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Roadbuilding

How to move a machine from the ConExpo-Con/Agg show floor

If you attended ConExpo-Con/Agg, or if you saw any photos or videos from the show, you might be wondering how those machines are moved to and from the convention center. I know I was curious. Well, one YouTube video shows how Kobelco moved its patriotic excavator. The process involved an operator, a trailer, what […]

March 31, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator destroys bridge with one nudge, creates huge wave in domino effect

In this video from China, we see one of the most beautiful bridge demolitions ever. We only get to see the final nudge that broke the bridge’s back, but we’d have to imagine some very careful weakening of the structure had to have preceded it. Nonetheless, the domino effect and the wave produced by the […]

March 28, 2014

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Volvo releases EC380E excavator, G-Series articulated haulers and L250H loader

In addition to unveiling an electric, remote-controlled concept compact excavator, Volvo debuted several new products at ConExpo on Wednesday. EC380E Tier 4 Final excavator The new machine is powered by a Volvo 306-horsepower, D13 engine, and offers a 9 percent improvement in fuel economy. Operators can choose from between five work modes—I for idle, F […]

March 17, 2014

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Hyundai unveils R220LC-9 HI-POSS excavator prototype with next-gen power system

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas unveiled its R220LC-9 HI-POSS excavator prototype, which features the company’s next-generation power system. The R220LC-9 HI-POSS (Hyundai Intelligent Power Optimal Sharing and Energy Saving) uses an electronically controlled pump to maximize energy use and an accumulator to reduce energy consumption by reducing waste flow. A 143-horsepower Cummins Tier 3 QSB6.7 engine […]

March 16, 2014

Construction Equipment

What the heck is this massive, spider-like digger in JCB’s “Vision of the Future”?

JCB has posted a video to YouTube that has me asking a lot of questions. It’s titled “Vision of the Future” which makes sense. Cars (are they cars?) are zooming by on floating highways by an also-floating city that looks like it’s made up mostly of buildings heavily inspired by Seattle’s Space Needle. Then we […]

February 13, 2014

Construction Equipment

New and used excavator sales trends for February 2014

February 3, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator hits WWII bomb in Germany; explosion kills operator, injures 13 more

The operator of an excavator in Euskirchen, Germany was killed Friday by the blast of a buried World War II bomb. The operator was crushing rubble on a disposal site used by a local construction firm, according to a report from Bild.de. The bucket of the machine hit the bomb, resulting in an explosion so large […]

January 6, 2014

Roadbuilding

25 Days of RollOuts: Liebherr R 9XX

Liebherr’s R 9XX 40-ton prototype electric hybrid excavator features an electric hybrid driveline and is powered mostly by a standard diesel engine, though it also uses an electric storage device known as supercaps and a hydraulic pressure accumulator. The hybrid system on the R 9XX can supply short-term peak power at up to twice the […]

December 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

Komatsu adds PC170LC-10 excavator to dash-10 series

Komatsu America has added the PC170LC-10 excavator to its dash-10 series. The PC170LC-10 provides up to 5 percent more lift capacity than its predecessor, the PC160LC-8. An optional heavier counterweight adds 15 percent more lift capacity compared to the PC160LC-8. Without the heavier counterweight, the machine can be hauled on a 40,000-pound tag-along trailer. Powered […]

December 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

Terex adds TW85 and TW110 wheeled excavators to North American market

Terex has made its TW85 and TW110 wheeled excavators available in North America, according to a report from our sister site, Equipment World. The 101-horsepower TW85 has and operating weight of 18,519 pounds and a bucket capacity ranging from 3.1- to 12.3-cubic feet. The machine offers a maximum digging depth of 13 feet, 5 inches […]

October 14, 2013

Roadbuilding

Truck hits, damages three bridge beams with an excavator

Oops—he did it again, and again and again. A driver carrying an oversize load hit three bridges on Texas’ Interstate 20 at the Crain Avenue overpass after a 34-year-old man from Sonora, Texas, hit them with an oversized load, the Odessa American reports. According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and in a criminal complaint filed […]

September 27, 2013

Roadbuilding

Volvo’s ECR25D short swing radius excavator delivers high breakout, tearout forces in compact machine

Volvo’s ECR25D short swing radius excavator, introduced earlier this year, offers the breakout and tearout forces of a large machine with the maneuverability and ease of transport of a compact machine. With an operating weight of 5,489 pounds, the 2.5-ton ECR25D achieves a breakout force of 4,554 pounds, a short arm tearout force of 3,885 […]

September 9, 2013