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Construction Equipment

Welding skills and innovative thinking earn John Kelchner AEMP Technician of the Year award

“I always had a lot of interest in mechanical things, even at an early age. I was curious about how things worked. If it had moving parts, I wanted to fix it,” says John Kelchner, advanced level maintenance welder at Schlouch Incorporated, a diversified earthmoving, utility and site development company in Blandon, Pennsylvania. “It is […]

December 25, 2019

Construction Equipment

Eterra Vortex Stump Grinder designed to take out toughest stumps

Eterra Attachments says its new Vortex Stump Grinder for skid steers and compact track loaders was made for using “brute force” on stubborn tree stumps. The grinder’s wheel is asymmetrical to give operators an unobstructed view of the stump and to improve efficiency, the company says. It comes in two models: the V27 with a […]

December 25, 2019

Safety

Trenching experts spell out OSHA Confined Spaces compliance, warn against ‘choosing your rules’

A truck is parked beside a manhole that a worker has just entered. It’s a cold day so the truck is running, but no one’s thinking about the hazardous fumes heading down the hole. Unfortunately, it’s one of countless daily evidences that OSHA’s confined spaces standards for the construction industry are widely misunderstood and frequently […]

December 24, 2019

Construction Equipment

Rototilt moves to larger North American headquarters

Rototilt has moved its North American headquarters to a new, larger space in Brantford, Canada. The new headquarters has 17,500 square feet of additional space for increasing the company’s inventory of parts, accessory attachments and tiltrotators. The company says the move was prompted by increased interest in the past couple of year for the company’s […]

December 24, 2019

Dealers

United Rentals ups tool management offerings

Do you know where all your tools are? It’s not such a simple question to answer given the daily variables and moving assets (human and inanimate) on a construction jobsite, compounded by external forces such as weather and change orders. Tools also break or get lost and some “walk off,” only to appear the next […]

December 24, 2019

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Loftness to showcase Battle Ax mulching attachments at ConExpo 2020

Loftness, exhibiting in booth S5655 in the Silver Lot at ConExpo 2020, will show new models of its Battle Ax horizontal drum mulcher for skid steers, excavators and other prime movers. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Designed for vegetation […]

December 24, 2019

Machine control

Komatsu says Proactive Dozing Control “Closes the Skill Gap”. But what is it?

Komatsu has introduced a new grade control technology for dozers that it says can be used 100 percent of the time, unlike other grade control systems which are typically only used for finish grading. In this video we break down how the system works and why Komatsu says it “closes the skill gap” between experienced […]

December 23, 2019

Dealers

How premiere SoCal equipment dealer Bejac grew out of a liquidation sale

In 1985 Ron Barlet was going to night school to earn his masters degree in business administration while working at a leasing finance company. When his father-in-law, an underground contractor, unexpectedly passed away, the family decided to dissolve the company. Barlet, because of his business background, was asked to liquidate the company’s heavy equipment assets. […]

December 23, 2019

Gear

12th Day of Construction Gifts: Danner Stronghold boots

Our resident boot reviewer Tom Jackson recently said Danner’s Stronghold boots may be the best boots he’s ever worn. With that in mind, we had to include these in our 2019 list of gift recommendations. These lightweight boots are comfortable out of the box and made from waterproof full grain leather with a Vibram SPE […]

December 23, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat intros 78L engine; Manitou launches its largest telehandler; Robot dog could become ultimate jobsite companion; LiuGong intros 9018F excavator; Equipment Operators Sound Off

VIDEO: Equipment Operators Sound Off on Green Operators, Machine Tech, Cat Operator Challenge During the North American Finals of its Global Operator Challenge, Caterpillar invited four operators that took part in the competition to talk about their experiences competing. But the conversation also included their opinions on finding new operators, using machine control and other […]

December 23, 2019

Construction Equipment

Cat debuts a new 78-liter, V16 engine for industrial use

You read that right. Cranking out 2,100 horsepower and 8,275 foot-pounds of torque at 1,650 rpm, the 16-cylinder Cat 3516E is the latest and largest of the company’s dual-certified engines, meeting both the U.S. EPA and CARB Tier 4 Final and the EU Stage V emissions regulations. The engine is designed for high-power applications in […]

December 20, 2019

Gear

11th Day of Construction Gifts: Show off your machine operation skills with a GoPro

One of our favorite pastimes is cruising YouTube for good operation footage. And if you’ve ever seen those videos and thought “I’m better than that guy,” all you need to bring some added exposure to your operation game is a GoPro. GoPro’s latest model is the Hero8 Black. It’s not cheap at around $350, but […]

December 20, 2019