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ConExpo-Con/Agg

Bobcat is ‘unstoppable’ as it gets ready to produce one millionth loader

As Bobcat gets ready to produce its one millionth loader – expected sometime this summer – the equipment manufacturer is launching its “Unstoppable” campaign. “We are not stopping,” a company rep said during a March 5 press conference at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014. “We are moving ahead.” The company is moving ahead as it continues in its […]

March 18, 2014

Construction Equipment

RANKED: The top-selling financed construction equipment of the past decade

[imagebrowser id=31] Using Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates to find out the unit count winners, we calculated the top-selling construction equipment types and specific models over the past 10 years. EDA tracks financed units only—so if you bought a machine with cash or by a letter of credit, it doesn’t have the data. What’s left, however, […]

February 24, 2014

Dealers

Link-Belt’s top 5 dealers, a new Bobcat dealer plus Kobelco and Terex promotions in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition on Fridays. Link-Belt announces its Top 5 dealers for 2013 […]

February 7, 2014

Dealers

New JCB, Ruppert, Bobcat and Dynapac locations in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition each week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition every Friday! CSTK JCB joins JCB’s North American dealer network JCB’s North […]

January 24, 2014

Construction Equipment

Bobcat launches E42, E45, E50 and E55 Tier 4 non-DPF excavators; new instrument panel

Bobcat has introduced four new Tier 4 excavators which feature an ultra-low particulate combustion engine instead of a diesel particulate filter. The UPLC engine reduces the amount of particulate matter created during combustion via a specially designed engine combustion chamber, ensuring Tier 4 emissions compliance without the need for a DPF. The four models—the E42, […]

January 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

Bobcat celebrates millionth loader with Transformers-like evolution video and a contest for a free machine

To celebrate the production of its 1 millionth loader this year, Bobcat Company has launched the “Unstoppable” contest, offering one lucky winner a special edition Bobcat. The winner will have his or her choice between a commemorative edition Bobcat S650 skid-steer loader and a T650 compact track loader. Both machines will feature a special paint […]

January 8, 2014

Roadbuilding

25 Days of RollOuts: Bobcat’s asphalt preservation tools system is compatible with 12 machine models

Bobcat’s asphalt preservation tools system has an infrared asphalt heater and an asphalt processor compatible with 12 Bobcat all-wheel, skid-steer and track loader models: A300, A770, S300, S330, S750, S770, S850, T300, T320, T750, T770 and T870. The 3,760-pound AH30 heater is 59 inches long, 84.4 inches high and 111.4 inches wide, while the 995-pound […]

December 18, 2013

Construction Equipment

With updated 500 frame-size skid steers and CTLs, Bobcat launches its first Tier 4 Final loaders

Bobcat today launched its first Tier 4 Final compact track loaders and skid steers. The engines of the seven new 500 frame-size machines do not require a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and boast sizable increases in torque. The S510, S550 and T550 are radius lift path loaders while the S530, S570, S590 and T590 have […]

November 22, 2013

Business

Doosan names Scott Park as next CEO of DICE

Doosan today announced that Scott Park will be replacing Tony Helsham as the president and CEO of Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment (DICE). Helsham is retiring in February. Since early last year, Park has held the position of Global Vice President of Strategy, Manufacturing Strategy and Total Quality Management (TQM) for DICE. The company says Park […]

November 5, 2013

Construction Equipment

Lured in by a great deal on a Bobcat, contractor is robbed at gunpoint

So here’s a perfect example of “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is.” In this case, it was the promise of a $5,000 Bobcat. According to a report from the Post-Tribune, an owner of a roofing company from Hobart, Indiana met his eventual attacker at a bar called the Tilted Kilt in nearby […]

October 18, 2013

Construction Equipment

Bobcat’s “I Have an Idea” contest asks users for accessory, attachment ideas

Got a great idea for something that would make that Bobcat cab just a little more comfortable? Or maybe you’ve thought up the next great Bobcat attachment. Whatever it is, Bobcat wants to hear about it. And if they like your idea you could win one of several prizes and see your idea go into […]

September 25, 2013

Construction Equipment

Drunk Tennessee teen steals a Bobcat because he was “trying to cover his nudity”

Thieves have come up with a lot of reasons for stealing construction equipment. Most want to sell it, others want to use it as part of a grand bank heist scheme. But 19-year-old Joseph Michael Hall’s excuse is our favorite yet. You see, Hall was found Sunday morning driving a Bobcat skid steer down Maynardville Highway […]

August 6, 2013