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Roadbuilding

Earth & Turf intros new snowplow mounting bracket for Kubota tractors

Earth & Turf Attachments has a new mounting bracket for its SC-Series, 60-inch snowplows with 19.5-inch moldboard height. The new mounting is designed for Kubota BX-Series tractors. The plow can be manually angled 30 degrees to the left or right by pulling out the center pin and then reinserting the pin when achieving the desired […]

September 15, 2017

Dealers

South Texas construction equipment dealers reeling from Harvey’s wrath

Heavy equipment dealers in southern Texas are working to get back up and running following Hurricane Harvey’s devastating flooding, but are contending with storm damage, flooded roads, and loss of power and phone service, among other obstacles. All eight branches of Hlavinka Equipment Company, which sells, rents and services Kubota, JCB, Case-IH and Terex brands, […]

September 1, 2017

Construction Equipment

Tobroco-Giant boosts lift capacity with D337T X-TRA wheel loader

Tobroco-Giant’s new D337T X-TRA wheel loader is designed to handle heavier loads than the standard D337 model. The X-TRA has a tipping load of 4,528 pounds versus the standard model’s 3,196 pounds. It runs on a 33-horsepower three-cylinder Kubota diesel engine, has hydrostatic four-wheel drive and has a top speed of 11 mph. The wheel […]

August 30, 2017

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Compact track loader sales and buyer trends

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

June 19, 2017

Construction Equipment

Landclearing Roundup: 8 new attachments you need to know about from Cat, Deere, Bobcat and more

Gather rocks and debris, allow soil to sift through John Deere has introduced a new line of Root Rakes, which include models RR72, RR78 and RR84. Optimized to work with John Deere G- and E-Series skid steers and compact track loaders and K-Series compact wheel loaders, the attachments are designed for land clearing, ground […]

May 30, 2017

Construction Equipment

As CTLs gain popularity, a case for the versatile, nimble skid steer

Conventional wisdom has it that skid steers rule on hard surfaces and in tight quarters. Hard surfaces chew up expensive treads on compact track loaders, and confined spaces make other machines look like drunken bulls compared to skid steers’ nimble nature.   Is that enough to keep skid steers in your fleet? Maybe, maybe not. […]

May 19, 2017

Dealers

INFOGRAPHIC: Compact excavator sales and buyer trends

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

May 19, 2017

Construction Equipment

Backhoes are getting better as CTLs, compact excavators chip away at market share

The response of backhoe OEMs? Make their machines even better at the many things they do. The sales of compact track loaders and compact excavators have exploded and one machine within that burst radius is the backhoe. Many contractors have made CTLs and compact excavators their go-to machines while their backhoes sit idle or are […]

April 21, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

What to see at ConExpo 2017: Kubota, Topcon, Vacuworx, Indeco in the North Hall

The big show is fast approaching, and ConExpo exhibitors have given us a sneak peek into what they’ll have in store for those attending the March 7-11 massive exhibition. Here’s the spotlight on three exhibitors in the North Hall: Kubota Tractor, booth N-12567 Kubota’s addition to its KX excavator line, the 3-ton-class KX033-4, has a […]

February 2, 2017

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: KCM 80Z7 wheel loader, Kubota KX033-4 compact excavator, John Deere 450K crawler dozer, Case SV340 skid steer, Fayat purchase of Dynapac

KCM intros Tier 4 Final version of 80Z7 wheel loader The Tier 4 Final version of the 80Z7 wheel loader has been released by KCM Corporation. Equipped with a 4.2 -cubic-yard general purpose bucket, the loader is powered by a 200-gross-horsepower Cummins QS86.7 engine. The machine has no diesel particulate filter (DPF), which eliminates the […]

January 31, 2017

Construction Equipment

Genie’s Z-60/37 FE diesel-electric boom lift offers hybrid efficiency with robust 4WD performance

Genie’s newest boom lift is parts Prius and parts Tesla. Similar to a Prius, the new Genie Z-60/37 FE has a small engine coupled to a generator and battery pack and can run off either or both. But where the Prius offers only fuel economy, this new Genie lift offers fuel efficiency and high performance—hence the […]

September 30, 2016

Construction Equipment

More Than Small: The renaissance of the compact excavator

Compact excavators also have experienced bracket creep; the category was once capped at machines weighing 6 tons, then went up to 8 tons, and currently includes units weighing 10 tons and lower. The range is now broad enough that some in the industry are defining subsets as micro, mini, midi, and compact with no adjective […]

May 30, 2016