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Construction Equipment

Crane drops dozer into pit, quickly tumbles in after

No. 1 Video of 2015 « No. 2 No. 10 »   So, this went just about as badly as is possible. Just remember, when lowering massive machines into a pit with a crane, counterweight is always your best friend. Thankfully, the crane operator felt what was coming fast enough to swan dive to safety. […]

February 19, 2015

Construction Equipment

John Deere launches redesigned 1050K: its largest, most powerful dozer ever (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

[imagebrowser id=177] Opting instead to completely reimagine its largest crawler dozer rather than simply update it, John Deere has launched the 1050K, a machine the company calls its largest and most powerful dozer yet. Deere redesigned the 1050K from the ground up and leaned heavily upon customer feedback throughout the years-long development of the machine. It’s being […]

January 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

Wrongful death lawsuit against Caterpillar on behalf of dozer operator goes to trial

Attorneys for Caterpillar and two other defendants have begun the process of fighting back a wrongful death lawsuit that originated six years ago. According to a report from the Southwest Texas Record, pre-trial began Monday in a suit that claims Caterpillar, dealer Mustang Machinery and Nederland, Texas contractor Standard Constructors are responsible for the death of […]

January 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Residents of small Oregon town use bulldozer, snow to fight and contain large fire

With no fire department of their own, the residents of a small town in central Oregon banded together in sub-zero temperatures last week to fight a large fire, using whatever was at their disposal. According to a report from KTVZ TV, the blaze began in the early hours of December 31 with temperatures at -11 […]

January 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

Brazen burglars bust barriers to boost bulldozer in broad daylight

A lot of heavy equipment thefts take place on open jobsites and sometimes because keys are left in the ignition. But when you’re dealing with experienced and determined criminals, not even taking all the necessary precautions to protect valuable machines can keep them from being stolen. That’s the lesson a trucking company in Lakeside, California learned […]

December 30, 2014

Construction Equipment

Crew must build an ice platform to extract submerged bulldozer from frozen river in Alaska

A company in Alaska got a not-so-nice early Christmas present when one of their dozers slipped through a frozen river. As you can imagine, the process of getting that dozer unstuck is not very straightforward. If that machine fell through, logic dictates others that come in to pull it out will fall through as well. According […]

December 29, 2014

Construction Equipment

Komatsu launches D155AX-8 crawler dozer with performance, fuel efficiency boosts

Komatsu has launched the latest addition to its lineup of crawler dozers with the new D155AX-8, touting increased performance thanks to a new blade along with a Tier 4 Final engine. The new machine has an operating weight of 89,300 pounds and is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D140E-7 engine. The Tier 4 Final engine integrates […]

November 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

Liebherr debuts 2 new dozers: PR 746 and PR 756 Litronic (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=140] Liebherr has expanded its Generation 6 dozer line to include two new models in the 30 to 40 ton class, the PR 746  and PR 756 Litronic. If you were at the 2013 Bauma, the big construction trade fair in Germany, you saw some of Generation 6 improvements with the introduction of the […]

October 29, 2014

Construction Equipment

The Hydrostatic Revolution: How crawler dozers became infinitely more versatile when stripped of their gears

Once known as one of the more difficult earthmoving machines to master, the crawler dozer­­, with the right technology, has become one of the easiest to run. The difference? In just 10 years, hydrostatic transmissions have come to dominate dozers in the under-130 horsepower class. That combined with GPS machine control have turned what was […]

October 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar launches 824K wheel dozer with powertrain, cab improvements, larger fuel tank (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=130] Caterpillar has launched its new 824K wheel dozer, featuring powertrain, cab and serviceability improvements. The new 824K is powered by Cat’s C15 ACERT engine, producing 405 horsepower. The machine has a maximum operating weight of 74,966 pounds and is available with six blade configurations ranging in capacity from 6.6 to 21.1 cubic yards. […]

September 8, 2014

Dealers

Quick Data: New and used dozer sales trends for September 2014

September 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Add a touch of class and steel to your walls with these Van Gogh-inspired heavy equipment paintings

If you’re looking for a novel piece of art for your office or home, something that reflects who you are and what you do, Rich Janney may have just what you need. He paints construction equipment with backgrounds reminiscent of classic Van Goghs. The paintings, “Quarry Night” and “Vincent Van Dozer,”  come as rolled paper […]

August 15, 2014