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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Kubota Expert Breaks Down SCL1000 Mini Skid Steer; Hyundai Bidding For Doosan Equipment? A Mini Ford Raptor? 3D-Ready Deere 210L Tractor Loaders; Tobroco-Giant G3500 Loader

New Tobroco-Giant G3500 Loader: Telescoping Boom, Bigger Loads, More Versatility Tobroco-Giant offers three different boom options with its latest compact articulating wheel loader, the Giant G3500. The standard G3500 comes with a Z-bar boom. The G3500’s X-Tra model offers higher lift capacity and increased visibility. The G3500 can also be configured with a telescoping boom […]

October 5, 2020

Construction Equipment

Six Great Attachments For Digging, Grading and Moving Dirt

When it’s time to get down into the dirt and do some digging and grading, check out these six attachments for excavators, skid steers and compact utility loaders.   Grade in 2D or 3D Level Best’s Dual Mast PD Series laser grade-control box blades come in either Topcon 2D or 3D grading versions. The blades […]

October 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

Deere Intros No-Interest Financing on Compact Equipment With No Payments for 90 Days

Following similar deals offered earlier in the year in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, John Deere is now offering no-interest financing on its lineup of compact construction equipment. As the impacts of the pandemic were first being felt this spring, Deere introduced a deal that gave customers no-interest financing and deferred payments […]

October 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

Hitachi Construction Machinery Marks 70 Years: From cable-operated shovels to integrated grade control

Hitachi Construction Machinery Company is celebrating its 70th year of full-scale production. The Japan-based company kicked off mass production of construction machinery in 1950 with the U06 cable-operated shovel. Five years later, the company added a compact (U03) and a larger model (U16). In 1965, the company introduced the first hydraulic excavator made in Japan, […]

October 2, 2020

Dealers

Fuller joins Hyundai Construction Equipment for dealer training

Mike Fuller has rejoined the product marketing team of Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas. Fuller will be responsible for product training with Hyundai dealers, focusing on excavators. He will work with Chad Parker, senior product specialist for wheel loaders,  to provide dealer sales training and materials.  “Mike is an experienced equipment professional who understands how the […]

October 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

New Compact Excavators: What Comes Standard – and What Doesn’t – Might Surprise You

Compact excavators are rapidly evolving but not all manufacturers are focusing on the same advancements as their competitors.

October 1, 2020

Construction Equipment

ARA Show joins exodus to later show dates, moves to October

The American Rental Association Show, originally scheduled for February in New Orleans, will now take place Oct. 18-20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The move has also prompted ARA to cancel its 2022 show, planned for Anaheim, California. It says it is exploring options for a “focused buyer/seller showcase in 2022 to bridge the […]

October 1, 2020

The Dirt

Kubota Expert Breaks Down SCL1000 Mini Skid Steer | The Dirt #14

The SCL1000 is Kubota’s highly anticipated entry to the mini skid steer market. In this episode of The Dirt we talk to Kubota’s construction equipment product expert Tim Boulds about why Kubota is entering this market and how they developed a unique mini skid steer that will offer class-leading capability from the get-go. Mentioned in […]

September 30, 2020

Construction Equipment

Sales up 50%, tiltrotator maker Engcon expands N.A. facilities

Saying it has seen a 50% year-over-year increase in North American orders during the first half of 2020, tiltrotator manufacturer Engcon has moved into larger facility and named Morten Solgaard its new North American managing director. Engcon says its products are appealing to both large and small contractors, which are buying Engcon’s full range of […]

September 30, 2020

Roadbuilding

DOTs around the U.S. seeking snowplow operators as well as other positions

State departments of transportation around the country are reporting hundreds of job openings for seasonal workers, with some of the jobs possibly becoming full time. “Come for the snow, stay for the mow,” is the Missouri Department of Transportation’s catchy phrase to fill more than 400 positions for snowplow and heavy-equipment operators. The DOT says […]

September 30, 2020

Construction Equipment

New Tobroco-Giant G3500 Loader: Telescoping Boom, Bigger Loads, More Versatility

Tobroco-Giant offers three different boom options with its latest compact articulating wheel loader, the Giant G3500. The standard G3500 comes with a Z-bar boom. The G3500’s X-Tra model offers higher lift capacity and increased visibility. The G3500 can also be configured with a telescoping boom for extended reach and lift. The company says the G3500 […]

September 29, 2020

Dealers

Construction equipment financing third largest in 2019 new business volume

Construction equipment financing represented 13.6 percent of U.S. equipment financing new business volume, according to a new fact sheet issued by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. The sheet is based on ELFA’s 2020 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity of its member companies, which charted 2019 new business volume on capital equipment in several industrial […]

September 29, 2020