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DSE ESeries engine controllers to be on display at ConExpo 2020
Products with DSE’s ESeries range of engine controllers, on display at ConExpo 2020 at booth B93602 in the Bronze Hall, are compatible with Tier 4, Stage 5 electronic engines as well as non-electronic engines. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) […]
December 17, 2019
Construction Equipment
N.J. offering contractors grants for engine retrofits
New Jersey will get more money to retrofit and replace diesel engines on construction equipment to reduce emissions. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection has recently received a $258,480 EPA grant to add to the $3.8 million the state has received since 2008 to reduce diesel emissions. The state has been offering grants to construction […]
October 31, 2017
Construction Equipment
9 things you must know to get a handle on DEF
“Why does it have to be this way? Why are we having to do one more thing?” Those are typically the first questions customers ask Heath Watton, regional manager for Southeastern Equipment, Cambridge, Ohio, when they’re told about Tier 4 Final engines and the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) they need to operate. The frustration is […]
September 1, 2014
Home
Market for crawler dozers over 210 horsepower recovers
The market for the 210-horsepower and above class of crawler dozers is rebounding, bolstered by fuel-efficient technologies and other advancements.
December 1, 2012
Business
Reporter
Equipment-centric disaster relief  Tad Agoglia and his crew arrived to what was left of Haiti within a week after the 2010 earthquake. As the team used their Cat excavator and Peterbilt dump truck to clear the rubble for a medical clinic, he was struck by the vast need surrounding him. “In that moment I […]
July 1, 2012
Technology
Product Report
Z7 loaders sport new styling Kawasaki intros first two models of 15-machine lineup By Tom Jackson Shipments started this April on the first two models of Kawasaki’s Z7 wheel loader lineup, the 85Z7 and the 90Z7. These will be joined by four additional Z7 machines by the end of this year, with an eventual 15 […]
April 28, 2012
Equipment
Cat announces Tier 4 protection plan
Caterpillar anounced today a no-cost, three-year/5,000-hour powertrain protection plan for nearly 40 machine models equipped with Cat Tier 4 emissions-control systems. Cat says the new Equipment Protection Plan (EPP) allows Cat machine owners to reduce risk, control costs and, ultimately, to ensure long-term value for their equipment. The EPP covers parts and labor for powertrain-component failures […]
March 20, 2012
Equipment
Maintenance
TIER 4 ENGINES The kind of engine you get in equipment for the next few years will depend on a complex matrix of credits the EPA offers to OEMs. By Tom Jackson While the compliance dates for Tier 4 Final engines are staggered from 2008 to 2015, the majority of the engines used in off-road […]
January 27, 2012
Safety
Volvo continues product advances
Volvo Construction Equipment expanded on its CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 introductions, highlighting several machines in its extensive product offerings at its Volvo Days event in Sweden at the end of May. Front and center was its Tier 4 Interim engines. “The only thing customers will notice on these engines is the required diesel particulate filter change after […]
May 31, 2011
Roadbuilding
Special Report: EQUIPMENT’S BRAVE NEW WORLD
Where we are, how we got here and what happens next. by Kirk Landers, editor emeritus, Better Roads  A recovery is coming for the U.S. construction industry. It will be long and slow. It will be different than other recoveries. And it will require planning. Even in the early stages, it is likely to […]
March 4, 2011
Equipment
Bauma 2010
Signs of a rebound in Europe’s big show, despite the travel problems By Therese Dunphy and Tom Jackson  Even though the volcano in Iceland grounded almost everyone in North America, the big European equipment show Bauma was held April 19-25, and drew a large international audience who saw new products from manufacturers around the […]
June 3, 2010
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