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Case unveils SiteControl CoPilot: A simple, affordable dozer machine control system
Case Construction Equipment has introduced a machine control solution for dozers that the company says it is positioning as an affordable bridge between automatic and indicate-only systems. SiteControl CoPilot is available as a retrofit or as a factory-installed option on select Case M Series dozers. The equipment associated with SiteControl CoPilot is an internal measurement […]
August 1, 2017
Construction Equipment
JohnnyBall is a no-tech operator’s tool for at-a-glance slope, level checks on any machine
John Miller has been operating heavy equipment for excavation work for more than 30 years. In that time the Allendale, Michigan-based excavation contractor has grown quite familiar with a sensation unique to the job. “When you’re on the excavator and you level yourself up…it’s a feeling. You know you’re level,” he explains. “When you’re level, […]
October 31, 2016
Construction Equipment
Trimble speeds up GPS dozer grade control, intros wireless data sharing between compactors with GCS900, CCS900 systems
GPS grade control systems can only go as fast as the machine’s receivers can process the signals and hydraulic valves react. Trimble has improved this situation with it’s new GradeMax Plus technology for dozers. Used in the Trimble GCS900, GradeMax Plus employs an inertial measurement sensor to detect the rate of acceleration and changes in […]
April 20, 2015
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