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Tue April 17, 2012

180G LC Hydraulic Excavator Joins the John Deere G-Series

John Deere’s customer-inspired 180G LC hydraulic excavator provides contractors a larger mid-size excavator solution with an Interim Tier IV-certifed (IT4) engine. The 19.8 ton (18 t) 180G LC joins the popular G-Series hydraulic excavator line and continues the John Deere tradition of reliability, power and productivity on the job site....

Giles Lambertson - Wed March 21, 2012

Caterpillar Takes Trade Writers on Tour of N.C. Facility

Immerse trade writers for three days in Caterpillar small construction equipment and what is the one-word takeaway? Engineering. Obviously, a lot of things are going on under that Caterpillar Yellow paint....

Tue March 13, 2012

Equipment East Makes Mark in New England Distributing LiuGong Iron

Soon after a Massachusetts contractor demo’d its first pieces of LiuGong earthmoving construction equipment, the owners were so impressed with the machine’s performance and tremendous cost savings that they decided to pursue obtaining the LiuGong line of construction equipment and become its distributor in New England as Equipment East LLC....

Wed March 07, 2012

Tier IV Engines Among a Host of Changes to JS Models

JCB’s JS260, JS330 and JS360 tracked excavators will be the first models in the firm’s comprehensive excavator line-up to move to Tier IV Interim compliant engines. The Isuzu engines will retain the same power output, while benefitting from increased efficiency....

Wed March 07, 2012

JCB Dieselmax Engine for Crawler Machines

JCB is updating its JS145 tracked excavator, adding the Tier III JCB Dieselmax engine to another model in the JS excavator range. The revised model also takes on recent styling changes and an updated cab structure seen on the larger crawler models....

Tue March 06, 2012

Case CX470C Excavator Sets New Standards

The CX470C full-sized excavator is the newest in the Case C Series excavator line that features increased fuel efficiency, productivity and improved serviceability and operator comfort, while achieving Tier IV Interim certification....

Mon March 05, 2012

SANY America Assembles First Excavator in North America

SANY America completed the first excavator assembled at the company’s North American headquarters. At a ceremony attended by Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix, the 21.5-ton (19.5 t) SY215 rolled off of the assembly line Feb....

Wed February 29, 2012

New Case CX470C Excavator Sets New Standards

Case Construction Equipment has launched its CX470C full-sized excavator. The machine is the newest in the Case C Series excavator line that features increased fuel efficiency, productivity and improved serviceability and operator comfort, while achieving Tier 4 Interim certification....

Wed February 29, 2012

Extendable Arm on E55 Compact Excavator Provides Additional Reach

Bobcat has a new extendable arm option for the M-Series E55 compact excavator. The extendable arm is a telescoping arm that provides the best of both worlds — power and reach. The new extendable arm option provides an additional 30 in....

Thu February 23, 2012

Doosan DXB260H Breaker Allows for Matching Breaker Frequency to Ground Conditions

The Doosan DXB260H hydraulic breaker features two-speed control of breaker frequency for improved efficiency in demanding demolition and rock-breaking applications. Delivering up to 600 blows per minute, the 5,400-lb....