Wed April 02, 2014
Link-Belt Excavators Now Equipped with RemoteCARE Telematics System
All Link-Belt Excavators sold after April 1, 2014 will be equipped with RemoteCARE , an equipment- based, user friendly management tool that combines telematics with GPS technology according to LBX Company LLC....
Wed March 26, 2014
ConExpo 2014 a Success for Hyundai Construction Equipment
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Inc., a leading earth moving and material handling equipment manufacturer, recently participated in a successful ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014, which had a total show attendance of over 130,000 visitors from around the world....
Tue March 25, 2014
A & B Dirt Movers Is Moving the Earth for Interstate 40 With Help from KOBELCO SK260LC
As the project to expand Interstate 40 in central Arkansas was announced, it was a pretty good bet that some of the grading work for the highway would be handled by A&B Dirt Movers Inc. After all, since 1954, the company had done site preparation, grading and storm drainage work on hundreds of projects throughout the Conway region....
Tue March 25, 2014
Experienced Team Drives First Year Success for Kobelco
When Kobelco Construction Machinery USA relaunched its line of crawler excavators as an independent brand in 2013, the company never imagined how quickly it would reestablish a footing in North America....
Mon March 24, 2014
Volvo EC380E Is a Heavy Hitter in Tough Conditions
The EC380E crawler excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment features a Tier IV Final engine, combining efficiency, productivity and durability for maximum profitability in quarry and mass excavation applications....
Mon March 24, 2014
JCB Dancing Diggers Take ConExpo 2014 by Storm
JCB took the wraps off a host of new machines at ConExpo. Among the products making their debut are new midi-excavators, telescopic handlers, backhoe loaders, skid steer loaders, forklift trucks, wheeled loading shovels and tracked excavators....
Jay Adams - Tue March 25, 2014
Tocci Brings Sterling Reputation, Years of Experience to Each Project
When you work in a town named Sterling, your reputation had better be. John Tocci learned every aspect of the construction business at his father’s knees and is now passing that knowledge to his own grandson who has joined two of his companies full time....
Tue March 18, 2014
Bobcat Planetary Augers Expand Lineup
Bobcat Company’s 35PH and 50PH planetary drive augers are compatible with approved models of Bobcat skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, all-wheel steer loaders and compact excavators. Expanding the lineup of Bobcat augers, these units are designed with a high-torque gearbox, allowing them to deliver more power for difficult installations at deeper digging depths and for working in tough conditions such as rock, clay, coral and frost....
Giles Lambertson - Fri March 21, 2014
An Ode to the Common Backhoe: Still a Handy Machine
There is something about the backhoe that demands a celebration. The machine has been around for more than six decades, which hardly makes it as venerable as, say, the bulldozer or grader. Yet unlike those earthmovers in a highway contractor’s equipment yard, the backhoe is so versatile that it easily spans the market from heavy and light construction and agricultural to industrial and municipal....
Wed March 12, 2014
Contractor Works to Reclaim Materials for Greener Future
It was only recently John T. Baldwin Jr., operations manager at Reliable Contracting Company Inc., noticed that the Hitachi ZX470LC-5 excavator and its fleet of four haulers were making a dent in the milled asphalt pile that’s been sitting at the company’s Waugh Chapel Plant for nearly two decades....
