, and perhaps worst, things about drones is that they blur the line between tool and toy. It’s why drones, or Unmanned Aerial Systems, are in such a regulatory gray area. Despite their great potential to be used for both good an bad ends, the Federal Aviation Administration underestimated the technology years ago […]

December 31, 2014

Construction Equipment

2015 Ford F-150 VelociRaptor boosts 5L V8 to 600+ hp; more muscle than mudder (PHOTOS)

Ford’s F-150 Raptor 4×4 turned out to be such a success for the automaker that at one point it had to ramp up production by nearly 70 percent just to meet demand. Pretty impressive for a pickup with a base price of $44,000. One of the unfortunate side effects of the 2015 F-150’s aluminum redesign […]

December 30, 2014