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Construction Equipment

Design of Cat’s new GSH425/525 grapples boosts cycle times

Caterpillar has introduced a pair of new orange peel grapples the company says are designed for a variety of material handling and construction applications. Replacing the GSH20B-Series grapples, the new GSH425 and GSH525 feature a design with horizontal cylinders which Cat says creates a profile allowing for greater material penetration and more efficient bulk-material handling. […]

November 1, 2016

Construction Equipment

JohnnyBall is a no-tech operator’s tool for at-a-glance slope, level checks on any machine

John Miller has been operating heavy equipment for excavation work for more than 30 years. In that time the Allendale, Michigan-based excavation contractor has grown quite familiar with a sensation unique to the job. “When you’re on the excavator and you level yourself up…it’s a feeling. You know you’re level,” he explains. “When you’re level, […]

October 31, 2016

Equipment Experts

John Deere upgrades 470G LC excavator with new engine

John Deere has introduced an upgraded model of its production-class 470G LC excavator featuring a new Tier 4 Final engine. The new 13.5-liter engine provides 367-horsepower to the 470G LC, which Deere says is aimed at pipeline, mass earthmoving and road building projects. The excavator also features an automatically cleaning diesel particulate filter that can go […]

October 28, 2016

Construction Equipment

John Deere upgrades 470G LC excavator with new engine

John Deere has introduced an upgraded model of its production-class 470G LC excavator featuring a new Tier 4 Final engine. The new 13.5-liter engine provides 367-horsepower to the 470G LC, which Deere says is aimed at pipeline, mass earthmoving and road building projects. The excavator also features an automatically cleaning diesel particulate filter that can go […]

October 28, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros M315F, M317F wheeled excavators with tool carrier, compact radius design

Caterpillar is expanding its lineup of F Series wheeled excavators with the introduction of two new compact radius models designed to work as tool carriers. While the new M315F and M317F are smaller than the rest of their F Series brethren, Cat says neither sacrifice power, performance or stability and instead boast larger working envelopes, […]

October 11, 2016

Construction Equipment

Case CE unveils 2 new excavators: CX490D, CX500D are largest in lineup, boost cycle times

Case has introduced two new excavator models to its D Series lineup designed for heavy excavation work. The new CX490D and CX500D are now the largest D Series models and will replace the 47-metric ton CX470C, Case says. The two machines provide cycle times that are up to 10-percent faster, more responsive controls and better […]

October 5, 2016

Construction Equipment

Case intros CX210D LR, CX250D LR long reach excavators with smart hydraulics

Case Construction Equipment has announced the addition of two long reach crawler models to its D Series excavator lineup. For deep trenching, sloping, demolition, dredging, digging in sand or gravel pits or any other jobs that require the performance boost of a longer reach, the CX210D LR and CX250D LR feature an elongated boom and […]

September 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Excavator operator realizes error, grasps for shore, sinks boat anyway

At absolutely no point in the video below, fittingly accompanied by Yakety Sax, does it appear that this excavator is going to successfully board that boat. It looks like a bad idea, goes wrong almost immediately and quickly transforms into a frantic scramble to get the excavator off of the boat. With the boat lost, the […]

September 1, 2016

Construction Equipment

Kobelco unveils SK300LC-10 excavator with several design improvements

Kobelco has introduced the SK300LC-10, a new excavator the company says boasts improved efficiency, traction, design and construction along with a better cab. The machine is powered by a 252-horsepower Hino engine that meets Tier 4 Final standards through a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system with Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF). The new engine reduces fuel […]

August 29, 2016

Safety

Mini excavator falls into trench, pins worker inside on Md. jobsite

A construction worker in Maryland’s Montgomery County was rescued from a trench Saturday after a mini excavator fell into the trench, trapping him. According to a report from WJLA TV, the man was working inside of an L-shaped trench inside a commercial building when the machine toppled over. In order to free the man, Montgomery Country […]

August 29, 2016

Dealers

Paralyzed from waist down, gritty operator still gets the job done with this modified excavator

It’s not uncommon when talking to skilled operators for them to talk about how the machine, at some point in their development, began to feel like an extension of their body. That’s especially true for excavator operators, who are tasked with quickly operating a giant arm and bucket and with high precision. But for Norwegian excavator operator Tim […]

August 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

Excavator salvaged from icy swamp in weeks-long operation

When your excavator overturns into an icy abyss, there’s not much left to do but pull it out. But when it’s submerged nearly up to the bucket, that’s easier said than done. This salvage operation took place in the wetlands of northern Sweden, according to its YouTube description. A logging company lost not only their Cat excavator, […]

July 28, 2016