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Construction Equipment
Inside Vermeer’s immersive HDD training classes designed to fill fiber’s growing demand
This is not all good news to HDD contractors, who are struggling to man drills in the face of such demands. “Our customers are telling us, ‘we can’t work because we don’t have the people,’” Tony Bokhoven, training manager, Vermeer. And so they’ve asked for help. In response, Vermeer unveiled its first HDD Circuit training [
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May 30, 2016
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Construction Equipment
Vermeer’s new FTX25 takes aim at residential footings market
Based on the platform of Vermeer’s compact utility loader, the company’s new FTX25 footings trencher is a stand-on, track-mounted unit built to dig footings up to 26 inches deep and up to 12 inches wide. “This is a rental unit directly aimed at the housing market,” says Todd Roorda with Vermeer. “Rental is huge in [
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March 17, 2016
Vermeer FTX25 footings trencher
Technology
2016 Innovations Awards: Year of the Drone headlines 3 game-changing construction technologies
In the past year, no other technology has shown more potential to impact – and improve – more parts of the construction business than unmanned aircraft, more commonly referred to as drones. There are the obvious applications such as using the aircraft to grab aerial progress shots, but contractors like Rogers-O’Brien have figured out how [
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January 8, 2016
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Technology
2016 Innovations Award Winner: Vermeer Insite productivity tools
As Jon Kuyers tells it, Vermeer team members started to notice something when they visited contractors. “We’d go to a jobsite,” says Vermeer’s senior global product manager, “and our focus was naturally on the equipment and how to make it more productive. But then we’d wait for the job to get organized. It wasn’t the [
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January 8, 2016
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Dealers
Vermeer names Ultimate Crew; Holt Cat hits VisionLink milestone; Orion expands & more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing roundup
Vermeer names B&T Drainage winner of Ultimate Crew contest B&T Drainage from Marshall, Illinois, was named the winner of the Ultimate Crew Contest sponsored by Vermeer at last week’s International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo in Louisville. A panel of judges scored each team based on their times, accuracy, safety procedures and teamwork in completing a live drilling competition. [
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October 8, 2015
The BT Drainage crew (center) with Jason (L) and Mary Andringa (R)
Construction Equipment
Vermeer intros D60x90 S3, D220x300 S3 drills at ICUEE (PHOTOS)
At ICUEE, Vermeer continued introductions into its S3 Navigator drill portfolio, along with showcasing its InSite productivity tool suite, which it debuted shortly before the show. The D60x90 S3 directional drill got a 17-horsepower boost to 202 horsepower from the previous machine, changing from a 6.8-liter John Deere engine to a Tier 4 Final 7.1-liter [
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October 2, 2015
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Construction Equipment
McLaughlin intros 3 vacuum excavators at ICUEE (PHOTOS)
The McLaughlin MEGA VX200 6-inch truck-mounted vacuum excavator, introduced at ICUEE, is designed to give utility contractors a productive yet affordable potholing machine. With spoil tank capacities ranging from 1,200 to 3,000 gallons, and an option of 800 gallons of fresh water, the VX200 has a 6-inch hose diameter with a 3,200 cfm blower at [
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October 1, 2015
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Construction Equipment
These 3 directional drilling design advances pack more power, versatility in HDDs than ever before
The International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) in Louisville at the end of this month promises an innovation showcase from makers of horizontal directional drills. Intelligent hydraulic systems, telematics, configurable controls, standardization of controls and displays that can be customized from the type of information shown to colors displayed to units of measure are [
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September 2, 2015
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Technology
Vermeer’s InSite Productivity Tools eliminate paperwork, provide whiteboard for horizontal directional drilling bores
Planning, mapping and recording the bore; keeping everyone informed as in-field adjustments are made; providing as-builts and finally invoicing: the paperwork behind horizontal directional drilling can quickly bury you as deeply as the lines you’re installing. “When you go into a contractor’s office, paperwork is everywhere,” says Jon Kuyers with Vermeer. “There’s a lot of [
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August 18, 2015
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Construction Equipment
Vermeer’s new D24x40 S3 drill cuts sound levels in half; new D40x55 drill boosts thrust/pullback 10% (PHOTOS)
Continuing the introduction of its Navigator S3 horizontal directional drills, Vermeer today announced the addition of the D24x40 S3 and D40x55 S3 models to its lineup. Both models offer significant sound reductions with a guaranteed sound power level of 104 decibels (see chart). “This cuts the sound power level basically in half,” says Jon Kuyers, [
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July 16, 2015
VM – D24x40 S3 Action – 1
Construction Equipment
Vermeer intros PTX40 service plow with remote control for work in confined spaces (PHOTOS)
Tackle utility and irrigation installations with Vermeer’s walk-beside service plow, which fits in tight spaces. The PTX40 service plow has an optional forward-mounted trencher and boring attachment, and features a remote control that allows the operator to view the machine from a variety of angles. The unit has a minimum 40.2-inch width and is 84.8 [
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July 1, 2015
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Business
Is the golden age of underground construction upon us?
During the Great Recession, one phrase reached clichĂ© status: “this is the new normal.” In other words, suck it up, things will never be as good as they once were. Get used to diminished returns and don’t dwell on what used to be. So it tends to give you pause when Chris Daum, senior managing [
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June 25, 2015
Vermeer’s D23x30 S3 in action.
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