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Construction Equipment

Bell expands 4×4 lineup with new B30E artic; B45E coming

Bell Equipment unveiled the latest in its 4×4 articulated truck line up, the Bell B30E 4×4, at Intermat last week. The truck is now in prototype stage and expected to be in production in 2019. Aimed at small to medium-sized quarries, the B30E 4×4 gives these operations an alternative to rigid haul trucks and 6×6 […]

May 1, 2018

Components

Yokohama’s 5 new heavy equipment tires display loading, transport dual markings

Yokohama has added dual TRA code designations for loader and transport applications to five new off-the-road tires. The tires will feature an “E” and “L” size on the side wall. The company says the dual markings will help “dealers consolidate inventory cost and space” and show how one product can serve two separate applications. The […]

November 28, 2017

Construction Equipment

Beyond Size: Latest articulated dump trucks include better drivetrains, dumping and more

A For decades, the average size of articulated dump trucks (ADTs or artics) has been creeping up.  Where once 24-ton machines were considered the standard size, 35-ton machines are the new benchmark. And the over-39-ton size category now sports 17 models (see chart). As long as they’re properly matched to their loading tools, bigger trucks […]

October 9, 2017

Construction Equipment

John Deere’s new 310E, 260E articulated dump trucks redesigned from the ground up

John Deere has introduced two updated models to its E-Series articulated dump truck lineup. The 260E and 310E ADTs feature updated styling, cabs, frames and axles from their D-Series predecessors. Both models run on a John Deere PowerTech 9-liter Final Tier 4 engine. The 26-ton 260E is powered  by a 321-horsepower engine, and the 31-ton 310E has […]

March 17, 2017

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Vintage Cat dozer joins cranes, loaders, excavators in ConExpo 2017’s Gold Lot

ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 was a huge show. The Equipment World editors returned home from Las Vegas over the weekend and though we’ve already published a bunch of big news from the show, we’re still going through our notebooks, press materials and memory cards with plans on publishing much, much more from the big show over the […]

March 13, 2017

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE’s “Henrik the Hauler” coloring book honors colleague who lost battle with cancer

Henrik Larsson was all about articulated haulers. As artic product specialist at Volvo Construction Equipment, Larsson was a passionate advocate for the Volvo brand for more than 15 years. And so after he passed away last year at the age of 45 following a battle with sarcoma, a rare form of cancerous tumor that grows in […]

October 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

This 1968 Volvo DR861 is the oldest articulated hauler in operation in North America

It might not be the prettiest machine in his fleet, but Tomy Stenvall’s 1968 Volvo DR860 articulated hauler is certainly his most prized. But the truck isn’t just a novelty antique at Stenvall’s Amswede Corporation in Chula Vista, California. Since the early 1990s, the DR860 has been used on a daily basis as a water truck on jobsites […]

July 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar’s new C2 Series articulated dump trucks are stronger, smarter than ever

With the introduction of the company’s new three-model C2 Series lineup of articulated dump trucks, Caterpillar says it focused on making the trucks easier and safer to operate, more durable and more powerful through horsepower and torque increases with a better transfer of power and torque to the ground. To that end, all-axle wet brakes […]

May 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

Terex Trucks unveils 40-ton Generation 10 TA400 artic, its first under Volvo CE

Terex Trucks, a division of Volvo Construction Equipment, used Bauma to showcase its new TA400 41.8-ton articulated dump truck (ADT). The truck is the division’s first new product since Volvo purchased the firm from Terex in 2014, and is also the first in a series of new Generation 10 ADTs to be introduced this year. […]

May 6, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE unveils 60-ton A60H articulated dump truck

Designed to answer a demand for more tons hauled per machine, the 60-ton Volvo A60H articulated dump truck had its official unveiling at Bauma this week. “We can haul up to 40 percent more with the A60H, compared to our next size machine, the A40G,” says Assar Martinsson, Volvo global product manager for articulated haulers. […]

April 15, 2016

Construction Equipment

Bell Equipment unveils B60E 60-ton artic with 4×4 configuration

Short on the heels of Volvo’s unveiling of their 60-ton articulated dump truck, Bell Equipment is showcasing a 60-ton prototype at the Bauma trade show that it expects will be in North America by year’s end. The B60E, directed at quarry and mining operations, will use a 4×4 all-wheel-drive configuration rather than the more typical 6×6, […]

April 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

A look back at 50 years of the Volvo articulated truck

Celebrating 50 years since its creation of the initial articulated truck concept, Volvo Construction Equipment is also offering a sneak peek at its new world’s largest 60-ton A60H hauler. Volvo plans to showcase the A60H at the bauma trade show, April 11-17, in Munich, Germany. Volvo developed a tractor connected to a trailer via an […]

February 15, 2016