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Construction Equipment

Dozer drops from trailer while being hauled, flies head-on into traffic

Since this insanity was captured via a dashcam, we have to assume it happened in Russia. And with that in mind, it feels weird to type what I’m about to type: I am in awe of how well the drivers in this video operated with unthinkable tons of yellow iron hurtling directly toward them. See, typically these […]

April 10, 2015

Construction Equipment

Komatsu intros the D85-18, adding a “sweet spot” to dozer lineup

Days after introducing its largest semi-automatic dozer yet, Komatsu has expanded the lineup even further with a machine that straddles the line between the capabilities of its D85 and D155 dozers. The new D85-18 is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D125E-7 engine, pushing the same 264 horsepower as the other D85 dozers the manufacturer offers. However, […]

April 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

John Deere launches redesigned 1050K: its largest, most powerful dozer ever (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

[imagebrowser id=177] Opting instead to completely reimagine its largest crawler dozer rather than simply update it, John Deere has launched the 1050K, a machine the company calls its largest and most powerful dozer yet. Deere redesigned the 1050K from the ground up and leaned heavily upon customer feedback throughout the years-long development of the machine. It’s being […]

January 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

Residents of small Oregon town use bulldozer, snow to fight and contain large fire

With no fire department of their own, the residents of a small town in central Oregon banded together in sub-zero temperatures last week to fight a large fire, using whatever was at their disposal. According to a report from KTVZ TV, the blaze began in the early hours of December 31 with temperatures at -11 […]

January 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

Brazen burglars bust barriers to boost bulldozer in broad daylight

A lot of heavy equipment thefts take place on open jobsites and sometimes because keys are left in the ignition. But when you’re dealing with experienced and determined criminals, not even taking all the necessary precautions to protect valuable machines can keep them from being stolen. That’s the lesson a trucking company in Lakeside, California learned […]

December 30, 2014

Construction Equipment

Crew must build an ice platform to extract submerged bulldozer from frozen river in Alaska

A company in Alaska got a not-so-nice early Christmas present when one of their dozers slipped through a frozen river. As you can imagine, the process of getting that dozer unstuck is not very straightforward. If that machine fell through, logic dictates others that come in to pull it out will fall through as well. According […]

December 29, 2014

Roadbuilding

Breakdown of $300 million worth of heavy equipment stolen in 2013

Nearly $300 million worth of construction and other heavy equipment was stolen in 2013 with only 21 percent of it recovered, according to the latest theft report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the National Equipment Register. The majority of thefts occurred during the spring and summer months with August topping all other months with 1,305 […]

December 8, 2014

Construction Equipment

Skid steers and John Deere machines most targeted among $300 million worth of heavy equipment stolen in 2013

Nearly $300 million worth of construction and other heavy equipment was stolen in 2013 with only 21 percent of it recovered, according to the latest theft report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the National Equipment Register. The majority of thefts occurred during the spring and summer months with August topping all other months […]

December 2, 2014

Construction Equipment

Komatsu launches D155AX-8 crawler dozer with performance, fuel efficiency boosts

Komatsu has launched the latest addition to its lineup of crawler dozers with the new D155AX-8, touting increased performance thanks to a new blade along with a Tier 4 Final engine. The new machine has an operating weight of 89,300 pounds and is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D140E-7 engine. The Tier 4 Final engine integrates […]

November 25, 2014

Roadbuilding

4 rules for managing production dozer Owning & Operating costs

Of all the machines in the earthmoving world bulldozers, particularly large ones, may have the greatest variation when it comes to owning and operating costs. While the initial purchase price of a big dozer is a relatively fixed quantity, everything else from there can vary greatly. A backhoe owner often charges by the hour, but […]

July 14, 2014

Construction Equipment

4 rules for managing production dozer Owning & Operating costs

Of all the machines in the earthmoving world bulldozers, particularly large ones, may have the greatest variation when it comes to owning and operating costs. While the initial purchase price of a big dozer is a relatively fixed quantity, everything else from there can vary greatly. A backhoe owner often charges by the hour, but […]

July 14, 2014

Equipment Experts

DOZERS REDEFINED: How electronics and machine control made mid-size dozers smarter

There’s a direct correlation between power and fuel consumption; more power requires more fuel. Higher injection pressures, careful design of the piston and combustion chamber, turbocharging and other mechanical ploys improve combustion efficiency and help ensure maximum power is extracted from each unit of fuel, but they don’t change the fundamentals. More power still requires […]

July 1, 2014