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Dealers

Kirby-Smith Machinery adds paving specialist to team of road equipment experts

Kirby-Smith Machinery has hired Robert Perkins as a paving and compaction specialist for its Road Construction and Minerals Division. Perkins brings nearly two decades of experience related to both the heavy highway construction and heavy equipment industries to the position. “Robert has paved everything from parking lots to major highways in his career,” says Vern […]

October 21, 2020

Dealers

AED explores the post-election landscape for dealers

On Nov. 6th, the Associated Equipment Distributors will offer a post-election analysis of what construction equipment dealers can expect in the coming year. The group’s Post-Election Virtual Event will feature David Wasserman, editor and senior election analyst for the The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan site. A regular guest on Fox News, NBC and CNN, […]

October 20, 2020

Dealers

Superior Industries adds Rock Machinery to dealer lineup

Superior Industries has named Rock Machinery its crushing equipment dealer in Wisconsin, most of Illinois and the western half of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “Larry Hetzel and his team at Rock Machinery have built a dealership well-known for customer service and support that exceeds expectations,” said John Garrison, Superior’s vice president of sales. “Together, we’re excited […]

October 14, 2020

Dealers

Front Range Kubota is the 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year

Equipment World has named Front Range Kubota, headquartered in Kiowa, Colorado, as its 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year. This annual award recognizes construction equipment dealers for excellence in meeting customer needs, employing technology, and addressing the parts and service requirements of today’s contractors. Front Range received the 2020 honors due to the company’s […]

October 13, 2020

Dealers

Alta Equipment Florida adds six brands

Alta Equipment Florida, formerly Flagler Equipment, has added six additional brands, bringing the company’s portfolio to 15 major brands. The company is a division of Alta Equipment Group, Livonia, Michigan. In addition to Volvo Construction Equipment, Indeco, Towmaster, KPI-JCI, Toro, SDLG and Trail King, Alta Equipment Florida now offers: Merlo telehandlers Avant compact wheel loaders […]

October 13, 2020

Dealers

Quick Data: These are the Top-Selling Skid Steers and Sales Trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s EDA equipment financing data and TopBid auction price service.

October 12, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: New Takeuchi TL8R2 Has Creep Mode; What’s New on the 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500; Six Great Earthmoving Attachments; New Bobcat excavator attachments; New tiltrotator open standard

Tiltrotator competitors Rototilt, Steelwrist form open coupler standard Tiltrotator competitors Rototilt and Steelwrist says they have adopted the “Open-S” standard for fully automatic quick couplers. The two say it means that users can combine excavator couplers, tiltrotators and tools from all manufacturers that adopt the standard.   To read more, click here. Bobcat follows up […]

October 12, 2020

Dealers

Investment Rate Drops Across Five Heavy Equipment Markets

Five key markets for construction equipment dealers showed varying levels of decline in this month’s U.S. Equipment & Software Investment Momentum Monitor report released by the foundation arm of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association. Looking at the year-over-year monitor results in the construction, agriculture, mining, materials handling and trucking markets, trucking led declines, reporting a […]

October 8, 2020

Dealers

ASV adds new dealers in second quarter

ASV Holdings added three new dealers in the second quarter. In addition, a dealer added a new location offering the company’s products. CLM Equipment, Houston, Texas; TraxPlus, Hickory, Mississippi, and Nick’s Skid  & Steer, Plainview, Minnesota, now offer the full ASV lineup.  Quality Forklift Sales & Service, Shakopee, Minnesota, also added a location. CLM and […]

August 24, 2020

Dealers

AED Foundation to offer high school equipment aptitude test

In an effort to give 13- to 17-year-olds a way to test their desire to enter the equipment industry, the AED Foundation has created a Construction Career Aptitude Test. The test, says the Foundation, would “allow students the opportunity to see where they stand before committing to an industry program. Students can then make an […]

August 14, 2020

Dealers

United Rentals Q2 rental revenues drop 16.2%

United Rentals total rental Q2 revenues dropped 16.2 percent year-over-year to $1.642 billion, compared to $1,960 billion during the same period last year. In addition, fleet productivity — a measurement of the combined impact of changes in rental rates, time utilization and mix on owned equipment rental revenue — decreased 13.6 percent. The company noted, however, […]

August 4, 2020

Dealers

Takeuchi adds EquipmentShare as dealer in Columbia, Mo.

Takeuchi-US has named EquipmentShare, Columbia, Missouri, as a dealer. The company will sell the full range of Takeuchi track loaders, excavators and wheel loaders and also serve as an authorized Takeuchi equipment repair center in addition to stocking parts. Established in 2014, EquipmentShare provides multiple lines of equipment manufacturers for a wide variety of customers. “We’re […]

July 30, 2020