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Construction Equipment

Sinoboom enters U.S. aerial lift market; hires Cat exec

Chinese aerial lift manufacturer Sinoboom appoints former Caterpillar executive Kolin Kirschenmann as CEO of new North American subsidiary.

June 4, 2020

Dealers

Barko Hydraulics adds Heavy Machines to dealer lineup

Barko Hydraulics has added Heavy Machines as the new Barko forestry equipment dealer for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Heavy Machines has two branch locations in Maine, in Portland and Skowhegan, to serve customers in the northeastern United States. Heavy Machines will provide sales and product support for Barko’s merchandising loader, stationary electric loader, […]

June 4, 2020

Machine control

Liebherr, Leica Geosystems form excavator control partnership

Liebherr’s crawler and wheeled excavators can now be factory equipped with 2D and 3D machine control systems as the result of a partnership with Leica Geosystems. The optional system can be added to Liebherr’s Generation 6 and Generation 8 excavators featuring both mono and two-piece booms and includes the ability to integrate a tiltrotator or […]

June 3, 2020

Safety

New ANSI standards for aerial lifts begin; is the construction industry ready?

After years in the making, the new ANSI standards started June 1st and affect all telescopic boom, articulated boom and scissor lift aerial work platforms.

June 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

Tesla Cybertruck sneak peak in Jay Leno’s test drive with Elon Musk

Jay Leno recently got to take the upcoming and extremely hyped Tesla Cybertruck for a test drive. And who better to go for a drive in the Cybertruck than with Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk? Leno, who’s shown driving the Class 2 EV with Musk sitting beside him, asked what changes might be coming […]

June 2, 2020

Dealers

Contractors: Nominate your essential dealer for our Dealer of the Year award

Now, more than ever, you need a great dealer partner who understands your business and has your back. If your dealer has not only met but exceeded your expectations, we invite you to nominate it for the 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year award. To nominate a dealer, just fill out this quick form. The […]

June 2, 2020

Dealers

Company Wrench adds Screen Machine to Florida location

Company Wrench has added Screen Machine Industries to its lineup at the company’s Lakeland, Florida, location. The company will offer Screen Machine’s complete line of portable jaw, impact and cone crushers, screening plants, trammels and conveyors. “There is enormous demand for dependable crushing equipment in the Sunshine State,” says Cam Gabbard, Company Wrench president. The […]

June 2, 2020

The Dirt

The Dirt #03: Construction News + John Deere’s Cory Brant on Development of New L-Series Dozers

In this week’s episode of The Dirt we discuss a new Doosan excavator, the new MH3040 material handler from Cat, a massive budget shortfall affecting road contractors in North Carolina, and we talk with Cory Brant of John Deere about the new features and development of the new L-Series dozers.       Mentioned in […]

June 1, 2020

Construction Equipment

Takeuchi promotes U.S. president Eubanks to director of global sales

Takeuchi Manufacturing has named Clay Eubanks as its director of global sales from his current position as president of Takeuchi US. Eubanks is relocating to Japan and will be responsible for overseeing global machine and parts sales. In addition, Eubanks has been named vice chairman of Takeuchi US’s board. Taking his place at Takeuchi US […]

June 1, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Video: Deere’s new 333G CTL With SmartGrade, Dozer Mode; Bell’s New TC7A, TC11A Tracked Carriers; Snorkel Intros Tallest Rough-Terrain Scissor Lift; Hamm Intros Next-Gen HP180i pneumatic tire compactor

Hamm intros next-generation HP 180i pneumatic tire compactor Hamm says it has tailored its new HP 180i pneumatic tire compactor specifically for the North American market. The new roller, unveiled at ConExpo, is part of the next generation of compactors to replace the GRW Series, which has been the company’s standard bearer for 50 years. […]

June 1, 2020

Pickups

Held up by parts shortage, GM plans to ramp up pickup production

UPDATE: A new article from The Drive says that the delay to GM’s plans to ramp up truck production were only temporary. This week the automaker plans to place three of its pickup production facilities back into three shifts of work in order to meet increased demand from dealers, The Drive reports. GM’s plans to double […]

May 29, 2020

Dealers

Doosan recognizes 2019 top performing dealers

Doosan Infracore North America has named its top 10 top performing dealers for 2019. These dealers have “demonstrated high quality customer service by providing exceptional sales, parts and service to their customers,” Doosan says. Annual dealer performance reviews are also a factor in the dealer’s score. The top 2019 Doosan dealers include (headquarters in parentheses): […]

May 29, 2020