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Equipment Experts

Caterpillar brings hand & foot controls to D Series skid steer, multi-terrain and compact track loaders

Caterpillar has announced the launch of hand and foot controls as an available option on its D Series compact loaders. Cat says the new controls were developed with input from daily hand and foot control users in order to design inputs that allow operators more used to a competitive control scheme to quickly adapt. The controls […]

October 26, 2015

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar brings hand & foot controls to D Series skid steer, multi-terrain and compact track loaders

Caterpillar has announced the launch of hand and foot controls as an available option on its D Series compact loaders. Cat says the new controls were developed with input from daily hand and foot control users in order to design inputs that allow operators more used to a competitive control scheme to quickly adapt. The controls […]

October 26, 2015

Construction Equipment

Wacker Neuson intros dozen+ machines including new excavators, loaders, ground-engaging telehandler (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Once known only for compaction, Wacker Neuson now has a wide range of equipment from loaders to excavators to material handlers. The company’s new tag line, “all it takes,” reflects the depth and diversity of their offerings. Here are highlights of some of their new models. Excavators There are five new excavator models, three with […]

October 19, 2015

Construction Equipment

Engine updates to Bobcat 700, 800 loaders make T870 company’s first 100-hp CTL (PHOTOS)

Bobcat has updated seven of its 700- and 800-frame-size loaders with new engines, bringing the machines to Tier 4 Final compliance and boosting the power of the T870 compact track loader. In addition to the T870, the T750 and T770 CTLs, the A770 all-wheel steer loader, the S750, S770 and S850 skid-steer loaders are now powered by 3.4-liter Bobcat […]

October 13, 2015

Construction Equipment

What’s your state’s favorite construction machine? The top-selling heavy equipment models and types, state by state

Looking at the financed equipment data for the first six months of this year, we thought it would be a fun exercise to list which models were most popular—in terms of unit sales—by state. Our data comes from Equipment Data Associates, a Randall-Reilly division that tracks Uniform Commercial Code-1 filings used by lenders when a […]

September 9, 2015

Dealers

Quick Data: Skid steer/compact track loader sales for September 2015

September 2, 2015

Business

In compact track loader’s decade of dominance, 2 things have become clear

Over the past decade, there’s been no bigger machine success story than that of the compact track loader. The revolutionary CTL, first developed by ASV in 1990, has extended the construction season, giving contractors the ability to tackle almost everything a job can sling at them. And contractors have responded by making it the number […]

August 31, 2015

Construction Equipment

Bobcat’s new S740 is first in that size class to receive a Tier 4 Final engine update

Bobcat’s newest 700 frame-size skid steer, the 74-horsepower S740, is also the company’s first Tier 4 Final-compliant model in that size class. The S740 doesn’t require a diesel particulate filter, selective catalytic reduction or diesel exhaust fluid. The non-DPF solution was achieved through the use of a diesel oxidation catalyst that reacts with engine exhaust […]

June 18, 2015

Construction Equipment

Case is offering a 3-year, 3,000-hour complete factory warranty on all skid steers and CTLs, but only for a limited time

[imagebrowser id=192] Case Construction Equipment announced today a limited-time warranty offer on all of its skid steers and compact track loaders. The 3-year, 3,000-hour complete factory warranty covers all machines sold through retail channels and will cost nothing extra. RELATED >> Case reconfigures skid steer, compact track loader lineup in move to Tier 4 Final, intros […]

June 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar ups the ante with 4 new small-frame skid steers, CTLs with D-series DNA and smart hydraulics (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=240] Last week at its Athens, Georgia, factory Caterpillar unveiled four new small-frame skid steers and compact track loaders. The new machines are the smallest yet to offer the D-series technology and electro-hydraulics that Cat first revealed with 16 larger skid steers and compact track loaders in 2013. These “smart” hydraulic controls offer up […]

April 21, 2015

Construction Equipment

JCB’s armored 325T ForestMaster CTL an apt symbol for the company’s ambitions in North America (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=210] It might just be a compact track loader with mesh armor, but the JCB 325T ForestMaster definitely looks the part of an indestructible mulching, cutting and mowing machine. Despite being introduced last year, JCB kept coming back to the machine, the latest in its large platform skid steer/compact track loader lineup, during a press […]

March 9, 2015

Construction Equipment

Case reconfigures skid steer, compact track loader lineup in move to Tier 4 Final, intros 3 new sizes (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=192] The entire Case Construction Equipment skid steer and compact track loader line is now Tier 4 Final compliant, a move that has led to a revised lineup, including the three new sizes:   The 74-horsepower radial-lift SR240 skid steer   The SR270 skid steer, a 2,700-pound-rated operating capacity radial-lift model   The TR340 compact […]

February 5, 2015