Compactors

Bomag - Wed June 20, 2018

Bomag BPR 70/70 D Reversible Plate Features New Comfort Handle Design To Lower Vibration Feedback

The Bomag BPR 70/70 D reversible plate compactor boasts a specially designed comfort handle that reduces vibration feedback to the operator's hands, reducing fatigue. Rubber vibration buffers connecting the steering rod to both the handle and the base plate drop hand-arm-vibration values to 8.2 ft./s2 (2.5 m/s2), offering enhanced operator protection while using the compactor....

Volvo - Thu April 26, 2018

Volvo Construction Equipment Unveils LC450H Landfill Compactor at WasteExpo

Volvo Construction Equipment has long been committed to the waste and recycling industry with wheel loaders, excavators, haul trucks and attachments. Now, Volvo has applied that industry and equipment expertise to the development of the LC450H landfill compactor, the company's first purpose-built landfill compactor for the North American market....

John Deere - Thu April 19, 2018

John Deere Introduces High-Performance Vibratory Plate Compactors

John Deere is adding three new plate compactors to its portfolio of more than 100 Worksite Pro attachments. Designed for trench, slope and excavation compaction applications, the PC4, PC7 and PC10 plate compactor models deliver powerful performance and productivity....

Wed March 07, 2018

Caterpillar Releases New Utility Compactors With Simplicity in Mind

Customers expect Cat Paving products to offer machines and services to help them become more efficient and profitable. These new models do just that by making them easy to operate, simple to transport, and quick to service....

Wed January 10, 2018

Chicago Pneumatic MV224 Plate Compactor

Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment (CP) features the MV224 in its lineup of forward and reversible plate compactors. The plate compactor is a gasoline model that is powerful, durable with outstanding resistance to wear and tear, and operates at a high speed for increased efficiency on the job site....

Tue January 09, 2018

Volvo CE Continues Expansion of Asphalt Compactor Lineup With Addition of Volvo DD110C

The DD110C is the latest in a series of recent double drum asphalt compactor introductions from Volvo — offering the latest in advanced technologies that have the potential to drastically improve job quality, productivity and machine uptime....

Giles Lambertson - Wed January 03, 2018

Oak Island Treasure Hunters Turn to Caterpillar for Digging Needs

Oak Island is a dream for buried-treasure hunters, tantalizing them with links to 14th-century explorers, 17th-century gold coins and mysterious coded messages. For nearly 200 years, the island has drawn treasure-seekers....

Wed November 15, 2017

1,000+ Items Used in Panama Canal Expansion Project Up for Auction

With original construction more than 100 years ago, the Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America, has had numerous upgrades through the years. Recently, a massive 10-year project to construct a third set of locks and increase the capacity of the canal was completed by Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), an international consortium of industrial contractors....