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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: VIDEO > Cat 306 CR stick-steer + XTC; The Top Roadbuilding Equipment of 2019; Heavy truck market settles down; Winter’s here. It’s time to check dozer undercarriage wear; ASV to offer two Posi-Track configurations

ASV to offer base, premium configurations for Posi-Track loaders ASV is now offering base and premium configuration for its mid-sized Posi-Track loaders. Base configurations will offer a lower-cost option for operators while the premium package will provide additional production and comfort features, the company says. Both configurations will feature ASV’s Posi-Track undercarriage.   To read […]

January 6, 2020

Dealers

IronTek takes aim at streamlining fleet inventory sales, rental management

Designed as a “faster, cheaper way to simplify fleet and inventory management,” IronTek Solutions says its mobile app and website pairs traditional equipment services with software created to steamline day-to-day activities. “Our platform allows fleet managers and owners to quickly identify which machines make the most sense to sell, create a hotlist that can […]

January 6, 2020

Construction Equipment

Deere’s 744L, 824L and 844L Loaders Pack a New Cab, EH Controls, More Power

With its latest production-class wheel loaders John Deere says it focused primarily on improving operator comfort through several updates and improvements to the cab and a change to joystick controls as standard. In the video below we break down everything that’s new on the Deere 744L, 824L and 844L.

January 3, 2020

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Cat to display 30-plus machines at ConExpo 2020, host Global Operator Challenge

Working under the theme “Your Work Matters,” Caterpillar’s 60,000-square-foot Festival Grounds booth at ConExpo 2020 will feature more than 30 machines, including nine new products in the dozer, excavator, articulated truck and backhoe families. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) […]

January 3, 2020

Dealers

Quick Data: Top-selling articulated dump trucks and sales trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s EDA equipment financing data and TopBid auction price service.

January 3, 2020

Dealers

Trail King names Hartman district sales manager

Trailer manufacturer Trail King Industries has named Mark Hartman as a district sales manager. Hartman will support sales and dealer relationships in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Hartman comes to Trail King with more than 30 years of sales experience, much of it in the construction equipment industry. Most recently, Hartman was a territory account […]

January 3, 2020

Maintenance

Winter’s here. It’s time to check dozer undercarriage wear

When the rest of the world is basking in the glow of the holiday season, smart equipment managers think about the condition of their dozers’ undercarriages. Whether it’s simply turning the pins and bushings or replacing worn or damaged parts, the slower work pace makes winter the best time to tune up. Half of a […]

January 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

Deere offering factory-installed payload weighing on L-Series wheel loaders

John Deere can now integrate its new Payload Weighing System at the factory for its L-Series wheel loaders. The system is integrated with Topcon to allow operators to quickly weigh and calculate loads to reach accurate payloads. It is compatible with 744L, 824L and 844L wheel loader models. The system has an auto-accumulation feature that […]

January 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

Xylem’s new NC100S, CD100S ‘smart pumps’ can be operated remotely from anywhere

Xylem has increased the offerings of its Godwin S Series Dri-Prime dewatering pumps with the new NC100S and CD100S models. The 4-inch surface-mounted centrifugal pumps feature Xylem’s latest cloud-based Field Smart Technology, which enables remote operation and monitoring of the pumps from anywhere in the world, the company says. The technology comes standard on the […]

January 1, 2020

Dealers

JLG adds financial muscle for Canadian rental outlets

Canadian-based CWB National Leasing will be JLG Financial’s funder of choice for its new retail financing program in Canada. Launched in November 2018, JLG Financial is a division of Oshkosh-owned JLG Industries, maker of mobile elevating work platforms and telehandlers. With approximately 700 JLG rental outlets in Canada, the company says the partnership is “designed […]

January 1, 2020

Class 7-8

Heavy-truck market settles down as technology advances ramp up

After the huge backlogs and massive sales numbers in recent years, the truck market has returned to calmer days. But calm isn’t stagnant, as ongoing changes to technology and market conditions clearly demonstrate.   A return to normalcy Perhaps the best news for those seeking to invest in new trucks is that the lead time […]

December 31, 2019

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Smaller than deck of cards, new Encore asset tracker designed to hide from thieves

PasstimeHD has unveiled its new asset tracking device, the Encore GPS tag, which is self-powered and requires no wiring. It’s also 25 percent smaller than a deck of cards and can be placed on construction equipment attachments, such as buckets, forks and hydraulic hammers, as well as on trailers, containers and large tools. It also […]

December 31, 2019