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Gear

12 Days of Construction Gifts, Tools & Toys 2019

With the holiday season in full swing, we’re here to help with a list of 12 great gifts for the construction/trades professionals and equipment-loving kids in your life. Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be revealing one item from the list each weekday. There’s a little bit of everything here including clothing, tools, tech […]

December 5, 2019

Gear

1st Day of Construction Gifts: Craftsman mechanics tool set combines full range of sockets, drivers in expandable Versastack system

Mechanics tool sets have long been popular under the Christmas tree for any family that has a budding gearhead in its midst (or an adult who needs an extra set of tools to throw in the back of his pickup truck). Now Craftsman has packaged a 216-piece, three-drawer mechanics tool set (normally $149, but on […]

December 5, 2019

Construction Equipment

Cat C3.6 engine uses less DEF, outputs more power and torque than predecessor

At a recent media event in Clayton, North Carolina, Caterpillar unveiled a new diesel engine in one of the most popular size classes. The Cat C3.6 engine puts out from 74 to 134 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque while providing a 5 percent increase in power density and a 12 percent increase in torque […]

December 5, 2019

Construction Equipment

How Cat Will Crown the World’s Best Equipment Operator

On March 10 at ConExpo 2020, Caterpillar will host the finals of its Global Operator Challenge. The culmination of thousands of operators competing in local and regional events across the world, the finals will pit nine of the world’s best operators against one another for the title of top dog in the operator world. In […]

December 4, 2019

Construction Equipment

Deere now selling Level Best laser graders for its skids, CTLs

John Deere dealers are now offering Level Best laser grade-control box blades for the company’s skid steers and compact track loaders. Deere says the Dual Mast PD Series attachments will boost its machines’ productivity. The series is composed of three models: the PD-72, PD-84 and PD-96. The model numbers refer to the box blades’ width […]

December 4, 2019

Dealers

Brock Rentals adds Brokk construction robots to offering

Brock Rentals will now offer Brokk 110s, 170s, 200s and 300s remote-controlled demoltion units. With the new additions, the company’s fleet no features more than 50 Brokk remote-controlled machines. “We’ve always relied on the safety and productivity of Brokk machines to provide viable solutions for our customers in refractory, chemical, nuclear, demolition and general construction […]

December 4, 2019

Dealers

Tech colleges look to VR simulators, OEM partners to prepare, recruit future technicians

Technical colleges are keeping an eye on the changes in machine technology and what the future holds by working with their industry partners to help prepare their students. “This is a high-tech industry and that is becoming more apparent every day,” says Craig Kuehl, instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College. The college’s diesel technician program […]

December 3, 2019

Construction Equipment

Kobelco displays SK550DLC-10, SK850LC-10 excavators at ConExpo 2020

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has announced two machines for its ConExpo booth, located at N10037 in the North Hall. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) The Kobelco SK550DLC-10 is purpose-built to tear down and dismantle multi-story buildings. With a maximum reach of […]

December 3, 2019

Pickups

Up close with the 2020 Ford F-250 Tremor off-road package

At the recent SEMA 2019 show, Ford brought two variants of its new for 2020 Super Duty Tremor off-road package. We go through all the special features plus take a quick walk through the Ford booth to see all the other custom truck builds on display. Check it all out in the video below. To […]

December 2, 2019

Business

The collective black eye: construction is nation’s No. 1 industry for suicides

Two men began talking at a conference. One of the two, an executive with a Fortune 100 electrical contracting firm, turned pale when the subject of construction suicides came up and told the other, “How did you find out about us? We‘ve lost three people to suicide, and the last one was a foreman––he hung […]

December 2, 2019

Dealers

7 power ideas for construction equipment sales people

We asked several experts for some tips on how to get more productivity out of construction equipment sales forces: 1.) Have fewer meetings. Corey Vandermolen, Vermeer Midsouth, says texting and easy, web-based meeting platforms eliminate the need for some regular, in-person sales meetings. 2.) Give sales people the right tools. Bill Price, West Side Tractor […]

December 2, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: How Tesla’s Cybertruck compares to other trucks; Bobcat’s new R2 Series excavators; Roxor’s new 4×4 built for work; Power Curbers intros 5700-D curb-gutter paver; Ditch Witch’s new RT80 trencher

Ditch Witch’s new RT80 brings heavy-duty trenching to tight jobsites Ditch Witch has redesigned its RT80 ride-on trencher for fitting into narrower spaces on urban and rural jobsites where larger trenchers can’t go. The mid-sized trencher can also be moved from job to job easier with a modular design for quickly changing between tracks and […]

December 2, 2019