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Business

John Deere makes huge gains in construction equipment sales during 2014, but ag slowdown brings full-year profit down 11%

After smashing earnings records in 2013, three straight down quarters due to a global farming slowdown resulted in an unfavorable fiscal 2014 for John Deere, and the company expects things to only get worse in 2015. The company announced a profit decrease of 11 percent to $3.162 billion during fiscal year 2014, which ended October […]

December 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Why 3- to 4-ton compact excavators are just the right size to get most jobs done

Three- to 4-ton compact excavators seem to be just the right size. “Positioned in the middle of the compact range, these machines go where bigger machines cannot and dig and lift what smaller units are unable to do,” says Jake Jeffords of JCB. Because of their versatility and the inclusion of popular features as […]

November 30, 2014

Roadbuilding

Juvenile causes more than $23,000 damage to construction equipment

A juvenile has been charged with destruction of property after allegedly causing $23,500 in damage to highway construction equipment at a St. Leonard, Maryland site. The 17-year-old allegedly pulled wires out of the vehicles at the road construction site which led to equipment being damaged and destroyed. The juvenile was located and charged on Nov. 12 and […]

November 28, 2014

Construction Equipment

Backhoe uses buddy system, descends wall with a lift from another backhoe on the ground

There are lots of ways to get a backhoe down from on top of various objects. Some are conventional and very safe and to certain people, also boring. The crew in the video below turned removing a backhoe from on top of a short wall into one of the most unnecessary challenges we can remember. […]

November 28, 2014

Construction Equipment

Miller Electric’s Millermatic 190 and 141 MIG welders automatically provide weld settings

Handle light fabrication, maintenance and repair with the MIG and flux-cored capable Millermatic 190 and Millermatic 141 MIG welders from Miller Electric, which replace the Millermatic 180 Auto-Set and Millermatic 140 Auto-Set. The 190 has 240 volts of input power and welds material from 24 gauge to 5/16-inch-thick in a single pass, and the 120-volt […]

November 28, 2014

Construction Equipment

Man gets jail time for bungee jumping 140 feet from crane on Wisconsin construction site

A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for breaking into a Sheboygan construction site and then bungee jumping 138 feet from a crane. According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, 26-year-old Nicholas Propson climbed a fence to enter the jobsite and then scaled the crane before making the bungee jump—all in the name […]

November 26, 2014

Construction Equipment

Michelin opens dedicated plant for airless Tweel tire; coming to mowers next, could cars and trucks be far behind?

Shortly after the New Year, we awarded Michelin with one of our 2014 Innovations awards for their Tweel airless tire. Introduced as a concept more than a decade ago, Michelin brought the Tweel to market in 2013 and made it available only for skid steers. The tire’s well-documented resiliency on construction sites has made it clear […]

November 26, 2014

Construction Equipment

Fecon’s new RTF230 rubber tire mulching tractor handles ROW maintenance, snow removal

Fecon has launched the new RTF230 rubber tire mulching tractor, featuring a 230-horsepower engine and 75-gpm, 6,000-psi flow to the hydraulic or PTO attachment. The four-wheel-drive, four-wheel-steer machine has a center mounted engine and hydraulic drive train for a low center of gravity and even balance, and easily handles climbing slopes. The RTF230 can achieve […]

November 26, 2014

Construction Equipment

Komatsu launches D155AX-8 crawler dozer with performance, fuel efficiency boosts

Komatsu has launched the latest addition to its lineup of crawler dozers with the new D155AX-8, touting increased performance thanks to a new blade along with a Tier 4 Final engine. The new machine has an operating weight of 89,300 pounds and is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D140E-7 engine. The Tier 4 Final engine integrates […]

November 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

Semi truck jumps over F1 car, lands 83 feet later to set a world record

If you were wondering what the coolest way to nearly destroy an 18-wheeler is, we’ve got your answer. In the video below, you’ll witness a semi truck hit a ramp and clear an F1 car racing just beneath the truck’s tires, before crashing back down to the earth. The driver of the truck is Mike […]

November 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

2015 Ford F-150 grabs best fuel economy of all gas-powered full-size trucks thanks to 2.7L EcoBoost V6, lighter aluminum body

Ever since Ford’s unveiling of the 2015 F-150, the truck’s aluminum body and the addition of a 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 to the available power options have had us all eagerly awaiting just what type of fuel economy this new truck would get. That aluminum body shaves 732 pounds off the F-150’s previous weight and the […]

November 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

Doosan’s new DA30-5 and DA40-5 articulated dump trucks lower cost-per-ton rate (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=153] With the 365-net-horsepower DA30-5 and 490-net-horsepower DA40-5, Doosan has launched two new articulated dump trucks featuring fuel-efficient Scania DC9 and DC13 engines, respectively. The 51,588-pound DA30-5 has a 61,729-pound payload rating with a 23.3-cubic-yard heaped capacity, 9-foot, 10-inch loading height and a maximum speed of 36 mph. The 71,107-pound DA40-5 has a payload […]

November 24, 2014