Tag: trade shows: Page 8

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: This 1985 D350 SE prototype is the first Ram pickup with a Cummins diesel engine

While we were walking around the ICUEE show floor a few weeks back, we happened upon this beauty: the very first Ram pickup with a Cummins diesel. This 1985 Ram D350 SE was a prototype built to test out a Cummins B59. The B59 was a 12-valve, 5.9-liter inline-six that produced 400 lb.-ft. of torque. […]

October 24, 2013

Business

At GIE 2013, Tom Jackson to host session on the secrets of equipment owning and operating costs

If you happen to be going to the GIE+Expo next week in Louisville, Kentucky, stop by at the show’s new Friday breakfast workshop, 7:30 to 9:15 a.m, Room C-108. That’s where I’ll be hosting a session on “Calculating Your Equipment’s Owning and Operating Costs.” Why O&O costs? Because in 14 years of writing about construction […]

October 21, 2013

Construction Equipment

ConExpo-ConAgg 2014 registration now open

With the construction equipment industry’s big show less than five months away, now is the time to start making some concrete plans to attend. Slated for March 4-8, ConExpo-Con/Agg will have 2.3 million square feet of exhibits. New for the show this year: • A Demolition & Recycling pavilion, sponsored by the Construction & Demolition […]

October 18, 2013

Construction Equipment

ICUEE is basically a big sandbox for adults full of excavators, drills, cranes and loaders

Two weeks ago we and thousands of others made the trip to Louisville, Kentucky for the 2013 edition of the International Construction and Utility Equipment Expo, lovingly known as ICUEE. (Be sure to check out our coverage of all the news from the show by clicking here.) If you’ve never been, or you just haven’t […]

October 15, 2013

Construction Equipment

Genie updates GTH-5519 telehandler with new Deutz engine, Tier 4 Final

There are few cues from the outside of Genie’s GTH-5519 that it’s received a major upgrade, says Chad Hislop. “The only real visible change is the engine hood,” says Terex’s Aerial Work Platforms product manager. As the Tier 4 aftermarket package grew, the under-the-hood enclosure needed to be reconfigured. This made Genie rethink the hood […]

October 14, 2013

Construction Equipment

Vermeer intros the D9x13 S3, the first in its new line of drills

Improved hydraulic efficiency is one of several enhancements to the D9x13 S3 Navigator horizontal directional drill, the first of the S3 generation, introduced at ICUEE last week. “We’ve increased the speed of the carriage, rotation and vise cycle, all of which translates into completing a bore much faster,” says Jon Kuyers, underground global product manager. […]

October 11, 2013

Construction Equipment

The used HDD market is growing: What to look for in a used drill whether you’re buying or selling

While the ICUEE show in Louisville was an opportunity to see the horizontal directional drills fresh from the factory, it also offered attendees the chance to kick the tracks on used drills … or consider selling their older drills to make way for new. We talked to two exhibitors, MTI Equipment and HDD Broker, to […]

October 10, 2013

Construction Equipment

McLaughlin launches new vacuum excavator trucks, piercing and potholing tools

With an eye towards greater efficiency and the rigors of the jobsite, including Texas oil fields, McLaughlin last week showed ICUEE attendees its second generation of vacuum trucks. The VX50-500 vacuum truck sits on a robust, 8-inch, C-channel frame with 11-inches of ground clearance to pass over obstacles on the kind of rough roads and […]

October 9, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch’s 850-hp Super Witch pops wheelies as well as it trenches

As it has done since 1978, Ditch Witch drew in the crowds at the ICUEE show in Louisville this year with its super-loud Franken-trencher known as Super Witch. Now on its fifth iteration of the hot rod trencher, Ditch Witch has modified its RT5 trencher with a 502-cubic-inch, 850 horsepower Chevrolet engine. As you’ll see […]

October 8, 2013

Driver/operator coaching/training

NCCCO Lift Safety Zone offers crane demonstrations and certification at ICUEE; will be repeated at ConExpo

ICUEE is known as a hands-on demo show and that’s exactly what the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators provided in Louisville last week. The NCCCO brought its Lift Safety Zone to ICUEE last week with a number of live demonstrations of the practical testing operators are required to perform to get certified. […]

October 8, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch intros JT60 HDD, FXT50 Truck Vac at ICUEE

In preparation for a release in December, Ditch Witch gave attendees at the ICUEE 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky a chance to see the new JT60 horizontal directional drill in person. [youtube eVGqX56PV-c nolink] The new machine addresses the gap between its JT40 and JT100 HDDs offering 60,000 pounds of thrust and pullback. The company says […]

October 4, 2013

Construction Equipment

Yanmar showcases new S220R-1 and S190R-1 skid steers at ICUEE

Yanmar showcased its S220R-1 and S190R-1 skid steers at ICUEE. The 2,200-pound rated operating load S220R-1 has a 70.7-horsepower Yanmar engine with a rated operating speed of 2,500 rpms. “One of the most important features is the Yanmar engine,” says Jake Jeffords in an interview at the company’s ICUEE booth. “We’ve been making engines since […]

October 4, 2013