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Construction Equipment

Doosan launches DX180LC-5, DX225LC-5, DX235LCR-5 excavators with Smart Power Control, cab updates (PHOTOS)

Doosan has launched three new Tier 4-compliant crawler excavators to its lineup. The DX180LC-5, DX225LC-5 and DX235LCR-5 replace the Tier 4 Interim-compliant Dash-3 models and add feature performance and comfort improvements to a range of features. We first got a look at these machines during a media event in the Arizona desert back in March and Doosan […]

September 16, 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

Construction Equipment

3 dozers pull upended excavator and a bunch of gear up a ridiculous rocky grade

No. 10 Video of 2015 « Intro No. 9 »   What do you do when you’ve got a crapload of gear to move and an incredibly steep and rocky grade in front of you? If you’re this crew you chain every dozer at your disposal together, throw the skid onto an excavator bucket and […]

August 28, 2015

Construction Equipment

Remu’s Crossover screening bucket serves as all-in-one materials processing solution

Quickly transition between different applications with Remu’s Crossover screening bucket, which is a bucket frame with an exchangeable work module. The bucket is part of Remu’s modular buckets specifically designed for compact excavators and wheel loaders, which assists operators in easily switching tasks. Enabling fast changes for different jobs, module changes can be achieved in […]

August 17, 2015

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE intros EC160E excavator with power, fuel efficiency boosts (PHOTOS)

Lower operating cost combined with operator comfort were key for Volvo Construction Equipment when designing the EC160E, the company’s newest E-Series crawler excavator. The new machine features a Volvo Tier 4 Final D4 engine that delivers an 8-percent improvement in fuel efficiency and a 5-percent boost in both tractive force and engine power when compared […]

August 6, 2015

Construction Equipment

Watch Volvo excavators dance bucket-in-bucket in this cool tiltrotator demo

Usually manufacturer equipment demos are filled with hard-driving rock, and Volvo Construction Equipment’s recent event at Volvo Days in Eskilstuna, Sweden was no different. In late June the company used music with a heavy bass line to strut its lineup of artics, loaders, skid steer, rollers, on-highway trucks and pavers and rev up a crowd […]

August 4, 2015

Construction Equipment

REVIEW: Komatsu PC210LC-10 excavator earns high marks for speed, size

Nabbing some of the highest scores we’ve seen from a reviewed machine so far, there was a common theme among our experts when discussing how the Komatsu PC210LC-10 impresses: speed and agility. And with nearly 15,000 hours of combined on this excavator among them, several of our experts says the PC210LC-10 is simply “better all […]

July 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

Head stands, extreme grades and giant boulders all in a day’s work for this excavator operator

You don’t see many operation videos that are nearly as interesting as this one. And better yet, it only gets more interesting as it goes on. The video is a compilation of situations shot in Taiwan originally posted to YouTube by user wEnYi Liu.  First we see the operator working in a bit of muck, tilting […]

July 24, 2015

Construction Equipment

Hyundai unveils 7 HX Series excavators with new high-end cab, better control, faster cycle times (PHOTOS)

Hyundai has taken the wraps off of its latest series of excavators and the company says the aim of the new machines is making high-end features a standard expectation. Replacing the Hyundai 9A Series excavators are the HX220L, HX260L, HX300L, HX330L, HX380L, HX480L and HX520L. The 220 through the 380 are powered by Cummins engines while […]

July 23, 2015

Safety

Excavator slides into ditch, kills worker on Michigan jobsite

A worker on a Michigan jobsite was killed last week when he was struck by an excavator. According to a report from The Bay City Times, 40-year-old Jason Robert Schwartzly was killed while spreading gravel being dumped into a ditch by the excavator. Michigan State Police officials told the paper the excavator suddenly slid into the ditch, striking and killing Schwartzly. […]

July 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Follow this excavator operator’s example. Make your hot dogs with a grapple

With Independence Day weekend officially upon us, millions of Americans are preparing to host or attend a cookout. But none of them will feature a hot dog chef of this magnitude. In the video below, skilled Finnish operator Juha-Pekka Perämäki prepares a hot dog with all the fixin’s using a Caterpillar 308 excavator with a grapple […]

July 3, 2015

Equipment Experts

Why are larger, 35- to 50-ton excavator sales up? Machine’s evolution, industry’s recovery are factors

It’s more ripple than tsunami, but there’s been an increase in sales of excavators toward the upper end of the midsize category. Why? No one’s sure. “It could be that there are more larger projects,” says Kurt Moncini, large excavator product manager for Komatsu America. “It could be acceptance of Tier 4 Final technology. It […]

July 2, 2015