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Class 7-8

Tesla unveils electric semi: 500 mile range, ‘racecar’ cab, and ‘impossible to jackknife’

With a style more fitting of Star Wars than Smokey and the Bandit, Tesla’s electric semi made its twice-delayed debut Thursday in Hawthorne, Calif., the home Tesla Motors’ design center and company founder Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket factory. Promising a range of up to 500 miles at maximum weight and highway speed, the company says the Tesla […]

November 17, 2017

Pickups

SEMA 2017 brings out the best tricked out trucks, automotive artistry

Another SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) has come and gone, October 30 to November 3, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. SEMA is an association of the manufacturers of aftermarket car and truck parts and their annual show has become an amazing demonstration of the creativity and skills of America’s automotive artists and craftsmen. And […]

November 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

RoadHog turns a wheel loader into an asphalt milling machine

RoadHog has a new attachment to turn your wheel loader into an asphalt milling machine. The attachment runs on its own engine and hydraulic system, so it does not require power from the loader. The company says it is ideal for milling asphalt prior to overlay, cutting utility trenches and recycling chip and seal. It […]

November 17, 2017

Dealers

H&E Equipment Services opens new Wash. branch

H&E Equipment Services has opened a new Lynnwood, Washington-area branch, located at 12406 Mukilteo Speedway in Mulkiteo. The 13,230-square-foot facility will serve customers in northern King, Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan counties. Located on two acres, the branch has a fully-fenced and paved yard area, offices, parts warehouse and a two-bay repair shop. […]

November 17, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat unveils its first UTVs with gas and diesel models coming Summer 2018

Caterpillar today introduced its first-ever utility vehicle to meet a growing demand for tough work utility vehicles – while also expanding the company’s reach into the consumer market. The gas-powered Cat CUV82 and the diesel-powered CUV102D will roll into dealerships in summer 2018 with the manufacturer’s suggested retail prices of $14,999 and $16,299, respectively, says […]

November 16, 2017

Construction Equipment

Continental Trackman uses microchip in track tread to monitor rubber tracks

Claiming a first-of-its-kind, Continental has unveiled a track-condition monitoring concept for its Trackman rubber tracks that go on several brands of tractors. Asked whether this technology might apply to compact track loader tracks, Continental said while it currently does not these support these tracks, “it’s definitely something that we could be interested in looking at […]

November 16, 2017

Construction Equipment

Kobelco USA promotes Lumpkins, Folden to key management roles

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has promoted George Lumpkins to general manager for product marketing and developing and Ken Folden to national service manager for the excavator division. Lumpkins brings more than 45 years of industry experience to his new position, most recently as general manager with the Texas-based company. His expertise is in construction equipment […]

November 16, 2017

Home

Nickell Rental opens fourth store in LaGrange, Ga.

Nickell Rental has opened a fourth location – this one in LaGrange, Georgia, to serve western Georgia and eastern Alabama with general tool and equipment needs. Though the store serves customers of all sizes, “we do try to serve the niche market of the smaller to mid-size contractors, homeowners and do-it-yourselfers,” says John Nuzio, […]

November 16, 2017

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE intros EC27D excavator: Short-swing size with more power

Volvo Construction Equipment has updated its 2.7-ton mini excavator model saying it represents a versatile and powerful combination of concepts. Powered by a 20.9-horsepower Volvo D1.1A engine with passive regeneration, the Volvo EC27D  boasts 9,600 pounds of digging force and “impressive” lifting capacity, the company says, adding that it is similar in size to the […]

November 15, 2017

Equipment

Public workshop slated on Calif.’s proposed certification procedures for zero-emission powertrains

The California Air Resources Board (CARB), which is the government clean-air agency for California, is holding a public workshop on November 29 to discuss the development of certification procedures for zero‑emission powertrains. The proposed regulation is to support implementation of funding programs, as well as current and potential future regulatory measures for zero‑emission technologies for […]

November 15, 2017

Dealers

Deere opens Miami parts center to serve Latin America

John Deere has opened a Regional Distribution Center in Miami. The 115,000-square-foot parts facility will serve all Latin America countries, with the exception of Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, which have their own in-country centers. According to David Thorne, Deere senior vice president of sales and marketing, the center “will improve logistics cycle time and ordering […]

November 15, 2017

Vocational

The Duke is a ’72 Chevy C50 transformed into one bad work pickup

As I walked across the central show floor at SEMA earlier this month, I heard something from behind that made me turn around as I stepped into the Chevrolet booth. “F***ing awesome,” said a random guy out of my line of sight. The phrase was said at a volume that indicated not so much someone […]

November 14, 2017