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Dealers

Product Roundup: New machines from Caterpillar, ASV, Hyundai and Komatsu, plus a Cat VR demonstrator preview

Cat intros 992K loader, 854K wheel dozer with improved design, hydraulics, 21% fuel boost Caterpillar has launched the new 992K wheel loader alongside its sister machine the 854K wheel dozer, improving both machines with design, efficiency, safety, and uptime enhancements. Powered by an 801-horsepower Cat C32 ACERT engine, the new 992K delivers three-pass loading of […]

November 21, 2016

Dealers

Business Roundup: Home starts up 25% in October, H&E opens 77th branch, United Rental adds 7 sites, Noble Iron sells off Houston operations

Home starts jump 25% in October with surge in multi-family building Following two consecutive months of decreases, construction starts on homes in the U.S. jumped 25 percent in October largely due to a huge increase in multi-family starts. Home starts are at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.323 million, an increase of 23 percent over […]

November 21, 2016

Dealers

RDO Equipment charity luncheon raises $69,343 for women and children emergency shelter

John Deere dealer RDO Equipment and R.D. Offutt Company, the largest potato grower in North America, raised $69,343 for the YWCA Cass Clay Emergency Shelter during the recent 17th annual RDO Caters Taters for Charity event. All of the funds raised go to the shelter. The YWCA Cass Clay Emergency Shelter is the largest facility […]

November 21, 2016

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Compact excavator sales and buyer trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price services.

November 18, 2016

Dealers

John Deere dealer Brooks Tractor named authorized Topcon OEM dealer

Brooks Tractor, a John Deere dealer based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, is now an authorized Topcon OEM dealer via its Brooks Positioning Systems division. “We are excited to announce that we added Topcon to our portfolio of positioning products,” says Mary Kay Brooks, general manager, Brooks Tractor. “When John Deere announced SmartGrade, their first in […]

November 18, 2016

Dealers

Led by loader segment, global construction equipment market forecast to hit $289B by 2022

Market research and consulting firm Allied Market Research forecasts the global construction equipment market will create $288.8 billion by 2022, and will have a compound annual growth rate of 9.2 percent from 2016 to 2022. The findings are from the company’s recent “World Construction Equipment Market —Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014-2022” report. Allied has made a […]

November 17, 2016

Dealers

Noble Iron sells off its equipment rental and sales operations in Houston

Noble Iron is selling its equipment sales and rental business, Noble Rents, in Houston, Texas, to an undisclosed “arm’s length third party” for $6.24 million. The company says it will continue to operate its equipment rental and sales operations in other regions, including Southern California, in addition to its Texada Software platform. The sale, according […]

November 17, 2016

Dealers

United Rentals adds 7 sites to specialty branch dealer network in North America

United Rentals has expanded its specialty branch dealer network in North America by adding six locations in the U.S. and one in Canada. This brings the total specialty openings to 14 for 2016. “Our latest branch openings complete our plan for 14 new specialty locations in 2016, as part of our ongoing strategic expansion,” says Paul […]

November 16, 2016

Dealers

The top-selling financed construction equipment models and types, state by state for 2016

The compact track loader (CTL) continues its reign, according to a recent study of UCC-1 filings as reported by EDA. In terms of number of new units sold, CTLs ranked as the No. 1 construction machine in 24 states during the Oct. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016, time frame. Two CTL models battled it out […]

November 15, 2016

Dealers

AED 2017 Summit adds dealer education sessions

The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) 2017 Summit, scheduled for January 10-13 in Chicago, has added new professional dealer education sessions to the program aimed at enhancing customer engagement, sales and product support for distributors. The association, with roughly 500 distributor member companies, represents companies involved in the distribution, rental and support of equipment used in […]

November 15, 2016

Dealers

TopBid equipment auction calendar for November 16-22

Construction equipment auction calendar for November 16-22 provided by TopBid. The listings include dates, locations and links to the catalog listings for each event. Nov. 16 BigIron Auctions Location: Internet http://www.bigiron.com/ Catalog available here.   Hilpipre Auction Company Location: Waterloo, Iowa http://www.hilpipre.com/ Catalog available here.   Hunyady Auction Company Location: Buffalo, New York http://www.hunyady.com/ Catalog […]

November 15, 2016

Dealers

Business roundup: H.O. Penn Cat renovation, Morbark parts price management, Yanmar customer experience center, rental equipment forecast, JLG marketing manager

Stalco Construction completes H.O. Penn Cat’s expansion and renovation Stalco Construction has completed the expansion and renovation of the parts and service departments and rental area of 93-year-old H.O. Penn Cat. The company renovated 5,000-square feet of the first floor of H.O. Penn’s site in Holtsville, N.Y. on Long Island. “The renovation has significantly improved […]

November 14, 2016