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Dealers

Business Roundup: Cat NA sales up 23%; Fecon opens up dealer portal to customers; Cat appoints new VP for building construction; Ariz. dealer wins top Ditch Witch honor; Elliott Equipment celebrates 70 years; Closner takes home top Roadtec dealer award

Caterpillar N. American dealer retail sales rise 23% in Jan. Caterpillar North American dealer total machine retail sales continued their double-digit rise, with January sales rising 23 percent compared to the previous year, mirroring December’s 23 percent year-over-year rise. Looking at just the construction portion of these retail sales statistics, North American Cat dealers saw […]

February 26, 2018

Dealers

Fecon opens up its dealer portal to end-use customers

Fecon is now allowing end-use customers access to the web portal called FeconConnect, which previously could be accessed only by its dealers. That means customers registering their products with Fecon can get the same technical documentation that previously was exclusive to authorized dealers. The new approach is in response to market demand, Fecon says. “Customers increasingly […]

February 23, 2018

Business

Fecon, RPX Technologies develop mobile mulching head balancing solution

Vibration can be destructive of any machine or moving part, not to mention the aggravation and fatigue it causes in operators.  This is especially true in forestry mulchers with their heavy, high-speed rotating heads. Fecon partnered with RPX Technologies to develop a mobile balancing service for forestry mulching equipment. Originally developed by RPX to balance […]

January 11, 2018

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: The heavy equipment, dirt and demos of ICUEE 2017

The Equipment World team has spent the last few days walking the lots and exhibit halls of ICUEE 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. Known as “the demo show,” ICUEE offers a lot of chances to get behind the controls of some of the latest machines on the market. Below is a collection of photos of all […]

October 5, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Perkins SmartCap; Pipeline contractors ask for ELD exemption; Volvo sells stake in Deutz; Classic machines at Deere HQ; Fecon FMX36, FMX50 excavator mulching attachments

Perkins intros the SmartCap, an engine oil filler cap that sends service alerts to your phone Imagine a diesel engine oil filler cap that reminds you when it’s time to change the oil. That’s what Perkins showed us in June at its new factory in Seguin, Texas. Just north of San Antonio, Seguin is where […]

July 18, 2017

Construction Equipment

Landscaping Roundup: 18 attachments for raking, leveling, mowing, mulching and more

Gather rocks and debris John Deere’s Root Rakes attach to skid steers, compact track loaders and compact wheel loaders and are designed for land clearing, ground leveling and moving materials from one area to another. The rakes gather rocks and debris while allowing soil to sift through. A weld-on D ring adds extra capabilities to […]

July 3, 2017

Dealers

Southeastern Equipment focuses on service continuity, employee training to reach market-leading goal

Ohio-based Southeastern Equipment celebrates 60 years in business in 2017 and is setting a strong goal of becoming the top Case dealer in the U.S. this year. According to Heath Watton, vice president at Southeastern, the company is consistently a top five dealer for the manufacturer, but it is setting its sights higher. “We have […]

March 7, 2017

Dealers

Southeastern Equipment now offers sales through National IPA cooperative purchasing

Southeastern Equipment reports it has joined the National IPA governmental purchasing cooperative, which allows discounts for government, nonprofit or educational entities covering Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. Through the National IPA, “contracts are solicited, evaluated and awarded by a government entity that acts as the lead agency. Contracts utilize industry best practices, processes and procedures, […]

March 6, 2017

Dealers

Southeastern Equipment names Watton, Gourley VPs of operations

Southeastern Equipment, which carries multiple construction equipment brands, has named Heath Watton and Mickey Gourley as vice presidents responsible for daily operations for all of the company’s locations across Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana. Watton joined Southeastern in 2003 as a salesman and most recently served as regional manager for Southeast Ohio. According to a […]

October 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

Fecon FTX128 track carrier updated to handle small asphalt planer jobs

Fecon has updated the hydraulic high flow circuit of its FTX128 track carrier from 60 gpm to 45 gpm, giving the machine roughly 100 hydraulic HP to the planer mill. As a result, the company says the machine is capable of milling asphalt up to 6 inches deep and 40 inches wide, comparable to other small cold planers. […]

September 20, 2016

Dealers

Fecon adds dealers at home and abroad

Fecon Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, has added two authorized dealers, with Tri-State Bobcat covering Minnesota and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin and Fecon UK Ltd. covering the United Kingdom and Ireland. Tri-State Bobcat will offer Fecon’s line of Bull Hog Mulchers, FTX Tracked Carriers (97-600 hp) and other forestry attachments. “Tri-State Bobcat has done a […]

August 12, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Preview the new equipment and tech to be shown at ICUEE 2015

The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition is coming up and the Equipment World team will be on the ground to cover all the news and announcements from the show. But before everything kicks off on September 29 in Louisville, Kentucky, we decided to put together a bit of a sneak peek at some of the […]

September 11, 2015