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Ritchie Bros. establishes U.K. auction site, first auction April 17

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13. ,Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct its first unreserved public auction at its new regional auction site at Donington Park (Derby, Leicestershire) on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the company announced publicly on March 13.

March 13, 2012

LiuGong acquires HSW, Dressta

LiuGong Machinery Corp., a global construction equipment manufacturer based in Liuzhou, China, has finalized its agreement to acquire HSW (Huta Stalowa Wola) and its distribution subsidiary, Dressta Co. Ltd., company executives announced. The agreement was signed by both companies’ executives in Warsaw with celebration ceremonies following at the Baranów Sandomierski Castle in Baranów Sandomierski, Poland. […]

January 10, 2012

Mike Anderson’s American Iron

Everyone goes home from the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s Asphalt in Depth with great expert information. But, equally if not more significantly, attendees also go home with nuggets of anecdotes, advice and perhaps even scuttlebutt from their peers

July 7, 2011

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Machine Matters More

Churning ahead Regardless of what you call them, milling machines are at home in front of pavers By Mike Anderson Some manufacturers call them “cold planers.” Others market them as “cold milling machines.” Yet another puts the two terms together for “cold planer milling machines.” There’s more, too. “Milling equipment” and simply “planers” bring the […]

March 24, 2011

Capable of full-lane milling, the Wirtgen W 250 unveiled at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 has “parallel-to-surface” technology to automatically keep the cold milling machine level as it moves into the cut. An intelligent speed control system includes an electronic flow divider that makes the machine’s four tracks work in harmony when turning.

Machine Matters

Fill out the team Pavers remain the cornerstone of a road contractor’s arsenal, but is another full-time member primed to join the equipment team? By Mike Anderson If you’re a paving contractor, no doubt you’re used to having milling equipment working at your jobsites. The use of cold planers as part of the road […]

March 24, 2011

Roadtec asphalt pavers, including the 225-horsepower tracked RP-195 model, boast sturdy frames that start with a 2-inch-thick front cross member, joined to two continuous side sheets that run the entire length of the machine and then wrap around to make up the rear. The side sheets are also connected by numerous cross members throughout the length of the paver.

Mike Anderson’s American Iron

I just couldn’t resist asking, yet again, someone representing Volvo Construction Equipment: “And what about a dozer?”

January 1, 2011

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Commercial class pavers: Smaller and lighter but more sophisticated than ever

Smaller and lighter than their big brothers in the highway business, pavers less than 25,000 pounds are more sophisticated than ever.

March 1, 2010

Better Roads braves the cold for 2 new Dynapac paver introductions

Kerry Clines, Better Roads‘ contributing editor and senior editor for BR’s sister publication Aggregates Manager, braved freezing temps and lots of snow to attend a press event for Dynapac’s new paver line for the North American market in mid-December. Introduced to dealers at Dynapac’s Garland, Texas, facility in December 2009,: the F1000T tracked and F1000W wheeled 10-foot-wide asphalt […]

December 16, 2009

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