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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils Next Gen excavators; Chevy unveils Colorado ZR2 AEV; <75 hp engine technology; Inside Cat 988K XE development; The best GM trucks of SEMA 2017

Cat unveils 3 20-ton Next Gen excavators: ‘Platform for the future’ boasts new hydraulic tech, remote start from phone app How cool is this: An excavator that you can start with an app on your smart phone. That’s just a tiny fraction of the digital razzle-dazzle Cat showed us last week in the most significant […]

November 28, 2017

Dealers

LiuGong holds global dealer conference on eve of 60th anniversary

More than 1,000 attendees from over 70 countries attended LiuGong’s 2017 Global Dealer Conference, held this week in Changzhou, China. The event also celebrated the company’s coming 60th anniversary, and announced a global tour that will stop at each overseas facility. Established in 1958, LiuGong now has 15 product lines. Recent developments include the September […]

November 23, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils next-gen excavators, first UTVs; The Duke is one bad ’72 Chevy; Tesla unveils electric Semi; Tracks that monitor their own wear; Volvo intros EC27D excavator

Cat intros next-gen excavators with “digital heart” All three of Caterpillar’s new Next Generation excavators feature a radically new hydraulic system driven by a “digital heart.” The 320 and 323 (pictured here) models offer automated digging and positioning technology in addition to payload weighing. How cool is this: An excavator that you can start with […]

November 21, 2017

Construction Equipment

Kobelco USA promotes Lumpkins, Folden to key management roles

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has promoted George Lumpkins to general manager for product marketing and developing and Ken Folden to national service manager for the excavator division. Lumpkins brings more than 45 years of industry experience to his new position, most recently as general manager with the Texas-based company. His expertise is in construction equipment […]

November 16, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: JCB wins AEM award; AGCO sales jump; Engcon establishes U.S. HQ; Danfoss acquires Visedo; Vandalia Rental opens Cincinnati branch

JCB honored with AEM’s Pillar of the Industry award JCB received the “Pillar of the Industry” award from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) in recognition of its work to improve the business environment for the equipment manufacturing industry, its efforts to advocate for pro-manufacturing solutions, and its participation in AEM’s “I Make America” grassroots […]

November 14, 2017

Construction Equipment

This excavator is using an honest to God shovel where the bucket goes

The video below comes to us via Avery Springer on Twitter and shows an excavator operator who has chosen one of the…uh…simpler(?)…attachments at his disposal. The clip below is only about five seconds long, so we’d love to know how long this was actually going on for.

November 9, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cummins unveils first crate engine; Cat’s new universal coupler; Dealers preview new Kubota machines; Liebherr PR 766 dozer; Eterra Typhoon 74 brush mower

Cummins unveils its first crate engine, the R2.8 Turbo Diesel Admit it. You’ve always wanted a diesel. You dreamed of what you could do with that torque. Now you can have one and retrofit it into an older truck or Jeep and not have to pay a fortune for a new model. At SEMA Wednesday, […]

November 7, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat’s new universal coupler quickly attaches skid-steer tools to mini excavators

Caterpillar has introduced a new universal coupler designed for use with 4-ton, 5-ton and 8-ton mini excavators. The new Cat Mini Hydraulic Excavator Universal Coupler allows for skid-steer attachments to be used and interchanged quickly on these excavators. The coupler either pins to the stick or can be picked up with Cat’s Dual Lock Coupler. […]

November 2, 2017

Construction Equipment

Gradall intros XL 4100 V excavator; replaces Mercedes engine with Volvo

Gradall has designed its newest version of the XL 4100 hydraulic excavator to be more fuel efficient, while still achieving speeds of up to 60 mph on the road. The XL 4100 V excavator is powered by a 153-horsepower, Tier 4 Final Volvo Penta diesel engine, which achieves a 5 percent improvement in fuel efficiency […]

November 1, 2017

Dealers

Dealers preview Kubota’s new compact excavators, RTV, tractors

Dealers got a hands-on preview of Kubota’s two new compact excavators, available in early 2018, as well as the company’s fastest gas-powered RTV yet and seven new tractors in the M Series lineup. About 1,100 dealers attending Kubota’s annual meeting October 21-25 in Phoenix, Arizona, saw the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm along with the […]

November 1, 2017

Construction Equipment

Case unveils TV370 CTL, expands C-Series excavator lineup with CX30C

Earlier this year Case Construction Equipment introduced six new mini excavators, and during the recent GIE+EXPO in Louisville, Kentucky, it debuted its seventh C-Series model, the CX30C. Designed to fit right in the sweet spot for small to mid-size landscapers, the CX30C has an operating weight of 6,020 pounds and has a bucket digging force of 4,520 pounds. […]

October 30, 2017

Dealers

Proxibid selected as online bidding provider for RES Auction Services

Ohio-based RES Auction Services, poised to open a sprawling new equipment yard, has selected Proxibid as the exclusive provider of online bidding for its auctions. The first RES equipment auction in the new yard will be at 9 a.m. November 18. Bidders can participate in person at the auction facility in Wooster, Ohio, as well […]

October 30, 2017