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Construction Equipment

Excavator and operator tumble into water below bridge in Ontario

An excavator with the operator still inside the cab fell off a bridge in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada, Wednesday, Nov. 1, CTV News Windsor reports. The Ministry of Labour closed the bridge while it was investigating the accident. The police told the news agency that it appeared that a guard rail had given way, causing the […]

November 8, 2017

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Excavator sales and buyer trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.

October 18, 2017

Construction Equipment

Mixer truck tumbles after bad turn into steep bank

It’s hard to make sense of what causes the tipover accident in the video below, other than poor driving and decision making. The actual accident occurs about one minute in when, after some shouting between some of the workers standing around a mixer truck approaching the top of a steep bank, the driver places the […]

September 21, 2017

Construction Equipment

Kobelco to manufacture 4 more excavator models at SC plant

By 2018, Kobelco plans to manufacture a total of 11 excavators at its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with the addition of four new models, the company announced. The 156,000-square-foot plant opened in June 2016 and has been increasing production rapidly, with the goal of producing 1,800 machines a year by 2018. It currently manufactures […]

September 21, 2017

Dealers

Takeuchi expands US dealer network with Trenchers Plus

Takeuchi-US has selected Trenchers Plus in Burnsville, Minnesota, as a new dealer to sell and rent its full lineup of equipment. Since 1988, Trenchers Plus has served the underground equipment industries with sales and rentals of trenchers and directional drills. Though specializing in underground equipment, the dealer also sells and rents construction and landscaping equipment […]

September 13, 2017

Construction Equipment

Excavator falls from dirt face, operator rides it like a surfboard

Judging by this incident alone, this guy may have more of a future in surfing than he does in heavy equipment operation. In the video below, an excavator is perched in a less than secure spot near the top of a dirt face. The soil beneath the machine suddenly gives way, sending the machine and […]

August 24, 2017

Construction Equipment

Case intros CX145D SR excavator with more power, improved cab

Case has expanded its D Series lineup of full-size excavators with the introduction of an updated minimum-swing model, the CX145D SR. Powered by a 102 horsepower Tier 4 Final (T4F) engine, the CX145D SR has an operating weight of 32,100 pounds and delivers bucket digging forces up to 21,400 lb.-ft. and lift capacities up to […]

August 22, 2017

Construction Equipment

Blade Buddy bucket gives excavators skid steer abilities

Calling it a “skid steer bucket on steroids,” Canadian company Blade Buddy has unveiled a new attachment for excavators that gives operators much of the capabilities of both of the aforementioned machines in one. The Blade Buddy is a 40-inch deep bucket that mounts to most 5- to 6.5-foot excavator blades without the use of […]

August 10, 2017

Construction Equipment

Excavator tumbles from trailer towed by dump truck into Ga. morning traffic

Commuters in Roswell, Ga. were up against an unusual traffic jam Thursday morning—a dump truck and a toppled excavator. A dump truck had been towing the dozer around 9:30 a.m. on Holcomb Bridge Road when a traffic accident caused the driver to swerve and lose the excavator off the flatbed. On their Facebook page Roswell […]

August 10, 2017

Construction Equipment

Nox Tiltrotators spin 360°, feature compact design with no protruding parts

Kinshofer’s new Nox Tiltrotator attachments for excavators come in five sizes, all designed to be compact with no protruding tilt cylinders. They also feature 360-degree continuous rotation and are designed for low maintenance, the company says. The attachment has only two greasing points, fewer wear parts and hydraulics integrated into the cast housing. The five […]

August 4, 2017

Construction Equipment

Eterra ups force on PDX-750 post driver with breaker tech

Eterra has used concrete-breaking technology to give its new PDX-750 Breaker Style Post Driver maximum force when driving posts, the company says. The attachment, designed for use on skid steers, compact track loaders, backhoes and excavators, is powered by a nitrogen-charged power cell encased in heavy duty housing for protection and durability. It has an […]

July 25, 2017

Construction Equipment

The Dumphoe was half excavator, half site dumper in one weird little machine

While cruising through a heavy equipment forum recently I stumbled upon a photo of a machine that can only be classified as…”interesting.” The machine had the front end of a mini excavator but the rear end of a site dumper. The whole thing sat on four rubber tires. The forum user mentioned that they thought […]

July 20, 2017