Tag: Attachments: Page 33

Construction Equipment

Flip Screen names president

Flip Screen Australia, designer and manufacturer of screening attachments, appointed Peter Bigwood as president of its Unites States headquarters, Flip Screen USA. Bigwood is responsible for North American sales operations, which includes identifying new market segments and applications, building a sales team and developing new relationships with dealers and distributors. Prior to joining Flip Screen, […]

November 1, 2010

Safety

First Run

Case takes on the field with N Series backhoe Industry pioneer adds punch at both ends By Mike Anderson The Case “loader/backhoe” – as the company calls it – is a signature product, proudly carrying history that dates back to 1957, when Case introduced the first integrated backhoe loader in North America. With the first […]

October 13, 2010

Business

Product Focus

Grinders, chippers and shredders By Lauren Heartsill POWERFUL PROCESSOR The Diamond Z DZH4000tkt grinder, DZ’s smallest horizontal model, can process up to 95 tons, or 620 yards, of pallets and construction waste per hour. • Uses either a Tier 2 Caterpillar 765-horsepower or Tier 3 Caterpillar 700-horsepower engine • Can be transported on a low-bed […]

October 6, 2010

Business

Digital Exclusives for October

By Equipment World Staff     LeeBoy’s RW-80A Blaw-Knox road widener The 80-horsepower RW-80 arrives at Volvo dealerships Spring 2011.           Marketplace Extra Our digital-only new products section includes Trimble’s FX3D laser scanner, Kaeser’s KPB ergonomic paving breakers, Reelcraft’s 9000 Series mobile base hose reel and more.     Weigh in […]

October 5, 2010

Equipment

Marketplace

By Amy Materson No ripping  Scarify gravel, bitumen and sealed asphalt roads without ripping with FAE USA’s MTH soil stabilizer and asphalt grinder attachment, which also functions as a forestry tiller. Available in three models, the MTH attaches to tractors ranging from 230 to 360 horsepower, and is available in working widths from 82 to […]

October 5, 2010

Safety

Inspection Checkpoint: How to inspect a used small dozer

By Marcia Gruver Good used machines are at a premium these days, so it was the luck of the draw that we got to inspect not one, but two small dozers at the Tractor & Equipment yard in Birmingham, Alabama. Sitting side by side were a Komatsu 78-horsepower D31PX-22 with 500 hours and a 110-horsepower […]

October 5, 2010

Business

Product Report

By Tina Grady Barbaccia Leeboy debuts Blaw-Knox road widener VT LeeBoy introduces the first of its Blaw-Knox five-product lineup, the RW-80A road widener, Leeboy’s new Blaw-Knox Commercial Paving Products division. Each will carry the Blaw-Knox logo. The brand use is provided through collaboration with Volvo Construction Equipment and is part of a business alliance. The […]

October 5, 2010

Home

Boss to be featured on ‘World’s Greatest’

The Boss snowplow has been selected by How 2 Media to be featured on the television series “World’s Greatest.” World’s Greatest is a 30-minute show produced by How 2 Media that highlights the world’s greatest companies, products, places and people. Boss will be featured in an episode airing on the ION Network in mid-October that […]

September 27, 2010

Construction Equipment

JLG awarded $40 million contract

JLG Industries has been awarded a $40 million contract to build 280 extendable boom forklifts (EBFL) for the U.S. Marine Corps. JLG is an Oshkosh Corporation company that manufactures aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers. Also known as Millennia Military Vehicles (MMVs), EBFLs reach into trucks or shipping containers, lift loads over obstacles and […]

September 15, 2010

Construction Equipment

JLG to build forklifts for Marine Corps

JLG Industries was awarded a $40 million contract to build 280 extendable boom forklifts for the U.S. Marine Corps. The EBFLs will be built at the JLG facility in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, with an anticipated completion date of August 2012. EBFLs, also known as Millennia Military Vehicles, reach into trucks or shipping containers, lift loads over […]

September 13, 2010

Technology

Product Report

Dash-5 grader takes on the 200-plus-horsepower class By Mike Anderson By increasing engine output and weight, Komatsu is hitting the “sweet spot” for production-class motor graders with its GD655-5 model, says Steve Moore, Komatsu America product manager. “We have made it a much more competitive motor grader in the most popular motor grader class in […]

September 6, 2010

Equipment

Marketplace

By Amy Materson JAWBREAKER Crush up to 750 tons per hour with the Powerscreen Pegson XA750 mobile jaw crusher from Terex. Fitted with a hydraulically driven pan feeder and live pre-screening unit, the Pegson XA750 removes fines and sizes prior to crushing while avoiding packing and unnecessary manganese wear. A 55-by-32-inch unrestricted feed opening delivers […]

September 6, 2010