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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: VIDEO > Komatsu WA900-8 does the digging and dumping for you; 2020 Harley-Davidson GMC Sierra; BOMAG BF 200 small paver; Komatsu’s new HD785-8 rigid-frame truck; ATJ 60 is Manitou’s tallest articulated boom lift for N.A.

New ATJ 60 is Manitou’s tallest articulated boom lift for N. America Manitou has launched the ATJ 60 for North America, the highest-reaching articulated boom work platform in its lineup for the continent. Manitou first introduced its articulated lifts to North America in 2018 and began adding straight telescopic boom lifts in October.   To […]

January 20, 2020

Dealers

Perkins Pacific names Emily Fletcher aftermarket sales manager

Perkins Pacific has appointed Emily Fletcher as its aftermarket sales manager, overseeing all aftermarket sales and strategy for the company’s operations. Fletcher previously worked for Caterpillar and Perkins where she focused on the aftermarket business on the manufacturing side of operations. She also spent seven years as a Perkins and Cat parts representative where she […]

January 17, 2020

Dealers

Able Equipment names Phillippe Bisson rotator, telehandler division manager

Able Equipment Rental Incorporated of NY has named Philippe Bisson business development director of its new Rotator and Telehandler Division, started in response to a growing market for these products. Bisson comes to Able after positions with the Manitou Group as a business development manager and global product line manager and with Case Construction Equipment as brand […]

January 16, 2020

Construction Equipment

ASV’s Loegering offering milling attachments by Australia’s Schibeci in US

ASV subsidiary Loegering is now offering concrete and asphalt milling and grinding attachments in North America for compact track loaders and skid steers. Loegering reached an agreement with Australian manufacturer Schibeci for the attachments, which will be co-branded Loegering Power Attachments and Schibeci for the North American market. They will continue to be manufactured by […]

January 15, 2020

Construction Equipment

BrandSafway acquires AGF Access Group

BrandSafway is acquiring AGF Access Group, headquartered in L’Assomption, Quebec. AGF has two manufacturing sites in Canada and 24 branches across North America and rents, sells and manufactures access products, distributing products through its branches and independent dealers. The move will enable BrandSafway “to grow our market presence in mast climbing, suspended access solutions, elevators […]

January 15, 2020

Dealers

Titan Machinery: “There are a lot of dealer principals looking for succession solution”

Alta Equipment’s December announcement that it intended to go public also contained some interesting comments on “the robust pipeline of consolidation opportunities in an extremely fragmented market.” In light of this, it’s worth revisiting comments made by David Meyer, chairman and CEO of Titan Machinery, the company’s Nov. 26th 3Q analysts call.  “We have seen […]

January 14, 2020

Construction Equipment

Contractors confident in 2020 prospects despite economic uncertainty

’Tis the forecast season and the general feeling is muted hope – except if you talk to contractors. First, a look at 2019. When the final tallies come in, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers expects the construction equipment industry to have grown 3.9 percent – not bad, but definitely not the gangbuster 12 percent growth […]

January 13, 2020

Dealers

Ditch Witch’s first dealership focuses on tradition, servant leadership, expansion

Gary Bridwell grew up in Perry, Oklahoma, surrounded by all things Ditch Witch. The small town an hour north of Oklahoma City is the birthplace of the company’s founder, Ed Malzahn, and his revolutionary invention, the mechanical trenching machine. Gary knew Malzahn and his family well and spent summers working on equipment at the Ditch […]

January 13, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat dropping letters from dozer model names; VIDEO: Deere’s new L-Series Production Loaders; The Top Attachments for 2020; Manitou intros MTA 12055 telehandler; Ditch Witch intros lower-cost HX30G vacuum excavator

Ditch Witch’s new HX30G is a lower-cost vacuum excavator built for daily use Ditch Witch designed its new HX30G vacuum excavator as a lower-cost alternative for contractors on small to mid-sized excavation jobs and for daily use. It has an 8-foot-wide frame for operating in urban or congested areas. It can also be used in […]

January 13, 2020

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United Rentals’ Gregg Christensen to address how to manage rising equipment and rental costs during ConExpo 2020 seminar

Gregg L. Christensen, United Rental’s vice president-national accounts, will lead a ConExpo 2020 educational session on “How to Manage Rising Equipment & Rental Costs” on March 12, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (You can see what equipment OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Christensen will discuss six key components […]

January 13, 2020

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Palfinger to show largest loader crane, PK 200002 L SH, at ConExpo 2020

Truck equipment manufacturer Palfinger will display several models of knuckle boom cranes at its ConExpo 2020 Festival Grounds Booth F-7256, including its largest loader crane, the PK 200002 L SH. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Also at the booth […]

January 9, 2020

Dealers

Doosan names G. Stone Commercial as Vermont dealer

Doosan Infracore North America has signed G. Stone Commercial, Middlebury, Vermont, as an authorized sales, service, parts and rental provider. The company now offers a wide range of Doosan equipment, including excavators, log loaders, material handlers, wheel loaders and compact excavators. Established in the early 2000s, G. Stone Commercial started selling tow trucks, wreckers and […]

January 8, 2020