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Dealers

Runnion Equipment becomes full line Knapheide dealer

Runnion Equipment is expanding its Knapheide body offerings, and now offers Knapheide’s full line of service/utility and dump bodies. The new capabilities will be in addition to Runnion’s use of Knapheide bodies for the company’s offering of National Crane boom trucks and Palfinger knucklebooms. “This is an exciting opportunity for us,” says Michael Prochot, Runnion president. […]

June 29, 2020

Dealers

Tyler Equipment is Volvo CE’s 2019 Dealer of the Year; Housby Heavy Equipment nabs Uptime honors

Volvo Construction Equipment has named Tyler Equipment its 2019 Dealer of the Year in North America. Volvo also recognized Housby Heavy Equipment as its 2019 Uptime Dealer of the Year. Volvo says its Dealer of the Year award recognizes a North American dealer that best promotes the Volvo brand by providing the highest uptime, offering unique customer […]

June 25, 2020

Dealers

RDO combines two locations into one new Twin Cities facility

RDO Equipment has opened a new 45,000-square-foot store in Dayton, Minnesota, a move that integrates two previous locations in the Twin Cities area. The new combines the parts support of RDO’s former Brooklyn Park location and the Topcon technology focus of its former store in Bloomington. “This new store came about as a result of […]

June 23, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Mini Skid Steers Growing in Popularity; How Dozers Got Their Name; Liebherr Intros PR 736 G8 dozer; Atlas Copco’s new XAS 188 air compressor

Atlas Copco’s new XAS 188 air compressor runs 11 hours straight Atlas Copco’s newly redesigned XAS 188 air compressor can deliver up to 189 cubic feet per minute of air flow for 11 hours on one tank of diesel fuel. The company calls the XAS 188 the flagship of its small range of diesel air […]

June 22, 2020

Dealers

Bobcat of McMinnville opens operations

Bobcat has added Bobcat of McMinnville as an authorized dealer, offering new and used sales, service, parts and rentals. Bobcat of McMinnville is owned by Gateway Dealer Network, which now has 18 locations across eight states with more than 250 employees. The ownership group started in 1990 with one location and 11 employees. Bobcat of […]

June 19, 2020

Business

Volvo Group reduces global workforce by 4,100 due to coronavirus impacts

Volvo Group, parent of Volvo Construction Equipment and Mack Truck, says it will reduce its global white-collar workforce by more than 4,100 positions during the second half of 2020 due to impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. Approximately 1,250 of these positions are in Sweden and 15 percent are consultants. “The Corona epidemic and the global […]

June 17, 2020

Dealers

Kobelco adds Sonnier as Southwest U.S. district business manager

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA as appointed Jordan Sonnier as Southwest district business manager, providing support and assistance to the company’s dealers in the Southwest. In his new duties, Sonnier will ensure Kobelco dealers are supported in their marketing and training efforts. He will also assist dealers in the development and execution of annual business plans, […]

June 17, 2020

Dealers

Brandt Group acquires GeoShack, Inteq Distributors

GeoShack Canada is selling its Canadian operations to The Brandt Group of Companies in an agreement expected to close by June 26. GeoShack is the exclusive supplier for Topcon Positioning Systems equipment in Ontario, providing sales, service, and rentals of GPS, lasers and survey equipment, and more to the construction, survey, engineering, and agricultural industries. […]

June 12, 2020

Dealers

Wilson Equipment adds Bobcat of Salem (Oregon) location

Bobcat Company has added Bobcat of Salem, owned by Wilson Equipment, as an authorized new and used sales, rental, service and parts dealer for southern Oregon and northern California. Founded in 1983 by Steve and April Wilson, Wilson Equipment at first refurbished used equipment for rental customers. It now owns three dealerships. “With dealerships in […]

June 9, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils MH3040 material handler; New aerial lift standards take effect; Yanmar intros SV40 compact excavator; Dynapac CC1400 VI roller; Leno takes Tesla Cybertruck for a spin

Video: Tesla Cybertruck sneak peak in Jay Leno’s test drive with Elon Musk Jay Leno recently got to take the upcoming and extremely hyped Tesla Cybertruck for a test drive. And who better to go for a drive in the Cybertruck than with Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk? Leno and Musk even drive into […]

June 8, 2020

Dealers

Cat dealer MacAllister Machinery celebrates 75th year

Cat dealer MacAllister Machinery, now in its third generation of leadership, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The company was founded in 1945 in Indianapolis by E.W. MacAllister, the grandfather of the current president and CEO Chris MacAllister. Following World War I, E.W. returned to his home state of Wisconsin and worked for the local […]

June 5, 2020

Dealers

Contractors: Nominate your essential dealer for our Dealer of the Year award

Now, more than ever, you need a great dealer partner who understands your business and has your back. If your dealer has not only met but exceeded your expectations, we invite you to nominate it for the 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year award. To nominate a dealer, just fill out this quick form. The […]

June 2, 2020