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Safety

Inspection Checkpoint

How to Inspect a Used Skid Steer     Note a machine’s history, check for signs of abuse and take it through several cycles before you decide to buy       Inspection machine: 2005 Case 420 with 682 hours Seller: Independent rental company Inspector: Chuck Abney, former general manager of Border Equipment, Conley, Georgia, now with […]

August 7, 2012

Construction Equipment

Dozer, grader advances highlight Deere’s 175th

[youtube UaaDp-lMaC4 nolink] It all started with the self-scouring plow in 1837. This year, John Deere celebrates its 175th year, a history that includes the company’s entry into construction equipment in the mid-1950s. Key products along the way include: 1958: The first all-hydraulic dozer, the Model 64, featured a new six-way power-angle-tilt (PAT) blade. The […]

August 7, 2012

Safety

Marketplace

By Amy Materson    Editor’s pick FUEL SAVER Achieve better fuel efficiency with Link-Belt’s 235 X3 Spin Ace minimum swing radius excavator, which features a Tier 4 Interim Isuzu engine that delivers 17.5 percent improved fuel efficiency when compared to the previous model, the 225 Spin Ace. The 235 X3 Spin Ace also has 15 […]

August 6, 2012

Construction Equipment

Quick Data

GRADERS   A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.   By Marcia Gruver Doyle                           $330,000 Top auction price, May 2011 to May 2012, paid for a 2008 Caterpillar 14M at a […]

August 6, 2012

Equipment

JCB’s Ecomax engine meets EU Stage IIIB/US Tier 4 Interim emissions standards

JCB has added in-cylinder technologies to its Ecomax engines, allowing the engines to meet EU Stage IIIB/US Tier 4 Interim emissions standards. The Ecomax engine will be fitted into machines spanning the 74- to 173-horsepower range, including JCB backhoe loaders, Loadall telescopic handlers, wheeled loading shovels, the TM range of telescopic boom wheeled loaders, JS […]

August 2, 2012

Business

Curtis Industries names CEO, president

Curtis Industries has appointed Scott Nelson as CEO and president of the company. Nelson’s new position is effective immediately. He succeeded John Rachwalski, who retired from the position but will remain on the Board of Directors and a consultant to the Curtis Industries. Nelson has 26 years of industry experience, most recently as president EMEA […]

July 31, 2012

Business

Astec discusses market position in India

Four United States-based companies of Astec Industries have hosted two senior executives of Tractors India (TIL) to work toward strengthening Astec’s market position in India. Visitors included Sumit Mazumder, vice chairman and managing director, and Somnath Bhattacharjee, president of material handling solutions equipment and project solutions business at TIL. The guests visited the Telsmith factory […]

July 31, 2012

Construction Equipment

NorAm appoints new dealers

Wagner Equipment Company, based in Aurora, Colorado, now represent the NorAm 65E compact motor grader in Colorado, New Mexico and west Texas. The company, which includes Wagner Rents, sells, rents, and supports the 65E at each branch location including their network of Wagner Rents Stores. Thompson Tractor, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the new NorAm […]

July 30, 2012

Pickups

Victor 2012 Catalog now online

Victor has launched print and interactive versions of its 2012 Industrial Gas Equipment catalog. The 108-page catalog offers full-color images and has been reorganized to locate relevant information pertaining to major components (flow charts, part numbers, tip sizes, capacities, accessories, etc.) as close as possible.

July 25, 2012

Safety

One possibility for dozer training

Vista Training has launched a web-deliverable dozer training module, focusing on basic operation and safety.  The 1-hour module is self directed and focuses on three key areas: Components, focusing on major blade and track components, and how they contribute to pushing material. Controls, describing machine controls and functions, plus typical working conditions and basic operating […]

July 19, 2012

Construction Equipment

Equipment World July issue sneak peek: Grade Regulator bucket adjusts final grade on the fly

[youtube SHXIect_Zdo nolink] A bucket that adjusts final grade on the fly will be launched this summer by Indiana contractor Philip Paull. The Grade Regulator is the latest in a line of attachments he’s created through his three-year old manufacturing firm, Excavating Solutions, building on his more than 20 years of experience as an excavating […]

July 5, 2012

Safety

Utility — Sponsored Information Section

TRENCHER TACKLES TOUGH TERRAIN Perform trenching applications in rough terrain with the Ditch Witch RT80 Quad heavy duty ride on trencher, which has a three-speed shift-on-the-fly ground drive. • Has 30,742 pounds of breakout; 39,000-pound static load rating • Track frames pivot about the axle’s centerline to boost machine stability • Attachments include vibratory plow, […]

July 1, 2012