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Construction Equipment

Cat 953K track loader moves more with 22% less fuel, features new cab

The Cat 953K Track Loader moves 22 percent more material with 22 percent less fuel than its predecessor, the 953D, and comes with an updated cab and safety features. The track loader’s 173-horsepower Cat C7.1 ACERT engine is also quieter than the 953D. And an Eco Mode “automatically reduces engine speed but maintains selected ground […]

March 24, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Cat: Connected assets, ‘voice of the machine’ will drive growth, big productivity advances

Caterpillar says it’s putting its future bets on the huge opportunities it sees beyond the iron, in comments made this weekend on the eve of ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017. “Instead of Cat being a brand on the jobsite, we’re pushing to make Cat the jobsite brand,” says Paolo Fellin, Cat vice president, global construction and infrastructure. Cat […]

March 6, 2017

Technology

Caterpillar invests in busybusy with plans to integrate app’s digital time sheet service

Caterpillar Ventures has announced an investment in busybusy, the startup development firm behind the digital timesheet app of the same name. The deal includes plans to integrate the software into the Cat Connect suite of connected machine offerings. busybusy was founded by Isaac Barlow, an excavation contractor from St. George, Utah. After pinpointing labor costs as […]

March 6, 2017

Dealers

John Deere partners with Foresight Intelligence as daily machine alert provider for dealers

John Deere Construction and Forestry has added Foresight Intelligence as an endorsed construction data solutions provider for its network of dealers to use in managing daily machine alerts with its customers as part of its WorkSight telematics system. Foresight Intelligence’s Intelligent Alert Triage Center (IATC) is designed to allow dealers to capture, consolidate and prioritize […]

January 31, 2017

Dealers

EquipmentShare secures funding to launch telematics application ES Track, add P2P marketplace locations

EquipmentShare has secured $26 million in funding that will allow it to launch ES Track, a mixed-fleet telematics application, as well as open eight additional peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace locations in the U.S. The company reports investors Insight Venture Partners and Romulus Growth led the funding, with Y Combinator contributing. “Since our founding, we’ve committed ourselves […]

January 24, 2017

Telematics

John Deere now offering factory-installed JDLink telematics option on large-frame G-Series skid steers and CTLs

John Deere is now offering its JDLink telematics system as a factory-installed option on all of its new large-frame G-Series Skid steers and compact track loaders. Deere says the system, which allows owners to remotely keep track of machine location and key performance data, is installed as the machine is being built. The factory-installed option […]

December 2, 2016

Vocational

Mack working to integrate WheresMyConcrete’s real-time mixer data into telematics service

Mack Trucks has announced that it is working to connect real-time concrete mixer data into its telematics service through a partnership with WheresMyConcrete. WheresMyConcrete is a service that allows mixer fleet dispatchers to track delivery and order progress as it happens. The cloud-based software gives dispatchers a 30,000-foot view of the entire operation through order updates, mix […]

September 21, 2016

Dealers

Construction’s Digital Divide: It’s culture, not age, that makes contractors tech-hesitant

The majority of contractors still aren’t using either telematics or GPS/GNSS; a fact that people in technology companies often lament. The cause is usually ascribed to a so-called “digital divide.” The young kids get it; they were raised on laptops and smart phones. The old guys don’t get it; they’re just too slow on the […]

August 15, 2016

Telematics

Telematics 101: Using equipment data to change operator behaviors

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part in our ongoing Telematics 101 series of articles. To view the other articles in this series click here. Telematics can help you manage truck and equipment assets, saving money, reducing downtime and improving the efficiency of operations. But, this only works if the information provided by your telematics feed […]

July 8, 2016

Vocational

New Ford telematics system by Telogis launching soon, promising big fleet savings

Starting this summer, the new Ford Telematics Maintenance Connect by Telogis will be available for all existing and new Ford Telematics customers. Ford and Telogis say that the factory-fit telematics system is an industry first that will allow commercial customers to share their vehicle’s performance and diagnostic data with the Ford dealer of their choice. RELATED […]

June 17, 2016

Technology

Telematics 101: How to use equipment data to track fuel, plan routes and diagnose problems

Editor’s Note: This is the third part in our ongoing Telematics 101 series of articles. To view the other articles in this series click here. Telematics data is a lot like a map to buried treasure. The information does you no good unless you act on it.  The gold is there. But, if you don’t pick […]

May 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

How dozers are leading the way toward smarter, more productive heavy equipment of the future

Electronics continue to lead the dozer technology parade, but there have been two big shifts in the way electronics are used. First, nearly all machines offer electronics packages as standard or optional equipment, where these features were once restricted to high-end models. Second, electronics packages come in lots of sizes to fit a variety of […]

May 24, 2016