Fri June 16, 2017
Superior Concrete Creates Spec Material With Crusher
At the end of the day, ready mixed concrete producers are often left with excess concrete in their concrete trucks, and not many options for disposal. One option is simple: haul it off to a landfill for disposal....
Wed June 14, 2017
Engcon's Safety Improvement Initiative Awarded in England
Engcon, a world leader in tiltrotators for excavators, has been recognized in England for a recently developed safety training program that covers the basic elements of the tiltrotator and its use. The training program earned the Plantworx Innovation Award, which each year draws attention to innovative companies, products and services that have made a major impact within the construction equipment industry....
Wed June 14, 2017
Komatsu PC170LC-11 Excavator Provides Options for Utility Contractors
Operators looking for a lightweight excavator have found an answer with Komatsu's new PC170LC-11. The 40,000-pound-class hydraulic excavator also gives owners a choice between two counterweights to best fit the machine to its application....
Rebecca Boone - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue June 06, 2017
Cleanup at Idaho Nuclear Landfill on Hold After Collapse
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Some cleanup efforts at a nuclear waste landfill in eastern Idaho are on hold while workers try to figure out what caused a collapse in a dig area that sent an excavator into a pit. The excavator was digging up transuranic waste — which is waste contaminated with highly radioactive elements....
Fri June 02, 2017
Work Abounds for Company Named After a Pet Dog
While many contractors in the construction business are known by the family name, it's rare you find one that goes by the family pet's name. Powell Fox of Clero Landscaping Inc. recalls exactly how that happened....
Fri May 12, 2017
Rototilt Gives Genesee County Excavator Added Flexibility
The Genesee County Highway Department in western New York recently purchased a Hyundai 180W-9A 38,000-lb. wheeled excavator equipped with a Rototilt RT60 rotating coupling system from George & Swede Sales & Service, the Hyundai dealer of western New York State....
Fri May 19, 2017
Volvo Breathes Life Back Into the Chesapeake Bay
Maryland Environmental Service is using a Volvo EC300E amphibious excavator to restore Poplar Island, a once diminishing remote island habitat in the Chesapeake Bay. Situated on the North Eastern Atlantic coastline of the United States, the Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the country....
Fri May 19, 2017
Harter Makes Plans for 50th Anniversary Celebration
Good moves … it takes many of these to be successful in business — and even more to be successful for a half-century. When Seth Harter decided in 1967 to stake his career on Deere & Company, which had operated construction equipment dealerships for only 10 years at the time, that was the first of many good moves....
Fecon - Thu May 18, 2017
Fecon Brings a New Excavator Bull Hog to Their Line Up
Fecon's FMX excavator Bull Hog is a mulching attachment for midi-size excavators from 5 to 10 ton (4.5 to 9 t). With a 36 in. (91 cm) cutting width and variable motor that can be adjusted for 12 to 40 gpm the FMX is a great addition to Fecon's excavator line up....
Montabert - Wed May 17, 2017
Montabert USA Launches New Drill
The Montabert CPA 295 rock drill attachment is an excavator-mounted rock drill attachment aimed to match or exceed the production rate of conventional drill rigs currently in the market. Its versatile options allow contractors to drill holes from 3 to 4 in....
