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Dealers

Despite market share gains, Volvo CE profit falls 40% in 2Q

Though weaker machine sales in China and Brazil were partially offset by higher sales in Europe, Volvo Construction Equipment saw overall sales fall during the second quarter. The company reported a 12-percent net sales decline to $1.6 billion (SEK 13.6 billion), while profit fell 40 percent to $93.8 million (SEK 810 million). The company notes that […]

July 28, 2016

Dealers

Recession weary heavy equipment buyers flock to rental, RPOs to lower risk

“Our views haven’t changed drastically when it comes to buying new equipment,” says Al Gorick, president Gorick Construction, Binghamton, New York. “We have always tried to make purchasing decisions based on projected utilization, and when a good value presents itself.” Still others, such as G. W. Tatro Construction of Jeffersonville, Vermont, didn’t have much of […]

July 26, 2016

Equipment Experts

Articulated dump trucks see rapid size growth as customers move to bigger rigs

Is bigger better? The articulated dump truck (ADT) market thinks so.   The Equipment World Spec Guide reveals the rapid progression of ADT sizes. In 2006, the smallest ADT was the JCB 714 at 14 tons, while the largest was Cat’s 740 at 42 tons. During that year, most models were in the 20-to-less-than-30-ton size […]

July 22, 2016

Dealers

Articulated dump trucks see rapid size growth as customers move to bigger rigs

Is bigger better? The articulated dump truck (ADT) market thinks so.   The Equipment World Spec Guide reveals the rapid progression of ADT sizes. In 2006, the smallest ADT was the JCB 714 at 14 tons, while the largest was Cat’s 740 at 42 tons. During that year, most models were in the 20-to-less-than-30-ton size […]

July 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

This 1968 Volvo DR861 is the oldest articulated hauler in operation in North America

It might not be the prettiest machine in his fleet, but Tomy Stenvall’s 1968 Volvo DR860 articulated hauler is certainly his most prized. But the truck isn’t just a novelty antique at Stenvall’s Amswede Corporation in Chula Vista, California. Since the early 1990s, the DR860 has been used on a daily basis as a water truck on jobsites […]

July 19, 2016

Dealers

How Tier 4 Final impacted the skid steer segment and how manufacturers are responding

Why did Tier 4 Final have so much impact on skid steers? Three reasons. First, emissions standards for machines less than 75 horsepower are different than the standards for those with 75 horsepower and above. Skid steer models fall on both sides of this rating. Second, skid steer customers are price sensitive, and Tier 4 […]

July 1, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE says its 3 new loader buckets can reduce fuel consumption by 10%

Volvo Construction Equipment has released three new buckets designed for its L110-L350 wheel loaders the company says handle material so much more efficiently that they can reduce fuel consumption up to 10 percent. “One of the best ways to increase production and limit fuel costs is to efficiently match the bucket to the jobsite,” says Stefan […]

June 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Volvo CE’s Co-Pilot in-cab tablet control module wins design award

Volvo Construction Equipment’s Co-Pilot system, introduced at the Bauma show earlier this year in Munich, has won the 2016 Car HMI Awards’ “Most Innovative Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Feature” category. “Volvo Co-Pilot is the first step towards an integrated, holistic solution for worksite optimization,” says Sidney Levy, design director at Volvo CE.  “The system offers the equivalent […]

June 20, 2016

Construction Equipment

More Than Small: The renaissance of the compact excavator

Compact excavators also have experienced bracket creep; the category was once capped at machines weighing 6 tons, then went up to 8 tons, and currently includes units weighing 10 tons and lower. The range is now broad enough that some in the industry are defining subsets as micro, mini, midi, and compact with no adjective […]

May 30, 2016

Construction Equipment

SDLG brings budget-minded L938F, L937F loaders to NA; plans compact loader intro for 2017

The SDLG Tier 4 Final wheel loaders that were on display at the recent Bauma trade show are now available in North America, and the company says it plans to introduce a 1.8-cubic-yard compact loader here next year. The 2.5-cubic-yard capacity L938F and and the 3-cubic yard capacity L937F loaders will be available beginning in […]

May 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo says its self-driving prototype FMX can safely navigate mines

Though in development for some time, Volvo recently decided to give us all a peek behind its R&D curtain, sharing details on an autonomous truck the company is testing for use in the mining industry. The company says this self-driving truck, an FMX model based on the picture the company has shared, is capable of navigating fixed […]

May 16, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > Tour the machines and giant halls of Bauma 2016

How big is Bauma? This big. As it is every three years, the Bauma show was held in Munich last week. We’ve been furiously writing up everything of note we saw at the show (and still have a bit more to write) and we’ve been gathering it all at the Bauma hub here on the […]

April 20, 2016