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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Tesla electric Semi cuts costs; GMC tracked Sierra 2500HD All Mountain; Vermeer ECO75, VX75 vacuum excavators; Talbert trailer made to haul road equipment; Mack Pinnacle Test Drive; Gradall’s new XL 3300 V wheeled excavator

How much will Tesla’s electric Semi save on operating costs over diesel? How would you like to get an extra dollar for every five miles you drive? That’s one of many notable promises made by Tesla Motors at the unveiling of the electric Tesla Semi. The boast gets at the heart of what owner-operators care […]

December 5, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Deere completes Wirtgen acquisition; New England Manitowoc dealer marks 60th; Volvo adds 3 Midwest dealers; Fla.-based Linder to distribute Atlas equipment; Topcon expands Solutions Store concept

Deere completes acquisition of Wirtgen Group Exactly six months after announcing the transformative deal, Deere & Company says it has completed its acquisition of the Wirtgen Group. Plans for the $5.2 billion purchase were announced June 1 and with it John Deere becomes the first manufacturer to have crushing and screening, as well as mobile […]

December 5, 2017

Dealers

Kobelco continues expansion, adding Century Rentals and Westrax Machinery

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA is adding Century Rentals and Westrax Machinery to its dealer network growing throughout North America. “Century Rentals and Westrax Machinery are high-caliber dealerships with strong commitments to delivering outstanding customer service,” says Pete Morita, Vice President of the Excavator Division at Kobelco USA. Century Rentals of El Paso, Texas, is a family […]

December 5, 2017

Vocational

How to winterize your trucks before the cold season takes full effect

Temperatures nationwide are beginning their downward trend and some parts of the country are already seeing snowfall. In extreme temperatures, Petro-Canada Lubricants OEM Technical Liaison Brian Humphrey says lubricants can harden or become too viscous, possibly causing equipment to seize up or fail. “To avoid this situation, fleet managers and owner-operators need to use a […]

December 4, 2017

Technology

Jobsite connectivity goes project-wide with DeWalt’s Project Wifi

Usually, the only place that has decent wireless on a job is the trailer. So if you want to update building models, or even just get email if you’re far enough out in the boonies, it requires a walk that eats up time. Not to mention that the Internet demands of the job — from […]

December 4, 2017

Dealers

New England Manitowoc crane dealer marks 60th year

Shawmut Equipment is celebrating its 60th anniversary of selling and renting cranes, serving as one of Manitowoc Cranes’ leading distributors. Shawmut was founded in 1957 in Connecticut by George O’Connell as a crane distributor for Connecticut and western Massachusetts. It represents all Manitowoc crane brands: Manitowoc, Grove, National and Potain. It became one of Grove’s […]

December 4, 2017

Construction Equipment

Construction theme park Diggerland’s largest expansion yet brings a zip line, improvements to equipment playground

June will mark the fourth anniversary for the nation’s only construction equipment theme park and New Jersey-based Diggerland is hoping to finish its largest expansion yet in time for the start of the summer season. Earlier this month the park, located in West Berlin, broke ground on a multi-million dollar 7+ acre expansion, according to […]

December 1, 2017

Dealers

Deere completes acquisition of Wirtgen Group

Exactly six months after announcing the transformative deal, Deere & Company says it has completed its acquisition of the Wirtgen Group. Plans for the $5.2 billion purchase were announced June 1 and with it John Deere becomes the first manufacturer to have crushing and screening, as well as mobile equipment, all under one company. Deere […]

December 1, 2017

Dealers

Volvo CE names three new Midwest dealers

Volvo Construction Equipment has added three new dealers in South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. TranSource Truck & Equipment Inc. is now an official Volvo dealer in South Dakota. In Iowa, Housby Heavy Equipment has become a Volvo dealer, and so has Wise Heavy Equipment in Nebraska. TranSource takes over in South Dakota TranSource, based in Sioux […]

December 1, 2017

Construction Equipment

Excavator walks a tightrope

We saw a dozer do it and we thought, surely no one else is dumb enough to try something like this. Turns out we were kind of wrong. I say “kind of” because this scenario is a far more controlled situation than that dozer attempt we first saw a couple years back. This is a […]

November 30, 2017

Construction Equipment

Vermeer ECO75, VX75 vacuum excavators fill mid-range gap

The Vermeer ECO75 and VX75 from McLaughlin are designed to fill a gap in the mid-range vacuum excavator market, for use on compact job sites, production potholing, setting power poles or fluid management during directional drilling, the company says. Both the ECO75 truck-mounted and VX75 trailer-mounted vacuum excavators feature a 5-inch boom option designed to […]

November 30, 2017

Trailers

Talbert 55CC-RP trailer made to haul road equipment

Talbert’s new 55-Ton Roller Paver trailer can handle such heavy equipment as rollers, pavers, excavators and dozers. Talbert also designed the 55CC-RP trailer with dual kingpin settings, so it can be operated empty without a permit in states with 43-foot kingpin laws. Talbert achieved this by adjusting the trailer’s deck length, gooseneck radiuses and rear […]

November 30, 2017