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Ante, upped: JLG unveils 1850 SJ, world’s tallest telescopic boom topping out at 185+ feet

Telescopic boom lifts are reaching heights not imagined 10 years ago, when 135 feet of maximum height was pushing the envelope. Last month, Genie unveiled its 180-foot SX-180 to U.S. audiences, a machine it announced at the Bauma trade show in Germany last April. And now JLG has upped the ante by more than 5 […]

February 26, 2014

Business

U.S.-made construction equipment exports fall 25% in 2013, Canada the top destination

Following three straight years of growth, exports of construction equipment made in the U.S. fell 25 percent year-over-year in 2013. A total of $20 billion worth of equipment was shipped from the U.S. to global markets, according to analysis of Commerce Department data by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Exports to all global regions saw […]

February 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

Circle of Life: Factory that made Volvo construction equipment for 167 years is destroyed by its own machines

After being in operation for more than 167 years, a Volvo Construction Equipment hardening plant in Sweden met its own demise at the hand of the very machines it helped create. Located in Eskilstuna, Sweden, the old plant was situated in an area of town known as Munktellstaden, named after Theofron Munktell, the father of Volvo CE. The […]

February 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

How Ritchie Bros. set online records and sold $166 million worth of heavy equipment at its Orlando auction

“The Big One” has once again lived up to its name for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. During its huge annual auction in Orlando, Florida last week—the largest equipment auction in the world—Ritchie Bros. sold more than $166 million worth of heavy equipment. To give you an idea of how big this event is to the company, […]

February 24, 2014

Construction Equipment

RANKED: The top-selling financed construction equipment of the past decade

[imagebrowser id=31] Using Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates to find out the unit count winners, we calculated the top-selling construction equipment types and specific models over the past 10 years. EDA tracks financed units only—so if you bought a machine with cash or by a letter of credit, it doesn’t have the data. What’s left, however, […]

February 24, 2014

Telematics

AEMP-AEM collaborate on telematics; new data points will revolutionize mixed-fleet equipment management

A historic collaboration between the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced today will bring about a new set of voluntary standards for telematics data feeds. In practical terms, the new standards mean that you won’t have to chase down your telematics data on multiple OEM websites, but rather have […]

February 23, 2014

Construction Equipment

Down an excavator, dozer operator loads rock truck by driving on top of it

No. 9 Video in 2014 « NO. 10 NO. 8 »   At the beginning of the video below, we hear the guy behind the camera mention that he and his crew are already down a rock truck and an excavator. (For what it’s worth, it appears they were making repairs to the excavator’s bucket.) […]

February 21, 2014

Business

Much improved 4Q and stronger 2013 sales push Terex to “a good year”

Releasing fourth quarter and full year results today, Terex said it had net sales of $7.1 billion during 2013, up 1.4 percent from 2012. Fourth quarter sales were up 12-½ percent in 2013 over the previous year to $1.8 billion, and tracking closely with third quarter net sales of $1.810.6 billion. Income from 2013 continuing […]

February 19, 2014

Business

Caterpillar opens $14.8 million expansion to large engine plant in Mississippi

This past weekend, Caterpillar held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a $14.8 million expansion at its large engine manufacturing plant and warehouse in Corinth, Mississippi. Cat makes the C175 engine at the Corinth plant. The 42,000-pound, 20-cylinder, 4,000-horsepower engine is used for power generation and in mining equipment. The newly-opened expansion will house the […]

February 17, 2014

Construction Equipment

Do Look Down: Crane operator snaps breathtaking photos from 2,000 feet (GALLERY)

Crane operator Wei Gensheng had simply taken up photography as a hobby. And now, after beautifully capturing the amazing sights high above Shanghai, China that his main job treated him to each and every day, he’s an award-winning photographer. Wei is a crane operator and part of the crew building the Shanghai Tower. When completed […]

February 17, 2014

Construction Equipment

JCB’s new 525-60 telehandler offers power in a compact footprint

JCB used the American Rental Association show this week to debut its compact 525-60 Hi-Viz loader, designed to offer the performance of a full-size telehandler within a compact footprint. “It’s just 5 feet 10 inches wide, and 6 feet 3 inches tall, which gives you the ability to maneuver in confined areas,” says Stuart Fox, […]

February 14, 2014

Construction Equipment

What the heck is this massive, spider-like digger in JCB’s “Vision of the Future”?

JCB has posted a video to YouTube that has me asking a lot of questions. It’s titled “Vision of the Future” which makes sense. Cars (are they cars?) are zooming by on floating highways by an also-floating city that looks like it’s made up mostly of buildings heavily inspired by Seattle’s Space Needle. Then we […]

February 13, 2014