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Safety

Product Focus

Trenchers   By Wayne Grayson     SINGLE-HANDED CONTROL Barreto Manufacturing offers multiple application solutions with the TK Track Trencher Series. TK series walk-behind trenchers feature an ergonomic single-handed control, with engine options ranging from 13 to 30 horsepower and trench depths between 24 and 48 inches. Track trenchers have a larger footprint, doing less […]

August 28, 2012

Maintenance

Marketplace

By Amy Materson   EDITOR’S PICK   SIZEABLE SKID STEER Gehl is touting the vertical lift V400 skid-steer loader – also launched as the 4000V under the Mustang brand – as the largest skid steer in the world. With a 4,000-pound rated operating capacity, a 9,150-pound breakout force and a 144-inch true vertical lift height, […]

August 28, 2012

Business

Machine Matters More

Brush League    Contractors can maximize their time while clearing land with the proper land clearing attachments      By Wayne Grayson       Though the economic downturn has restricted contractor spending on attachments, as Terex product manager Jamie Wright says, it’s worthwhile for contractors “to be on the watch for new attachments that […]

August 27, 2012

Safety

Final Word

Where the Jobs Are   If there is one bright spot in the economy and employment numbers it’s in the energy development field. There are plenty of good paying jobs from the Canadian oil sands to the shale gas in South Texas for people who’ve got the moxie to seek them out. Take Carrie Sims, […]

August 27, 2012

Technology

Case launches H Series rough terrain forklifts

Case Construction Equipment introduced its new H Series rough terrain forklifts on August 15. The Case 586H and 588H forklifts meet Tier 4 Interim qualifications through the use of cooled exhaust gas recirculation (CEGR) technology and a diesel particulate filter. Both models feature Case turbocharged engines rated at 78 net horsepower and deliver a […]

August 16, 2012

Maintenance

Ditch Witch intros RT80 Quad

Ditch Witch‘s new 83-hp RT80 Quad trencher features a three-speed, shift-on-the-fly ground drive that provides the power necessary to tackle tough jobsites with the machine’s traversing vibratory plow, trencher, saw, and backhoe attachments.  Features include: A best-in-class static load rating of 39,000 lb and best-in-class 35,215 lb  of breakout for plowing applications, according to Ditch Witch. […]

August 15, 2012

Construction Equipment

H&E carries Bomag equipment

H&E Equipment Services (H&E) is the new authorized Bomag dealer in Mississippi, North Carolina, Arkansas (Clay, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, Boinsett, Cross, Crittenden, St. Francis, Lee and Phillips counties), South Carolina (Barnwell, Aiken, Lexington, Calhoun, Sumter, Florence, Marion and Horry counties), and Tennessee (Henry, Benton, Decatur and Hardin counties, west of the Tennessee River). This appointment […]

August 15, 2012

Technology

Astec attends MINExpo 2012

Astec Mining will showcase new products and services at booth 10,000 at MINExpo 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 24-26. The company’s 3,800-square-foot display will feature products such as Breaker Technology’s RMS 18 Mobile Scaler Vehicle, KPI-JCI’s K500 Cone Crusher and Telsmith’s 3858 Mine Duty Jaw Crusher with hydraulic overload relief. Astec also plans to […]

August 15, 2012

Construction Equipment

Manitowoc Boom Raise System lifts longer Wind Attachment boom lengths

To eliminate the need for an investment in either a larger capacity crane or a second support crane to lift heavier booms on the job, Manitowoc Cranes developed the Boom Raise System for the 440-ton 16000 Wind Attachment.

August 13, 2012

Home

Hawthorne Cat distributes NorAm 65E

Hawthorne Cat has begun representing the NorAm 65E compact motor grader in their nine locations in California and Hawaii. Hawthorne sells, rents, and supports the 65E at each branch location including their Cat Rental stores, Hawthorne Rent-It Service.

August 10, 2012

Construction Equipment

What’s been happening with graders? [Infographic]

As highlighted in the August issue of Equipment World, trend prices for the top 10 grader models sold at auction are on the upswing, but still have a ways to go from their five-year-plus peak of $156,585 in February 2007. According to the TopBid auction price service, the top auction price during the May 2011-May […]

August 7, 2012

Equipment

Machine Matters

Is it time for a new wheel loader?   Advanced electronics, drivetrain refinements make the case for a new machine    By Marcia Gruver Doyle     As you’ve waited for the economy to turn, your wheel loaders have aged, and now those machines are perhaps two generations behind what’s currently in dealer order books. […]

August 7, 2012