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Business

CNH Industrial taps Leica Geosystems to provide machine control solutions for Case, New Holland equipment

CNH Industrial announced this morning that it has chosen Leica Geosystems to provide its construction equipment brands with machine control. Leica will provide both factory-installed and aftermarket machine control solutions for Case and New Holland Construction excavators, dozers and graders. Eventually, Leica will provide machine control to the entire CNH Industrial lineup. According to the […]

April 1, 2014

Business

How to save money and protect equipment by creating an anti-idling policy at your construction company

In construction bids, nobody likes to leave money on the table. Yet the biggest controllable expense—fuel cost—is rarely scrutinized for savings. That’s unfortunate, given that the average idle time for heavy equipment is 40 percent, says Komatsu’s Ken Calvert. Komatsu started putting telematics on its machines in 2006. When they looked at the aggregate data […]

April 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Understanding your pickup’s max payload capacity and how helper springs make a smooth ride of a heavy load

Hauling 55-gallon drums of diesel, a bed full of pit run gravel or pallets of undercarriage parts are an every day occurrence for many pickup drivers who multitask around heavy construction, aggregates, landscaping and other businesses involved in moving dirt, sand and rock. We use pickups as a tool to haul loads and tow trailers […]

April 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

How to get the most work out of your compact track loader

Compared to skid steer loaders, compact track loaders cost more, have slower travel speeds, are better in soft underfoot conditions, and handle slopes better. Common knowledge. But if your assessment of the performance of CTLs and their potential for your business stops with the commonplace, you can’t make the right decisions regarding their use. Cost […]

April 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar to defend tax strategy before U.S. Senate today, will likely receive support from John McCain

Caterpillar has confirmed an earlier report by saying it is scheduled to testify in a U.S. Senate hearing on whether the company illegally shifted profits overseas to avoid paying federal taxes. According to a report from Reuters, the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations headed by Michigan Democrat Sen. Carl Levin, prepared a report that focuses on Caterpillar corporate […]

March 31, 2014

Business

Wacker Neuson achieves revenue, profit goals for 2013, expects to continue growth in 2014

Releasing 2013 financial results, German manufacturer Wacker Neuson says its group revenue rose 6 percent to just under $1.6 billion over the previous year, a result dampened somewhat by currency fluctuations. Cem Peksaglam, CEO, says the company was able to further expand its market position, particularly in the company’s Americas region, which experienced an increase […]

March 31, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator destroys bridge with one nudge, creates huge wave in domino effect

In this video from China, we see one of the most beautiful bridge demolitions ever. We only get to see the final nudge that broke the bridge’s back, but we’d have to imagine some very careful weakening of the structure had to have preceded it. Nonetheless, the domino effect and the wave produced by the […]

March 28, 2014

Dealers

JLG tapped United Rentals Supplier of the Year, Doosan adds a dealer, Terex Cranes taps new VP in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition every week! JLG receives United Rentals Strategic Supplier of the […]

March 28, 2014

Business

Report: Senate panel investigating Caterpillar for avoiding taxes

A U.S. Senate panel that has investigated Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Apple for avoiding paying federal taxes has now turned its attention to Caterpillar, according to a report from Bloomberg. The panel is investigating whether Caterpillar shifted profits overseas to avoid paying taxes, the report says, citing three anonymous sources. In early April, the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee […]

March 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

The ConExpo 2014 Experience: Tour the largest heavy equipment show in North America

In the weeks since we were in the middle of ConExpo 2014, we’ve had some time to go through all of our coverage and all of the video we shot during our stay and compile a video that we feel sums up the experience of the largest trade show in North America. There’s a bit […]

March 26, 2014

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE’s new DD25B double drum compactor delivers fuel savings, easy maintenance

Volvo Construction Equipment’s new DD25B double drum compactor combines high productivity with reduced fuel consumption with, offering a 7-percent decrease in fuel from the previous engine. Powered by a Tier 4 Final three-cylinder 25-horsepower engine, the DD25B conforms to EPA emissions standards without the added cost of an aftertreatment system. The DD25B delivers high frequency […]

March 26, 2014

Construction Equipment

10 ConExpos and counting: How construction’s big show has evolved

This was my 10th ConExpo. Since the show used to be every six years, and now is every three years, that pretty much equates to dog years in Trade Editor Land. As such, I have some old codger memories of North America’s largest equipment show. Cue creaky voiceover: It was in 1981…  and the tower-crane dominated city […]

March 25, 2014