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Construction Equipment

Wacker Neuson unveils TH627 telehandler with 3-in-1 machine capabilities

The Wacker Neuson TH627 telehandler is designed to be a versatile, three-in-one machine, the company says. It comes with a universal attachment plate allowing it to dig and carry like a wheel loader and use multiple attachments like a skid steer with a compact footprint. As a telehandler, it has a lift height of 18 […]

April 12, 2017

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Volvo CE debuts new flagship wheel loader: L350H boasts new design, fuel savings

Expected to be available early next year, Volvo debuted the all-new flagship of its wheel loader range, the L350H. It features a 10-percent improvement in fuel efficiency and a host of other productivity improvements, as well as a new design. So what does it take to design a flagship unit? “Number one, you want to come out […]

March 9, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat upgrades M Series medium loaders with in-depth production monitoring, improved payload measurement

At its year-end press event, Caterpillar announced updates to its M-Series medium wheel loaders. Cat says the upgrades, which are consistent with its recent trend toward short-cycle rollouts of new features, tackle not only machine-specific productivity, but overall site productivity as well. The updates apply to the 950M, 966M, 972M, 966M XE, 972M XE, 980M, and 982M. The […]

November 15, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat intros 992K loader, 854K wheel dozer with improved design, hydraulics, 21% fuel boost

Caterpillar has launched the new 992K wheel loader alongside its sister machine the 854K wheel dozer, improving both machines with design, efficiency, safety, and uptime enhancements. Powered by an 801-horsepower Cat C32 ACERT engine, the new 992K delivers three-pass loading of the Cat 775 off-highway truck and four-pass loading of the Cat 777. To improve […]

November 9, 2016

Technology

Volvo CE launches Load Assist: real-time payload data/documentation delivered through tablet-like interface

Volvo Construction Equipment is bringing a new feature to wheel loaders that delivers both real-time payload data to operators and easy work order management to owners and customers. Volvo calls the system Load Assist and is now offering it on its L110H, L120H, L150H, L180, L220H and L250H wheel loaders. The company says the system […]

October 6, 2016

Construction Equipment

Low-speed wheel loader chase ensues after man smashes, burgles liquor store

A man in Anchorage, Alaska, was arrested recently for stealing a wheel loader, smashing into a liquor store, stealing a few bottles of alcohol and ultimately leading police on a low-speed chase in the machine. According to a report from the Alaska Dispatch News, 38-year-old Joseph Martin allegedly stole the loader, owned by Green Acres […]

June 20, 2016

Construction Equipment

Loader operator jailed for burying supervisor, beating him with a level in Florida

A Florida man is accused of burying his supervisor with a wheel loader before badly beating him with a level following an argument on a Volusia County jobsite last week. According to a report from Orlando’s WFTV, 32-year-old Erick Cox and supervisor Perry Byrd, 57, were seen arguing the morning of June 3 by witness Glen Heckman. Though […]

June 7, 2016

Construction Equipment

Wacker Neuson is quietly building an entire line of electric loaders, excavators and more

While most manufacturers of larger machines focus much of their engineering resources on Tier 4 performance and experiments with hybrid machines, Wacker Neuson, whose specialty is compact equipment, is hard at work building a zero emissions fleet. At the Bauma show in Munich last month, Wacker Neuson displayed its ‘E’ lineup and discussed the machines […]

May 5, 2016

Construction Equipment

Wheel loader as a lower-cost finish-grader? With Trimble’s new GPS system, it’s possible

Say again? GPS on a wheel loader? That was our first reaction too, but after talking to Jeff Drake, business area manager, Trimble Machine Control Systems, we discovered there’s a lot to recommend in it. While dozers and motor graders are the machines most people enhance with GPS/GNSS machine control, until Trimble brought out its […]

March 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

Flipping loader an example of how not to chop down a Christmas tree

We can’t confirm if the guy with the chainsaw’s last name is Griswold or not, but in the very least this guy has to be a distant relative. On the bright side, the family in the red house has one extra tree for the holidays in the event a fried cat leads to a tree […]

December 24, 2015

Construction Equipment

Wheel loader operator ends high-speed chase using bucket as a barricade in Minnesota

With the turn of his bucket, a brave wheel loader operator recently put an end to a high-speed chase following a traffic stop in Minnesota. According to a report from KAAL TV, a Mower County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over 45-year-old Jerry Castilleja on Interstate 90 on the morning of September 18 for not wearing his seat […]

September 28, 2015

Safety

Loader operator killed when avalanche of sand floods cab

A wheel loader operator near Boston was killed Tuesday when his machine was caught in an avalanche of sand. According to a report from WBZ TV, 65-year-old Charles Pace was killed when the side of a large pile of sand collapsed atop his machine while on the job at P.A. Landers, a sand and gravel producer. […]

July 3, 2015