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Construction Equipment

Vovo moves North American HQ to Shippensburg

Volvo Construction Equipment is moving its North American headquarters to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, spending $100 million to expand its facility to start wheel loader, articulated hauler and excavator production. The move, scheduled to be complete by September, 2012, also involves Volvo Rents. The move will result in shorter lead times for customers, says Olof Persson, president and CEO […]

March 15, 2011

Roadbuilding

Special Report

Backhoes By Tom Jackson, executive editor, Equipment World   Contractors extend trade-in times, rely on used equipment As with just about every other category of equipment, the sales of both new and used backhoes plunged between 2006 and 2010. What’s a little less obvious until you do the math is the ratio of new to […]

March 4, 2011

Roadbuilding

Special Report: EQUIPMENT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

Where we are, how we got here and what happens next. by Kirk Landers, editor emeritus, Better Roads   A recovery is coming for the U.S. construction industry. It will be long and slow. It will be different than other recoveries. And it will require planning. Even in the early stages, it is likely to […]

March 4, 2011

Maintenance

The owning and operating costs of compact wheel loaders

Depending on applications and usage patterns, many sharp-pencil contractors have found a lot of value in compact wheel loaders. To find out how these machines add up we asked David Steger, product manager at Takeuchi Manufacturing to run some numbers and tell us what contractors need to know when considering one. Steger recommended we base […]

March 2, 2011

Safety

Marketplace

FLEXIBLE FUNNEL Keep oils and fluids from dripping in even the tightest spots with the Form-A-Funnel draining tool from New Pig. The flexible tool bends to fit the space and then holds any shape, keeping fluids off of the shop floor and directing the flow into the drain. The Form-A-Funnel is constructed from moldable aluminum […]

March 2, 2011

Safety

Marketplace

By Amy Materson Editor’s pick   SAFETY MADE SIMPLE Keep workers safe when guiding steel trench plates into place with the Trench PlateMate from the Bradley Blume Corporation. As a trench plate is lifted over the trench by a backhoe or excavator, a worker must maneuver the end of the plate into place – usually […]

February 7, 2011

Maintenance

Doosan names distributor in Albany, N.Y.

Abele Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc. has been named a distributor for Doosan excavators and wheel loaders in the Albany, N.Y., area. Abele will handle the Doosan line in the counties of Schoharie, Albany, Rensselaer, Greene and Ulster.

January 10, 2011

Construction Equipment

Top Financed Models

Wheel loaders 150 to 200 horsepower What are the top financed models in this size of wheel loader? Contractors and others have been choosing these machines throughout most of 2010. By Lauren Heartsill   The Caterpillar 938H features a Cat C6.6 engine, differential lock system, load sensing hydraulics and increased lift and tilt forces to […]

December 31, 2010

Business

Marketplace

By Amy Materson   SPEED THINGS UP Increase your skid steer’s travel speed by as much as 62 percent with John Deere’s two-speed option, available for 318D and 320D mid-frame models. The option increases ground speed from 6.8 to 11 mph with the flip of a toggle switch on the joystick, boosting cycle times and […]

December 30, 2010

Maintenance

How to inspect a used wheel loader

This article is intended as a handy checklist of considerations when buying a used wheel loader, not as an all-inclusive used equipment guide. Dennis Nalon, used equipment manager with Walter Payton Power Equipment, Lebanon, Indiana, likes to start his used loader inspections by getting the general lay of the land. “I go around the […]

December 29, 2010

Construction Equipment

Deere to build new equipment plant in China

Deere says it will invest $50 million in a new manufacturing plant in China to make construction equipment. The new plant in Tianjin will produce four-wheel-drive loaders and excavators. It will be the Moline, Illinois, company’s sixth manufacturing plant in China, and it will be near an existing John Deere factory that makes tractor components. […]

December 20, 2010

Construction Equipment

Whayne Supply delivers 5,000th rebuilt Cat

In the 25th year of the Cat Certified Rebuild Program, Whayne Supply delivered the 5,000th machine to be rebuilt under the guidelines that provide customers with like-new machines. The Cat 980G wheel loader was built to new machine specifications in Whayne’s Louisville, Kentucky, shop, where the ceremony was held on Dec. 16. Last year, Cat […]

December 20, 2010