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Business

Deere to suspend construction equipment production, make more layoffs due to coronavirus impacts

John Deere says it will temporarily suspend production of construction and forestry equipment next week with plans to lay off employees next month. The equipment maker will suspend production at its Davenport and Dubuque facilities in Iowa beginning May 11, according to a report from the Quad-City Times. In Dubuque, Deere will also lay […]

May 4, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Deere unveils 700L, 750 dozers; Ford F-250 Tremor’s winch can pull a Kenworth; Mecalac intros new site dumper line; Cummins successfully tests cylinder deactivation

Cummins successfully tests cylinder deactivation on X15 engine The prospect of cylinder deactivation in diesel engines got a lot more interesting recently as Cummins and propulsion software company Tula announced a successful demonstration of diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in a Cummins Efficiency Series X15 engine. Silicon Valley-based Tula has seen its Dynamic Skip Fire […]

May 4, 2020

Business

Cat makes more layoffs due to coronavirus impacts

Days after the company’s announcement of a 21-percent drop in sales and revenues, Caterpillar has announced another round of layoffs in response to the negative impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. According to reports from CIproud.com and the Peoria Journal-Star, Cat sent an “unspecified amount of employees” layoff notices on Thursday. Cat confirmed to both […]

May 1, 2020

Roadbuilding

Trimble work zone alerts designed to reduce rear-end crashes involving heavy trucks

The slowdown alert could help keep semi-trucks from driving too fast into work zones and reduce the amount of rear-end crashes. Learn more on Equipment World.

May 1, 2020

Business

Are contractors willing to buy equipment in the midst of the coronavirus?

Whether contractors are willing to buy equipment now depends on whom you talk to. At present, the coronavirus has not changed municipal water and sewer contractor Ruby-Collins’ planned capital expenditures, says Andrew Cook, senior project manager with the Atlanta-based company. “We haven’t slowed down with any of the planned purchases we had,” he says. […]

April 30, 2020

Construction Equipment

Cummins successfully tests cylinder deactivation on X15 engine

The prospect of cylinder deactivation in diesel engines got a lot more interesting recently as Cummins and propulsion software company Tula announced a successful demonstration of diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in a Cummins Efficiency Series X15 engine. Silicon Valley-based Tula has seen its Dynamic Skip Fire software controls go to work in gasoline engines […]

April 30, 2020

Dealers

AEM survey: 91% of construction equipment makers seeing decreased equipment demand due to coronavirus impacts

Ninety-three percent of respondents to a recent Association of Equipment Manufacturers survey said coronavirus impact on sales was either “very negative” or “moderately negative.” And 91.3 percent of respondents said a decrease in demand was the primary impact of the pandemic. Other impacts cited by respondents included supply chain disruptions (74 percent); financial impacts (64.4 […]

April 30, 2020

Business

How location is playing a critical role in the coronavirus impact on construction

Location, location, location. It’s much more than a real estate mantra these days; it determines how much of an impact the coronavirus is having on a contractor’s business. From being completely shut down due to state or local governmental edict, to having projects sped up because stay-at-home orders have reduced the impact of people and […]

April 29, 2020

Dealers

Luby Equipment Services to be exclusive Takeuchi dealer in St. Louis

Takeuchi-US has announced the addition of Luby Equipment Services to its dealer network. The company has three locations in the St. Louis metro area and will be Takeuchi’s exclusive dealer there. Luby will carry the full Takeuchi lineup including excavators, track loaders, skid steer loaders and wheel loaders. The dealer provides sales, service, parts and […]

April 29, 2020

Construction Equipment

Deere Unveils New 700L and 750L Dozers With More Power and More Visibility in Larger, Redesigned Cab

John Deere has unveiled the next generation of its 700-size-class dozers. After working closely with the owners and operators of the previous generation K-Series to develop these new machines, the 700L and 750L dozers boast more power, more comfort, more visibility and refreshed electro-hydraulic controls. The results are a pair of dozers built to run […]

April 28, 2020

Dealers

Stanley using Tool Bucket app to demonstrate attachment capabilities in coronavirus reality

During the coronavirus and this time of social distancing, Stanley Infrastructure's Tool Bucket app offers virtual attachment feature demos. Details here.

April 28, 2020

Contractor of the Year

How Alaska’s Drake Construction handles the coronavirus challenge above the Arctic Circle

Using planning and logistics to gain maximum productivity in a short construction season in Alaska.

April 27, 2020