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Business

Ditch Witch sees double-digit growth this year as market for 30,000-pound-and-below drills grows

“The utility markets inside the United States are extremely strong, and we’ve seen our sales up by double digits,” said Dennis Wierzbicki, who took the helm of the Ditch Witch brand nine months ago. The primary drivers: home and utility construction. “We see both being very strong though 2016,” Wierzbicki added. “We’re excited about the […]

September 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Preview the new equipment and tech to be shown at ICUEE 2015

The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition is coming up and the Equipment World team will be on the ground to cover all the news and announcements from the show. But before everything kicks off on September 29 in Louisville, Kentucky, we decided to put together a bit of a sneak peek at some of the […]

September 11, 2015

Construction Equipment

These 3 directional drilling design advances pack more power, versatility in HDDs than ever before

The International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) in Louisville at the end of this month promises an innovation showcase from makers of horizontal directional drills. Intelligent hydraulic systems, telematics, configurable controls, standardization of controls and displays that can be customized from the type of information shown to colors displayed to units of measure are […]

September 2, 2015

Dealers

Case donates backhoe to community college and more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

CNH Industrial and Case donate backhoe to Southeastern Community College CNH Industrial and CASE Construction Equipment’s Burlington, Iowa, plant donated a CASE 580N backhoe loader to Southeastern Community College. The college’s Construction Technology and Agriculture programs will use the backhoe for student training and instruction as well as special class projects. It will also be […]

August 24, 2015

Construction Equipment

Mythbusters get help from Ditch Witch for crop circle construction

Anyone familiar with Discovery’s popular show Mythbusters knows the incredible lengths the show’s hosts will go to to put myths, assumptions and pop culture references to the test in the pursuit of truth. And now it appears the show is tackling extraterrestrial messages with the help of Ditch Witch. In a tweet posted June 10, Mythbusters host Adam […]

June 26, 2015

Home

New financed construction equipment sales up 10% in April; used sales slip 1%

The total number of financed new units for all construction equipment machine types increased 10 percent compared with March, rising from 7,601 in March to 8,476 in April, according to Equipment Data Associates, which tracks financed equipment activity. Year to date through April, new equipment financed sales increased by almost 12 percent, compared with the […]

June 3, 2015

Dealers

Ditch Witch launches redesigned website with HDD configurator, dedicated dealer pages

Ditch Witch has launched as completely redesigned website which brings a new customer account portal and faster access to local dealer information. The new ditchwitch.com features a responsive design making it capable of adapting to all screen sizes, including desktop, tablet and mobile. Through the site’s new HDD Advisor feature, customers can build the right tooling […]

May 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ditch Witch’s new FXT60 truck vacuum excavator handles potholing and other soft excavation tasks (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=250] Safely identify buried utilities with Ditch Witch’s FXT60 truck vacuum excavator, which handles heavy-duty cleanup jobs and soft excavation tasks such as potholing. Equipped with a 74-horsepower Deutz diesel engine, the FXT60 delivers 1,027 cfm of suction power, and has a high-pressure water system with a 5.5-gpm, 3,000-psi water pump. The choice of […]

April 27, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch footings machine combines SK850 mini skid steer with dedicated TR50 trencher

[imagebrowser id=179] Ditch Witch has taken its SK850 mini skid steer, introduced last October, and paired it with its new multi-position TR50 trencher to make a dedicated footings machine capable of digging up to 16 inches wide and 36 inches deep. Place the trencher in an offset position and the unit can dig footings along […]

March 19, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch’s new MV800 mud vac makes HDD jobsite cleanup a breeze

Ditch Witch has launched a new vacuum excavator designed specifically for horizontal directional drilling jobsites. The MV800 is powered by a 31-horsepower Briggs & Stratton Vanguard gas engine with electric start and a high-capacity, remote air-intake filter. The machine features curbside controls, an 800-gallon spoils tank, reverse flow and an integrated carryover chamber that filters out […]

February 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch positions new SK850 footings machine as an excavator replacement for trenching

[imagebrowser id=179] What has 43 inches of track on the ground, trenches down to 36 inches and is more nimble on tight jobsites than an excavator? Meet Ditch Witch’s latest, the SK850 footings machine. Formed by a footings trencher attachment mounted directly to the frame of the company’s SK850 mini skid steer, the footings machine […]

February 3, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ditch Witch MR90 mud recycler can be transported while full of mud (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=161] Boost profits by reclaiming, recycling and reusing drilling mud with Ditch Witch’s MR90, a self-contained mud recycler that can be transported while the unit is full of fluid – the only unit of its kind with this capability. Powered by a 25-horsepower Kubota Tier 4 engine, the MR90 has a 450-gallon mud tank […]

December 22, 2014