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ConExpo-Con/Agg

Check out these ConExpo 2020 educational sessions for equipment managers

The ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020 will offer 18 education sessions for the Equipment Management & Maintenance track. Details here on Equipment World.

November 21, 2019

Dealers

Dealer Q & A: Meet Gayle Humphries, Low Country JCB

Gayle Humphries joined Low Country JCB as an assistant controller in 2004 and five years later was named chief financial officer of the Pooler, Georgia, dealership. When she joined, Humphries says she immediately felt the energy of the dealership and was impressed by how fast they were growing. “I just wanted to be part of […]

November 21, 2019

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Takeuchi plans ConExpo reveal of TB220e electric excavator

Takeuchi-US will demo its new electric TB220e compact excavator (photo currently unavailable) hourly at its ConExpo booth C20653 in the Central Hall. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) In addition, the company will showcase another two new compact excavators, the […]

November 20, 2019

Construction Equipment

Perkins Engines promotes David Nicoll, Jason Kern

Perkins Engine has named David Nicoll product manager of its Industrial Large Engine department, and placed Jason Kern in Nicoll’s former position as marketing and channel development director. In his new position, Nicoll will lead global strategy, product introductions and lifecycle management for industrial 9.3 to 18-liter engines manufactured by the Caterpillar subsidiary in Mossville, […]

November 20, 2019

Pickups

2021 Chevy Colorado ZR2 gets new front end design

For the 2021 model year, Chevrolet has unveiled an updated design for its Colorado midsize pickup. Chevy says all 2021 Colorado variants feature revised front Chevy bowtie emblems and a new tailgate design embossed with the Chevrolet word mark. Previous models had the bowtie on the tailgate. The WT, LT and Z71 Colorado trim levels […]

November 19, 2019

Construction Equipment

The New Cat D5 Dozer: Everything you need to know!

This video from Equipment World offers insights on the latest dozer from Caterpillar. This dozer is replacing the D6N. Watch the video here on Equipment World.

November 19, 2019

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Volvo Construction Equipment plans largest-ever ConExpo booth

Volvo Construction Equipment will present its largest-ever ConExpo booth experience across 60,000 square feet of outdoor show space in the new Festival Grounds at booth F3432. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Front and center in the booth will be […]

November 19, 2019

Dealers

Mike Schaum rejoins VMAC as national sales rep

In his position, he will help support and grow the VMAC dealer network, along with meeting with end-users to learn about their specific needs. More here.

November 19, 2019

Construction Equipment

Liebherr’s prototype battery-powered LB 16 drilling rig has 10-hour run time

Liebherr says this is the first electric-hydraulic drilling rig to be introduced globally. Check out all the details and more here on Equipment World.

November 18, 2019

Dealers

2019 Dealer of the Year Carolina Cat takes a hard look at process to gain customer-service speed, ease

Not willing to rest on its established position as the third-oldest Caterpillar dealer, Carolina Cat has taken a deep dive into what makes customers come back. It engaged a lean consulting company at the beginning of this year, with an eye toward customer service improvement. Processes reviewed included how jobs are quoted; ordering, staging and […]

November 18, 2019

Business

My Epiroc system tracks fleets by mobile device, computer

Epiroc has developed a new system and app for tracking equipment fleets via computer and mobile devices. The company says the My Epiroc digital system improves fleet efficiency, with a focus on increasing uptime for mining and infrastructure operations. The system tracks fleet status in the production process, providing alerts and updates, and highlights items […]

November 18, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Backhoe is Cat’s first “Smart Attachment” for skid steers, CTLs; Chevy unveils electric crate concept; Kobelco intros demolition excavators; Lifting attachment roundup; Milwaukee intros MX Fuel lineup of cordless tools

Milwaukee unveils MX Fuel lineup of cordless commercial construction tools with biggest batteries in the industry If you think of Milwaukee as a maker of small tools like drills and the Sawzall, you’d be right, but the company recently took a big leap into much bigger tools and a bigger market with its MX Fuel […]

November 18, 2019