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Construction Equipment

Toro unveils the DD2226, its first in-house designed HDD

Toro kicked off ICUEE 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday with the debut of a brand new horizontal directional drill—the company’s first designed by Toro engineers. After five years of re-branding and making “tweaks,” as marketing director Neil Borenstein called them, to the Astec Underground HDDs Toro acquired back in 2012, the DD2226 represents the […]

October 4, 2017

Vocational

BrandFX now offers all-composite truck bodies with introduction of UltimateFX understructure

Since the 1980s BrandFX has built lightweight truck bodies from a fiberglass-based composite the company says “compares favorably with that of heavier steel bodies, and far exceeds that of aluminum.” The company’s latest EverLast bodies are no exception, offering fuel savings over the course of five years of $275,580 over a steel body. But after […]

October 4, 2017

Construction Equipment

VMAC intros Honda-powered G30 gas-engine-driven air compressor

VMAC released its G30 gas-engine-driven air compressor the opening day of ICUEE Tuesday, now with a Honda GX390 gas engine that offers up to 30 cfm at 100-percent duty cycle. “VMAC’s G30 has always been the lightest, smallest and most affordable gas engine-driven air compressor in the industry, and now with the change to the […]

October 4, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat autonomous fleet grows; Mack unveils Anthem; Komatsu D375A-8; International unveils HV Series; Atlas Copco redesigns QAS generators

Redesigned Atlas Copco QAS generators smaller, more efficient Atlas Copco’s eight-model lineup of QAS generators has undergone an overhaul to make them easier to transport, operate and maintain, the company says. Read More   Mack unveils Anthem, a brand new on-highway tractor Mack Trucks on Wednesday upped its ante in the company’s on-highway business with […]

October 4, 2017

Trailers

Talbert’s new 35CC trailer designed for unloading equipment in tight spaces

Talbert’s new 35CC-HRG lowbed trailer, unveiled Tuesday at the ICUEE show in Louisville, Kentucky, is designed to load and unload construction equipment in tight spaces with its beavertail and ramps. The beavertail and spring-assisted ramp, which can be raised and lowered, allows operators to drive equipment over the back of the trailer without having to […]

October 4, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: IEDA issues used equipment price guide; KM adds Southeastern Equipment; Deutz opens Chicago Service Center; Macaskill joins Ritchie Bros. Financial

Southeastern Equipment to offer KM road maintenance products KM International has added Southeastern Equipment Co. to its dealer network to expand into northern Indiana. Southeastern will sell and rent KM’s full line of road maintenance products, which include asphalt recyclers, hotbox reclaimers and crack sealers. The company’s infrared asphalt recyclers will also be carried by […]

October 4, 2017

Construction Equipment

Astec Industries acquires RexCon in $26 million cash deal

Astec Industries has bought the assets of RexCon LLC, a concrete batch plant manufacturer based in Burlington, Wisconsin, for $26 million cash. “The acquisition of RexCon reflects our stated strategy to drive focused growth, both organically and through acquisitions of strong companies, that serve the infrastructure, aggregate and mining, and energy industries,” said Astec CEO […]

October 4, 2017

Vocational

Chevy’s Navistar-built work trucks will be Silverados

During an event at the State Fair of Texas, General Motors announced that the Chevy-branded medium duty work trucks it has been developing in partnership with Navistar will be called the Silverado 4500 and Silverado 5500. The trucks, announced in October 2015 and set to launch in late 2018, represent a long-awaited return to the […]

October 3, 2017

Dealers

How does the No. 1 rental firm dispose of its equipment?

This is Part 5 of a five-part series on used equipment. Click here to see the other parts of the series. Click here to download the full version of the Used Equipment Report. United Rentals is the definition of a large fleet: The company rents out about 3,200 classes of heavy equipment with a total […]

October 3, 2017

Dealers

New Deutz Service Center Chicago to serve parts of Ill., Ind.

Deutz Service Center Chicago is opening in Elgin, Illinois, to serve the northern and east central part of the state as well as Northern Indiana. The new service center will provide regular maintenance and emergency service for Deutz engines, as well as provide Deutz parts and fluids. Technicians from the center will also travel to […]

October 3, 2017

Vocational

International unveils HV Series, a severe duty truck focused on driver comfort; adds sleeper option to HX Series

Over the past two years, International has introduced a new or refreshed product every 4 to 6 months, giving the Lisle, Ill.-based truck-maker the distinction of featuring the industry’s newest truck lineup. Navistar continued its tractor reinvention with the debut of the driver-centric HV Series severe service truck. “Imagine [an interior] space that works for drivers […]

October 2, 2017

Construction Equipment

Builtrite 2280 mounted loader adds capacity but not weight

Builtrite Manufacturing has increased the lift capacity of its new Model 2280 Truck Mounted Loader over its previous model without increasing the loader’s overall weight, the company says. The 2280 has almost 10,000 pounds of lifting capacity – 3,000 more than the Model 2200-TM ­– with its overall weight remaining 11,900 pounds. The loader has […]

October 2, 2017