Tag: demolition equipment

Construction Equipment

Demolish tall buildings with Kobelco’s new SK400DLC, SK550DLC excavators

Kobelco’s new SK400DLC-10 and SK550DLC-10 excavators are designed for tearing down buildings eight to nine stories high. The crawler excavators can be configured four different ways through a joint system starting at the common base boom for three reach lengths and for digging. For demolition of lower levels, the attached separate boom has a working […]

November 11, 2019

Dealers

Company Wrench adds new Cleveland facility

Company Wrench is relocating to a new facility in the Cleveland area. The 8,200-square-foot facility will house the company’s parts, service and rental departments and be fully operation in January. The facility at 16400 Brook Park Road, Brook Park, Ohio will replace Company Wrench’s facility in Oakwood Village, where the firm had been located for […]

November 8, 2019

Construction Equipment

New Brokk 70 is the company’s smallest electric demolition robot

Brokk has launched its smallest electric demolition robot, the Brokk 70, which has the same dimensions as its predecessor but twice the power, the company says. The Brokk 70 weighs 1,235 pounds, and at 35 inches tall and 12.5 inches wide, it can fit through narrow doorways and into tight spaces for interior demolition jobs. […]

September 4, 2019

Construction Equipment

Brokk 200 demolition robot punches above its weight class, still fits through doors

Bigwood discusses the improvements found in the 200 as well as the advantages of using a demolition robot over a skid steer or other compact machine.

February 1, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: 2019 Silverado gets new towing features; Demo attachment roundup; Pete 567 Test Drive; JCB intros ‘Hi-Viz’ skid steers, CTLs; Knikmops KM100 is a lighter, cheaper skid steer alternative

Knikmops Intrepid KM100 compact loaders are lighter, faster, less expensive alternative to skid steers The Texas based importer and distributor Miniloaders.com (formerly Compactgiant) has begun distribution of a new, articulated-steering mini-loader from Belgian manufacturer Knikmops. The Knikmops KM100 Intrepid series will come in two flavors: the standard boom Intrepid KM100 and the Intrepid KM100 Tele, which comes […]

August 13, 2018

Construction Equipment

Brokk 500 adds punch to demolition machine’s robotic arm

Brokk’s remote-controlled demolition robot, available in May, comes in at about the same size as its predecessor, the Brokk 400, while delivering 40 percent more breaking power. The company credits the Brokk 500’s SmartPower electrical system with adding more punch and length to the hydraulic arm when compared to the Brokk 400. The system adjusts […]

March 22, 2017

Business

Kobelco’s return to independence at ConExpo marked with debuts of excavators, demo machines for North America

“The Kobelco brand has sprouted on this land once again this year,” says Jun Fujioka, president and CEO, Kobelco Construction Machinery. More than a year after ending its North American distribution and marketing agreement with CNH Industrial, Kobelco is waving an independent exhibitor flat at ConExpo for the first time in 10 years. The company […]

March 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

Ford Fiesta dances around wheel loaders, cranes, wrecking balls at high speeds in the ultimate obstacle course

In order to build “the ultimate Gymkhana grid course” ever, racking master Ken Block turned to some serious heavy equipment. In the video below, you’ll see Block race at high speeds through the course he designed, dancing around wheel loaders, through shipping containers and around cranes and wrecking balls. He even managed to make moving Lamborghini […]

November 29, 2013