Tag: concrete pumps

Construction Equipment

Liebherr moves into expanded U.S. headquarters

Liebherr USA opened a $60 million expanded campus in April, which will include facilities for the company’s administration, finance, marketing, product support and distribution services, among others. The company, which is celebrating its 50th year in the United States, announced the 251,000-square-foot expansion in March 2018 and construction began in July. Approximately 500 people work on […]

June 15, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Test Drive: 2020 Ford Super Duty; GMC teases electric Hummer revival; Mack returns to medium-duty trucks; Liebherr intros 42 M5 XXT concrete pump; Modern trucks giving rise to AGM batteries

Modern truck demands giving rise to AGM batteries Tasked with supporting everything from starting the engine to powering auxiliary devices, batteries are a critical and heavily stressed part of a truck. With more demands being placed on the electrical system through added sensors, cameras and collision mitigation radar, more companies are seeing the advantage of […]

February 10, 2020

Vocational

Liebherr debuts 50 M5 XXT concrete pump truck, a rugged, electronically simplified machine designed to last decades

At the World of Concrete Tuesday Liebherr showed for the first time its new 50-meter truck-mounted concrete pump, the 50 M5 XXT. The pump truck’s five section boom reaches to 161 feet vertically and 146 feet horizontally. For moving the material, the M5 XXT offers four pump unit options with outputs from 138 to 167 […]

January 23, 2018

Construction Equipment

Liebherr debuts truck-mounted 37 Z4 XXT concrete pump at World of Concrete

Liebherr displayed its new truck-mounted 37 Z4 XXT concrete pump at World of Concrete, highlighting the equipment’s Z-fold boom design and outrigger system. The machine’s 120-foot, 9-inch distributor boom is configured in four sections, and the folding design minimizes torsion effects offering low-vibration boom movements. Liebherr placed the concrete pipeline close to the boom on […]

February 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

Making mud flow better, Putzmeister America debuts two new concrete pumps

A number of design enhancements and improvements went into the two new concrete boom pumps shown by Putzmeister at the World of Concrete this week. The 32Z-Meter truck mounted concrete boom pump weighs 3,250 pounds less than the previous 32 meter version. This allows for increased payload for auxiliary equipment, fuel and water. The new design […]

January 23, 2014