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Dealers

Kubota’s Stucke elected 2018 treasurer for AEM

Todd Stucke, senior vice president of marketing, product support, and strategic projects for Kubota Tractor Corporation, has been elected 2018 Treasurer of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Stucke has served on the AEM board since 2014. He’s an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience. He’s responsible for ensuring that Kubota’s marketing, product […]

February 27, 2018

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Deere unveils redesigned 344L; Pettibone re-enters traversing telehandler market; Volvo’s new DD110C compactor; Deere unveils mid-frame SSLs/CTLs; Kubota intros 2 new excavators

Kubota intros 2 new compact excavators: the U27-4 and the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm During the World of Concrete 2018 show in Las Vegas last week, Kubota unveiled two new mini excavators in a three-ton model, the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm, and a tight tail swing model, the U27-4. Both machines are powered […]

January 31, 2018

Construction Equipment

Kubota intros 2 new compact excavators: the U27-4 and the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm

During the World of Concrete 2018 show in Las Vegas last week, Kubota unveiled two new mini excavators in a three-ton model, the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm, and a tight tail swing model, the U27-4. Both machines are powered by Kubota engines with an auto downshift feature. As the name suggests, auto downshift automatically […]

January 30, 2018

Construction Equipment

What to see at World of Concrete 2018: Deere, JLG, Kubota in the Central Hall

The 43rd annual World of Concrete kicks off January 23 with 1,500 companies signed up as exhibitors. The event is billed as the largest international show for the concrete and masonry industries, attracting more than 55,000 attendees. The show runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the Las Vegas Convention Center, ending […]

January 17, 2018

Construction Equipment

How OEMs are making the versatile compact excavator even better

Compact excavators are already immensely popular because they lift, dig, trench, load and backfill. They run a wide range of attachments. They do all this in tight quarters and can be trailered from one job to the next with a pickup truck. How to improve upon such capable machines? Find ways for them to do more […]

December 25, 2017

Dealers

Pa. dealer combines equipment and Christmas lights for huge annual show

It’s the fifth year of Neil Messick’s equipment dealership throwing a wildly popular holiday Christmas Light Show in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The animated display is choreographed to holiday music. This year, 30 pieces of equipment are wrapped in Christmas lights and the show is bigger and better than ever, Messick says. “Any kid obviously loves it, […]

December 21, 2017

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Skid steer sales and buyer trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.

November 29, 2017

Construction Equipment

Kubota gifts tractors to military vets who farm

Four military veterans have been gifted with Kubota L-Series compact tractors in recognition of their military service and for their continued dedication to the country by pursuing futures in food and farming. The four recipients were presented with keys to their new tractors as part of Kubota’s 2017 “Geared to Give” program in partnership […]

November 9, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Liebherr sees orders jump; Tax overhaul a mixed bag for dealers; Proposed AWP standards would affect rentals; Dealer Institute course on managing iron; New Atlas Copco VPs; Construction starts predicted to rise

Liebherr sees “significant” jump in orders; uses start-up culture to launch products Liebherr says it will add 2,240 employees by the end of this year, seeing what Stefan Heissler, member of the board of directors of Liebherr-International AG, calls a “very significant jump in orders” in 2017. In the first six months of 2017, Liebherr […]

November 7, 2017

Dealers

Dealers preview Kubota’s new compact excavators, RTV, tractors

Dealers got a hands-on preview of Kubota’s two new compact excavators, available in early 2018, as well as the company’s fastest gas-powered RTV yet and seven new tractors in the M Series lineup. About 1,100 dealers attending Kubota’s annual meeting October 21-25 in Phoenix, Arizona, saw the KX033-4 with extendable dipper arm along with the […]

November 1, 2017

Construction Equipment

More loading power, integrated electronics making CTLs most adaptable machines in the yard

Contractors buy compact track loaders because they are flexible machines – adapting to a wide range of applications with the use of specialized attachments – while still being loaders first and foremost. This emphasis on loading capabilities has prompted, for example, John Deere to up the ante on its G Series CTLs. Deere has increased […]

October 27, 2017

Construction Equipment

Kubota to open $90 million center in Kansas with largest warehouses

Kubota plans to build a $90 million logistics center for construction and agricultural equipment and parts in Kansas that will include the company’s largest ever warehouses – two at over 1-million-square-feet each, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. The center will hold 70,000 parts and be built on 180 acres the company bought in Edgerton, […]

September 26, 2017