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Construction Equipment

IronDirect launches new lineup of 10 Shantui hydrostatic dozers

IronDirect, an online equipment seller primarily known as a sales platform for Chinese-made heavy equipment, has added a lineup of 10 Shantui dozers to its product offerings. The new machines maintain track and blade control with fully hydrostatic transmissions that automatically adjust to load conditions. Track speed and direction can be controlled individually from the cab with a […]

May 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

Komatsu, NCDOT team up to give students first-hand look at construction jobs at Extreme Sandbox

Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Fund, 40 Warren County High School students from Warrenton (16 girls and 24 boys) took a 20-hour bus ride to the Extreme Sandbox in Hastings, Minn., to learn about construction industry jobs and learn to operate heavy equipment. The students were able to hop […]

May 1, 2017

Machine control

Side-By-Side: Comparing Cat, Deere, Komatsu and Topcon mast-less dozer GPS systems

GPS* machine control started out as a tangle of aftermarket products all bolted on and wired up as retrofits to existing dozers. These systems revolutionized the operation of dozers, but there were a lot of parts to track and maintain. In the past 18 months, however, several major manufacturers have begun integrating these systems into […]

April 7, 2017

Construction Equipment

Komatsu’s new D51EX/PX-24 dozers bring performance, fuel efficiency boosts

Komatsu has introduced improved models of its D51 dozers with updates including a new engine, transmission and cab improvements. The new D51EX-24 and D51PX-24 are both powered by a 131-horsepower, 4.5-liter Komatsu SAA4D107E-7 engine. The engine improves fuel efficiency by 13 percent over previous D51 models and meets Tier 4 Final standards through the use of a diesel oxidation […]

March 29, 2017

Construction Equipment

Power Dozer’s tracked blade can build earth walls, clear minefields, backfill like nobody’s business

Look at this thing and tell me you don’t immediately want to hop into the cab and see what it can do. While you might not see a Viking Power Dozer on most jobsites, there probably aren’t many earthmoving jobs that wouldn’t benefit from having it around. This dozer configuration makes quick work of backfilling […]

March 3, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: News on Bandit, Bobcat of Connecticut, J.J. Kane Auctioneers, Proxibid, Dozr, Volvo, RDO Equipment

Bandit expands Bobcat of Connecticut territory for its chippers, stump grinders Bandit Industries has expanded the territory of Bobcat of Connecticut for its hand-fed chippers and stump grinders and will service customers in western Massachusetts in addition to Connecticut. In business for more than 25 years, Bobcat of Connecticut joined Bandit’s dealership network in 2015. This expansion comes […]

January 24, 2017

Construction Equipment

6th Day of Construction Gifts: Dozer and Heavy Equipment Operator vintage belt buckles

If you’re looking for something unique to gift the trades pro in your life, Etsy has a collection of vintage old-school belt buckles. The bulldozer model from the Staghound Buckles store is made of solid brass and is marked 1983 Chicago. It measures 1-3/4” x 1-1/4”, fits up to a 1 1/4” strap and sells for […]

December 14, 2016

Equipment Experts

Cat intros Grade Control 3D for its small dozer lineup

Cat’s Grade Control 3D has now migrated to the smaller dozers in its lineup, the D3K2, D4K2 and D5K2. “This system is now the same from the D3 to the D8 size,” says Joel Fritts, market professional, small track type tractors, Caterpillar. The system automates machine functions during both production dozing and fine grading applications, […]

November 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat intros Grade Control 3D for its small dozer lineup

Cat’s Grade Control 3D has now migrated to the smaller dozers in its lineup, the D3K2, D4K2 and D5K2. “This system is now the same from the D3 to the D8 size,” says Joel Fritts, market professional, small track type tractors, Caterpillar. The system automates machine functions during both production dozing and fine grading applications, […]

November 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

JohnnyBall is a no-tech operator’s tool for at-a-glance slope, level checks on any machine

John Miller has been operating heavy equipment for excavation work for more than 30 years. In that time the Allendale, Michigan-based excavation contractor has grown quite familiar with a sensation unique to the job. “When you’re on the excavator and you level yourself up…it’s a feeling. You know you’re level,” he explains. “When you’re level, […]

October 31, 2016

Construction Equipment

Vintage Cat DD9G gave single operator power of 2 dozers in tandem

While we pause at the beginning of each year to honor the innovations that hold the promise of shaping the future of construction, it’s also fun to look back from time to time at machines that made a huge impact on the industry’s past. The video below of a Caterpillar DD9G still getting work done […]

October 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

Three large dozers join forces to create one giant wall of dirt

This video is a pretty pure example of why a job in construction and heavy equipment operation can be so much dang fun. Not much to say about this one other than sit back and enjoy the power of these machines. Near the end, you even get a look at the size of that wall […]

September 8, 2016