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Dealers

Front Range Kubota is the 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year

Equipment World has named Front Range Kubota, headquartered in Kiowa, Colorado, as its 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year. This annual award recognizes construction equipment dealers for excellence in meeting customer needs, employing technology, and addressing the parts and service requirements of today’s contractors. Front Range received the 2020 honors due to the company’s […]

October 13, 2020

Dealers

Alta Equipment Florida adds six brands

Alta Equipment Florida, formerly Flagler Equipment, has added six additional brands, bringing the company’s portfolio to 15 major brands. The company is a division of Alta Equipment Group, Livonia, Michigan. In addition to Volvo Construction Equipment, Indeco, Towmaster, KPI-JCI, Toro, SDLG and Trail King, Alta Equipment Florida now offers: Merlo telehandlers Avant compact wheel loaders […]

October 13, 2020

Dealers

Quick Data: These are the Top-Selling Skid Steers and Sales Trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s EDA equipment financing data and TopBid auction price service.

October 12, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: New Takeuchi TL8R2 Has Creep Mode; What’s New on the 2021 Chevy Silverado 1500; Six Great Earthmoving Attachments; New Bobcat excavator attachments; New tiltrotator open standard

Tiltrotator competitors Rototilt, Steelwrist form open coupler standard Tiltrotator competitors Rototilt and Steelwrist says they have adopted the “Open-S” standard for fully automatic quick couplers. The two say it means that users can combine excavator couplers, tiltrotators and tools from all manufacturers that adopt the standard.   To read more, click here. Bobcat follows up […]

October 12, 2020

Dealers

Investment Rate Drops Across Five Heavy Equipment Markets

Five key markets for construction equipment dealers showed varying levels of decline in this month’s U.S. Equipment & Software Investment Momentum Monitor report released by the foundation arm of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association. Looking at the year-over-year monitor results in the construction, agriculture, mining, materials handling and trucking markets, trucking led declines, reporting a […]

October 8, 2020

Business

Diesel Tech Schools Are Struggling During Covid-19 Pandemic

With decreasing student capacity, socially distant learning and more, diesel tech trade programs face many issues due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Details here.

October 7, 2020

Construction Equipment

Used Construction Equipment Financing Has Actually Increased During the Pandemic

Despite the pandemic, some financial institutions are reporting increased lending activity for used equipment.

October 6, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Kubota Expert Breaks Down SCL1000 Mini Skid Steer; Hyundai Bidding For Doosan Equipment? A Mini Ford Raptor? 3D-Ready Deere 210L Tractor Loaders; Tobroco-Giant G3500 Loader

New Tobroco-Giant G3500 Loader: Telescoping Boom, Bigger Loads, More Versatility Tobroco-Giant offers three different boom options with its latest compact articulating wheel loader, the Giant G3500. The standard G3500 comes with a Z-bar boom. The G3500’s X-Tra model offers higher lift capacity and increased visibility. The G3500 can also be configured with a telescoping boom […]

October 5, 2020

Dealers

Fuller joins Hyundai Construction Equipment for dealer training

Mike Fuller has rejoined the product marketing team of Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas. Fuller will be responsible for product training with Hyundai dealers, focusing on excavators. He will work with Chad Parker, senior product specialist for wheel loaders,  to provide dealer sales training and materials.  “Mike is an experienced equipment professional who understands how the […]

October 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

ARA Show joins exodus to later show dates, moves to October

The American Rental Association Show, originally scheduled for February in New Orleans, will now take place Oct. 18-20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The move has also prompted ARA to cancel its 2022 show, planned for Anaheim, California. It says it is exploring options for a “focused buyer/seller showcase in 2022 to bridge the […]

October 1, 2020

Dealers

Construction equipment financing third largest in 2019 new business volume

Construction equipment financing represented 13.6 percent of U.S. equipment financing new business volume, according to a new fact sheet issued by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. The sheet is based on ELFA’s 2020 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity of its member companies, which charted 2019 new business volume on capital equipment in several industrial […]

September 29, 2020

Dealers

ALLU adds Wimmer to dealer network in Maine, N.H.

Wimmer North America is now a distributor for ALLU Group, manufacturer of the ALLU Transformer, Crusher and Processor attachments. Headquartered in Stillwater, Maine, Wimmer will provide sales, rental, parts and service to customers throughout Maine and New Hampshire. Wimmer is a division of Wimmer International, an Austrian firm that manufactures buckets and quick couplers. In […]

September 28, 2020