Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 21, 2021

How Much Construction Technology Is Enough? James River Equipment Has the Answers

Automated. Robotic. Precise. These and other adjectives characterize construction equipment today. The question that sometimes follows is, to what end? As it turns out, that's a pretty good question....

Wirtgen - Wed January 20, 2021

Wirtgen Group, John Deere Lay Foundation for Industrial Site

Soil stabilizing is a particularly cost-effective and resource-friendly method for achieving the proper bearing capacity and quality of the soil and preparing it for civil engineering or building construction projects....

James River Equipment - Mon January 18, 2021

James River Equipment Launches New Location in Raleigh, N.C.

James River Equipment (JRE), a construction and agricultural equipment dealership for Virginia and the Carolinas, announced the opening of its newest location at 4161 Auburn Church Road in Garner, N.C....

Yellowhouse Machinery - Wed January 13, 2021

Yellowhouse Promotes Kritser to Sr. Veep, Director of Sales

Yellowhouse Machinery recently announced the promotion of John (Bub) Kritser, Jr. to senior vice president and director of sales, according to a news release. Kritser most recently served as division sales manager in Tulsa, Okla., for Yellowhouse's Oklahoma dealerships before returning home to Amarillo, Texas, with his wife, Kelly, and their 4-year-old son, John (Trip) Kritser III....

John Deere - Mon January 06, 2020

John Deere Joint Tests Its First Electric-Powered Backhoe With National Grid

John Deere, a manufacturer of construction equipment, and National Grid, an electricity, natural gas and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people throughout the Northeast, will joint test an electric backhoe concept....

Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue December 22, 2020

Erb Equipment's Dick Christ Retires After 52 Years of Service

While the world bids adieu to 2020, Dick Christ, store manager of Erb Equipment in Owensboro, Ky., will be spending his first moments as a retired man. Christ is calling it a career on Dec. 31 after nearly 53 years in the heavy equipment business....

CEG - Tue December 22, 2020

McCoy Celebrates Its John Deere Onyx Circle Award

When McCoy Construction & Forestry, a member of the McCoy Group family of companies, was named the 2020 winner of John Deere Construction and Forestry's Onyx Circle award, it was certainly cause for a celebration....

John Deere - Fri December 18, 2020

John Deere Delivers Power, Performance With Purpose-Built 700L PL40 Pipelayer-Ready Crawler

Purpose-built with customer needs top of mind, the John Deere 700L PL40 crawler provides a powerful solution for pipelaying applications. Offering a lift capacity of 40,000 lbs., the John Deere-designed and -manufactured 700L PL40 model provides customers with operating ease and exceptional durability, according to the manufacturer....

CEG - Thu December 17, 2020

VIDEO: Bridgewater-Raynham Sand & Stone Built On Determination, Will, Family

When Joe Arruda took over Bridgewater-Raynham Sand & Stone (BRS) on Plymouth St, in Bridgewater, Mass., it took determination and will. He grabbed an opportunity to rent the 180-acre yard containing an aggregate material that had been around since the 1930s, having been used and turned over by many before him....

CEG - Wed December 16, 2020

Sweatt Construction Relies on 4Rivers for Reclamation Project

A contractor is getting a lot of help from above on a challenging project in a remote corner of New Mexico, near the Colorado border. Sweatt Construction, with assistance from 4Rivers Equipment, is using drone technology and GPS machine control to efficiently complete a reclamation project at the abandoned Swastika Mine, a former silver and lead mine, near Raton, N.M....

John Deere - Wed December 09, 2020

John Deere Power Systems, Deutz Announce Engine Collaboration

John Deere Power Systems and Deutz have announced plans to jointly develop and source components for a low horsepower range engine up to 130kW. Working together, the parties will be able to close a gap in the market by developing an engine that provides customers additional and exceptional value upon initial purchase while retaining the reliability, versatility, and performance they've come to expect from John Deere and Deutz engines, according to the manufacturers....