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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Hyundai to build hydrogen-powered excavators; Snorkel to intro longest telescopic boom lift; LiuGong enters U.S. scissor lift market; Landclearing attachments roundup; Can new scissor lift market entrants succeed?

‘Superheated’ scissor lift market spurs new entrants Pettibone, LGMG. Can they succeed? Craig Paylor, former president of JLG, was looking to add some scissor lifts in 2018 as an additional revenue stream to his truck distribution business. But he couldn’t find any to buy. “The market was superheated,” he says. “I couldn’t even get anybody […]

March 2, 2020

Construction Equipment

CNH Industrial names Leandro Lecheta North American construction equipment head

CNH Industrial has named Leandro Lecheta as the new head of construction equipment for North America, overseeing both the Case Construction Equipment and New Holland Construction Equipment businesses, as well as the CNH Industrial Aftermarket Solutions, the company’s parts and service organization. Lecheta previously served as the chief financial officer  for the agriculture segment at CNH […]

February 28, 2020

Dealers

Bobcat adds Alabama dealers in Dothan and Opelika

Bobcat has added two dealers in Alabama, Bobcat of Dothan and Bobcat of Opelika, both part of Leppo Equipment. Founded in 1945 in Akron, Ohio, Leppo Equipment now has locations throughout northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania, along with Alabama. It is also planning additional Bobcat locations in Tallahassee and Panama City, Florida. The company serves […]

February 27, 2020

Dealers

Doosan streamlines custom equipment fulfillment process, offers 4 – 6 week delivery

Doosan Infracore North America has announced a new fulfillment initiative designed to put custom-ordered machines into U.S. and Canadian customers hands more quickly. Under the new delivery process, a dedicated Doosan team at the company’s North American customization plant in Savannah, Georgia will oversee equipment final assembly and inspection. Using this process, Doosan machines could […]

February 26, 2020

Dealers

Wacker Neuson names Miller sales and marketing VP; Vohren named director of digitalization

Wacker Neuson has named Joe Miller vice president sales and marketing, replacing Johannes Schulze Vohren, who will retire at the end of 2020 after 26 years with the company. Schulze Vohren will serve as director of digitalization during his remaining tenure with the company, focusing on special projects and knowledge transfer. In the last 12 […]

February 25, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: The Top 5 Machines & Tools of World of Concrete 2020; Nikola unveils electric Badger pickup; Wirtgen debuts new paving train; Doosan adds DX62R-3 reduced tail-swing excavator; Hilti intros world’s first cordless breaker

VIDEO > Hilti TE 500-A36 is the first cordless breaker: Makes destruction easier, can be paired with cordless backpack dust collector Hilti used the World of Concrete to debut what it calls the world’s first cordless breaker, the TE 500-A36. The 36-volt battery powered tool uses the company’s Active Vibration Reduction (AVR) technology to reduce […]

February 25, 2020

Construction Equipment

‘Superheated’ scissor lift market spurs new entrants Pettibone, LGMG. Can they succeed?

Editor’s Note: Since this article published, LiuGong has also entered the U.S. scissor lift market. You can read about that here and the Chinese manufacturer’s deepening involvement in North America here. Craig Paylor, former president of JLG, was looking to add some scissor lifts in 2018 as an additional revenue stream to his truck distribution business. […]

February 24, 2020

Dealers

Franklin Equipment opens Chattanooga Superstore

Franklin Equipment has opened its Chattanooga, Tennessee, Superstore. The location offers backhoes, skid steers, track loaders, compact excavators, scissor lifts, telehandlers, light equipment, wheel loaders and a wide range of attachments along with handheld equipment and safety gear. The full lines of Wacker Neuson construction equipment, Skyjack aerial equipment are available for rent or for sale.  […]

February 24, 2020

Dealers

Durante Rentals plans New Rochelle headquarters

Durante Rentals, currently located in Mount Vernon, New York, will move to a new corporate headquarters in New Rochelle, New York. More than 30 employees will move into the new headquarters. Durante Rentals has 10 locations throughout the Tri-State area in Brewster, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Carmel, Danbury, Elmsford, Flushing, Hasbrouck Heights, Mt. Vernon, and West Nyack. […]

February 20, 2020

Dealers

Canada’s Toromont sees 5% revenue increase in 2019

Canada’s Toromont Industries saw a 5 percent increase in 2019 over 2018 revenues and a 6 percent revenue increase in 4Q 2019. “Toromont delivered solid results in the fourth quarter and full year of 2019,” says Scott J. Medhurst, president and CEO. “The Equipment Group recorded growth across its expanded territory. Reflecting on the substantial […]

February 19, 2020

Dealers

Dealers: Does your rental department need its own service tech?

A dealer’s rental manager walks his visitor around the Rental Department, discussing aspects of his operations. Suddenly, they take an unexpected detour into the Service Department. “You want to see where my inventory is?” the rental guy exclaims, pointing to the service job board. “It’s here: a 30-minute job, an hour job, a 45-minute job.” […]

February 17, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: The Autonomous Rebar Tying Robot (VIDEO); Mack MD Series trucks walkaround; JCB intros smaller, tracked Teleskid; 25-lb. Vacuworx PHD lifts 2,500 lbs. (VIDEO); Polaris intros new jobsite-ready Pro XD UTVs

Polaris intros new gas-powered models for its Pro XD line of UTVs Polaris is now offering gas-powered models of its Pro XD utility task vehicles, a follow-up to 2018’s launch of the diesel Pro XDs. The new gas-powered UTVs are similar to the diesel models, including seating for two to four riders, depending on the […]

February 17, 2020