Tag: articulated dump truck

Dealers

Ritchie: "Unprecedented" Auction Demand in March

Check out which models of heavy and compact construction equipment got top bidding.

April 13, 2021

Construction Equipment

Latest Articulated Dump Trucks are Smarter, Stronger, Easier to Operate

Technological advancements are removing guesswork for the operator with multiple automated functions.

January 5, 2021

Autonomous

How Doosan’s autonomous Concept-X construction machines work and why they will be necessary

Back in November the operator of a Doosan excavator put his machine in idle, got out of the cab and walked away. Moments later the excavator’s bucket raised up off the dirt. The machine turned around and proceeded to dig a trench and load an articulated truck—all without an operator in the cab. The demonstration […]

January 17, 2020

Dealers

Quick Data: Top-selling articulated dump trucks and sales trends

A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s EDA equipment financing data and TopBid auction price service.

January 3, 2020

Construction Equipment

Dump truck driver drives bed right into a power line

Watch this fireworks display from a dump truck getting a little too close to active powerlines here on Equipment World.

May 24, 2019

Dealers

Operators, dealers get first taste of intelligent Machine Control at Komatsu Demo Days

Komatsu had its traditional earthmoving machines at its Demo Day which included excavators, dozers, articulated dump trucks, wheel loaders and motor graders.

October 29, 2018

Construction Equipment

Beyond Size: Latest articulated dump trucks include better drivetrains, dumping and more

A For decades, the average size of articulated dump trucks (ADTs or artics) has been creeping up.  Where once 24-ton machines were considered the standard size, 35-ton machines are the new benchmark. And the over-39-ton size category now sports 17 models (see chart). As long as they’re properly matched to their loading tools, bigger trucks […]

October 9, 2017

Equipment Experts

Articulated dump trucks see rapid size growth as customers move to bigger rigs

Is bigger better? The articulated dump truck (ADT) market thinks so.   The Equipment World Spec Guide reveals the rapid progression of ADT sizes. In 2006, the smallest ADT was the JCB 714 at 14 tons, while the largest was Cat’s 740 at 42 tons. During that year, most models were in the 20-to-less-than-30-ton size […]

July 22, 2016

Dealers

Articulated dump trucks see rapid size growth as customers move to bigger rigs

Is bigger better? The articulated dump truck (ADT) market thinks so.   The Equipment World Spec Guide reveals the rapid progression of ADT sizes. In 2006, the smallest ADT was the JCB 714 at 14 tons, while the largest was Cat’s 740 at 42 tons. During that year, most models were in the 20-to-less-than-30-ton size […]

July 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

BIGGER BUCKETS: 15+ videos of loaders and dump trucks dowsing people for the Ice Bucket Challenge

No. 2 Story in 2014 « No. 3 No. 1 »   Just in case you’ve been away from the Internet for the past couple of weeks, there’s been a thing going on called “The Ice Bucket Challenge.” It’s a full on viral craze that has spawned thousands of videos of people dumping buckets of […]

August 18, 2014

Equipment

John Deere’s 460E is its largest articulated dump truck yet

The 46-ton 460E ADT joins the 370E and 410E as the latest entry in Deere's E-Series. Deere says the 460E was designed for mining, quarry, aggregate, highway and site development applications.

August 28, 2012

Business

Machine Matters More

Loaded up and ready to roll Teammate to the large excavator, the articulated dump truck increasingly smoothes out a bumpy ride By Mike Anderson So, with six scoops and swings of the 45-metric-ton excavator, the articulated dump truck is loaded and ready to take the dirt away. Now the articulated truck takes over as it […]

December 29, 2010