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Dealers

Ritchie Bros. used equipment price index shows 4% decline

For the three months ending in April, prices for used heavy equipment declined around 4 percent compared to the same period in 2019, according to the May edition of Ritchie Bros. Used Equipment Market Trends Summary. This category includes excavators, dozers, loaders, articulated dump trucks, compactors, motor graders and backhoes. And prices for truck tractors […]

May 13, 2020

Dealers

ESSCO Truck & Equipment new Link-Belt excavator dealer for NYC, New Jersey

ESSCO Truck & Equipment is the newest dealer of Link-Belt excavators, material handlers and parts. The company will serve Link-Belt customers in New York City and New Jersey from two locations: 20 Kinsey Place, Staten Island, NY 10303 1300 State Route 33, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 “ESSCO Truck & Equipment has the experience and business model […]

May 12, 2020

Construction Equipment

Equipment Roundup: Komatsu WA475-10 loader has new hydraulic/mechanical transmission; Sany intros road-focused SMG200C-8 motor grader; Bollinger unveils electric Class 3 chassis cab truck; Volvo intros DD128C compactor

Volvo unveils DD128C double-drum compactor Volvo Construction Equipment’s new DD128C double-drum compactor, showcased at its ConExpo booth, is designed to provide both smoothness and productivity, says the company. The 79-inch-wide drum with chamfer and radii drum edges gives the machine high compaction performance and reliability, Volvo CE says. With a diameter of 55 inches, the […]

May 11, 2020

Dealers

Deadline extended for 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year applications

The application for the 2020 Big Iron Dealer of the Year is now available from now until June 12, 2020. Get your nominations in here on Equipment World.

May 8, 2020

Dealers

Brokk opens St. Joseph demonstration and service center

Remote-controlled demolition machine manufacturer Brokk has opened a 10,000-square-foot demonstration and service center in St. Joseph, Missouri. Brokk says the center is designed to reduce lead times on repair and refurbishment services. Customers will also be able to repurpose older Brokk machines with complete overhaul options. The St. Joseph facility includes a full-service shop with […]

May 7, 2020

Dealers

United Rentals: 2020 capex will be “down significantly” due to coronavirus

United Rentals, on track to post as-expected 1Q results, instead saw its rental revenues decrease 0.7 percent compared with the same quarter last year as the result of coronavirus impacts starting in mid-March. As with almost all other companies, UR has withdrawn its 2020 guidance. UR expects its 2020 capital expenditures will be down significantly […]

May 6, 2020

Dealers

Terex 1Q net sales drop 24%

Net first quarter sales at Terex Corporation were $833.6 million, compared with $1.1 billion during the same period last year, a decrease of 24 percent. The company had a $24.7 million loss from continuing operations for the quarter. In addition, Terex’s Aerial Work Platform segment reported $511.7 in net sales for the quarter, down 29.7 […]

May 5, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Deere unveils 700L, 750 dozers; Ford F-250 Tremor’s winch can pull a Kenworth; Mecalac intros new site dumper line; Cummins successfully tests cylinder deactivation

Cummins successfully tests cylinder deactivation on X15 engine The prospect of cylinder deactivation in diesel engines got a lot more interesting recently as Cummins and propulsion software company Tula announced a successful demonstration of diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in a Cummins Efficiency Series X15 engine. Silicon Valley-based Tula has seen its Dynamic Skip Fire […]

May 4, 2020

Business

Are contractors willing to buy equipment in the midst of the coronavirus?

Whether contractors are willing to buy equipment now depends on whom you talk to. At present, the coronavirus has not changed municipal water and sewer contractor Ruby-Collins’ planned capital expenditures, says Andrew Cook, senior project manager with the Atlanta-based company. “We haven’t slowed down with any of the planned purchases we had,” he says. […]

April 30, 2020

Dealers

AEM survey: 91% of construction equipment makers seeing decreased equipment demand due to coronavirus impacts

Ninety-three percent of respondents to a recent Association of Equipment Manufacturers survey said coronavirus impact on sales was either “very negative” or “moderately negative.” And 91.3 percent of respondents said a decrease in demand was the primary impact of the pandemic. Other impacts cited by respondents included supply chain disruptions (74 percent); financial impacts (64.4 […]

April 30, 2020

Dealers

Luby Equipment Services to be exclusive Takeuchi dealer in St. Louis

Takeuchi-US has announced the addition of Luby Equipment Services to its dealer network. The company has three locations in the St. Louis metro area and will be Takeuchi’s exclusive dealer there. Luby will carry the full Takeuchi lineup including excavators, track loaders, skid steer loaders and wheel loaders. The dealer provides sales, service, parts and […]

April 29, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Equipment makers offering deals, coronavirus relief; Trimble intros new SPS986 rover and mast-free motor grader system; JLG’s new 670SJ self-leveling boom lift; Dynapac intros oscillating CO5200 VI compactor

Dynapac expands further into oscillation with new CO5200 VI tandem compactor Dynapac’s first foray into oscillation on a tandem drum roller came two years ago with the 9.9-ton CO4200 VI. At the recent ConExpo show, the company showed it’s expanding the compaction method in a bigger way. Dynapac’s new CO5200 VI tandem roller, like the […]

April 27, 2020