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Dealers

Case names Diamond Dealer winners; Liebherr continues restructuring; Bobcat, Terex add dealers in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. This week’s edition includes expansions from several major manufacturers. Case names Diamond Dealer award winners Case Construction Equipment has recognized 13 dealers for excellence in sales and support as the 2014 Diamond Dealer recipients. […]

October 3, 2014

Construction Equipment

Why are new wheel loaders seeing more fuel efficiency gains than other Tier 4 machines?

For most machines, Tier 4 Final fuel efficiency gains are around 5 percent. Yet fuel efficiency for wheel loaders is up 20 percent and more. How is that possible? There’s not some magical technology applied to wheel loaders that’s yet to be rolled out to other machines. In fact, every technological advance on wheel […]

October 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Should you buy a new backhoe now or wait for the Tier 4 debate to subside?

The 2013 Equipment World Spec Guide had 10 new models of backhoes in the 14-foot and greater categories. This year, there’s only one new model. Since Tier 4 Final is set to come into effect next January 1 for most engines used in this backhoe size class, we wondered what manufacturers have done in addition […]

August 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

JCB shows off updated 457 wheel loader and JS300 excavator at Hillhead quarry show in UK

Two machines from JCB caught my attention this week while touring its booth at this year’s Hillhead quarry show in Buxton, England: the new JCB 457 wheel loader and JS300 crawler excavator. Loader sports an all-new cab The JCB 457 features a new loader design that incorporates the all-new JCB CommandPlus cab. It is the […]

June 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

U.S. Army orders $50 million worth of HMEE high-speed backhoes from JCB

The group responsible for the largest order in JCB’s history just asked the British heavy equipment maker to re-up its supply of high-speed backhoes. The U.S. Army has ordered $50 million worth of High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEE) from JCB. These 17.5-ton backhoes are capable of reaching speeds up to 60 miles per hour thanks to […]

June 24, 2014

Construction Equipment

BURIED ALIVE: Why London contractors entombed up to $10 million worth of perfectly good excavators beneath their jobsites

Typically, excavators are the ones doing the digging; doing the uncovering and the filling. But deep below the streets of west London, thousands of excavators have met a cruel fate. One in which they have dug their own graves. According to a report from the New Statesman, a trend began in the late 1990s among […]

June 10, 2014

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Take a sneak peek at the first construction theme park in the nation

As the owners of Sambe Construction, the Girlya family has seen many different types of  projects over the 30-year history of the company. Since emigrating to the U.S. from the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, father Samuel Girlya along with wife Betya and sons Ilya and Yan have built schools, municipal buildings and even […]

May 26, 2014

Construction Equipment

Inside Diggerland USA: First look at the rides of the nation’s first construction theme park in action (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

No. 4 Story in 2014 « No. 5 No. 3 »     As the owners of Sambe Construction, the Girlya family has seen many different types of projects over the 30-year history of the company. Since emigrating to the U.S. from the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, father Samuel Girlya along with wife […]

May 23, 2014

Business

JCB sales dip, profit drops 14% in FY 2013

British equipment maker JCB saw profit and sales fall during fiscal year 2013, mostly impacted by a slowdown in emerging markets. JCB announced this morning a profit of $528 million (£313 million), down 14.2 percent from fiscal year 2012. Sales were down 0.7 percent to $11.6 billion (£6.88 billion). Sales volume was down as well, […]

May 12, 2014

Construction Equipment

How to get the most work out of your compact track loader

Compared to skid steer loaders, compact track loaders cost more, have slower travel speeds, are better in soft underfoot conditions, and handle slopes better. Common knowledge. But if your assessment of the performance of CTLs and their potential for your business stops with the commonplace, you can’t make the right decisions regarding their use. Cost […]

April 1, 2014

Dealers

Peterbilt and Peterson name dealers of the year, Bobcat and JCB add dealers in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition each week. Bobcat introduces new dealer in Arden, North Carolina […]

March 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

Diggerland USA, the country’s first construction equipment theme park, breaks ground for summer opening

With most of the site work done on the 14-acre plot of land the theme park will occupy, West Berlin city officials and park management broke ground for the new Diggerland USA Tuesday. Officials broke dirt with chrome-plated shovels—except for one. Brandon Moore, the general manager for Sahara Sam’s Oasis, the water park next door […]

March 14, 2014