Excavators

Georgia Recycler Changes Fleet to JCB →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In addition to being The Fruitcake Capital of The World, Claxton, Ga., also is the home of Continental Cable Recycling (CCR), a recycling center and its sister company Custom Waste Rolloff Services, a container roll-off service. The family owned businesses were founded by Forrest Conder, first CCR in 1982, followed by Custom Waste in 2008. Working as one company, CCR-Custom Waste rents roll-off containers and swaps them out as needed and the company also handles complete waste and metal recycling needs for industrial customers on a regular basis. Click for more...

Albanese D&S Inc. Works Night Shift on Boston Pipeline →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Downtown Boston may not be known as the city that never sleeps, but for the next two years, it will be giving New York a run for its money. Just last month, a two-year-long sewer and storm water pipeline project got under way in downtown Boston. All the construction work on this project will take place overnight between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. The overnight work hours allow the construction to be completed in a manner that causes the least disruption in terms of foot and commuter traffic and delivery of water utility services to residents. Click for more...

Doosan Names New Distributor in Opelika, Ala. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rental Inc. will distribute Doosan heavy excavators, wheel loaders, wheel excavators and parts. The dealership is located at 1870 Columbus Parkway, Opelika, Ala. Rental opened its doors in 2008 and became a Bobcat dealer a year and a half ago. After carrying Doosan equipment in its rental fleet, it decided to start selling the line after seeing its customers’ positive response. Rental Manager Chris Finley said, “Our rental customers have been very pleased with Doosan heavy excavators and wheel loaders. Click for more...

Liebherr Introduces the R 9150 Mining Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Liebherr’s R 9150 mining excavator has an operating weight of 286,600 lbs. (130,000 kg) and is equipped with shovel attachment. The R 9150 is the successor of the Liebherr R 984 C. With the Litronic Plus electronic control system, Liebherr-made cylinders, and an 10 cu. yd. (8 cu m) bucket, the R 9150 ensures high digging forces, easy material penetration and excellent bucket fill factors to perform even in the most demanding conditions, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Liebherr Mining Service Tools for Excavator-Specific Maintenance →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Liebherr delivers a wide range of service tools for excavator-specific maintenance: pump, cylinder, travel drive, track pad maintenance or replacement, ensuring optimal working conditions no matter the size of the component. The close collaboration between the excavator R&D engineering team and service tools development team ensures that the excavator design encapsulates best-practice serviceability, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Ditch Witch Vacuum Excavator Family Expands →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Charles Machine Works (CMW) Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch underground construction equipment, released its latest vacuum excavator: the Ditch Witch FX50. Ditch Witch vacuum excavators are designed for a wide range of cleanup and soft excavation tasks. Municipalities and construction crews utilize the suction power and water pressure of Ditch Witch vacuum excavators for such tasks as cleaning out sewers and valve boxes, horizontal directional drilling support, removing road construction debris, and for soft excavation tasks such as posthole digging and “potholing,” or exposing utilities to verify their exact location prior to underground construction. Click for more...

Fuel Efficiency and Innovation Demonstrated at Caterpillar Event →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Caterpillar introduced several new technologies to national and international media on Oct. 15 to 17 at its facilities in Peoria, Ill. These technologies included a new more fuel-efficient wheel loader, a hybrid excavator and Tier IV Final. The event included a tour of the new Caterpillar Visitor Center. Caterpillar invested more than $52 million into the 50,000 sq. ft. facility and the new Peoria Riverfront Museum projects, which achieved LEED Gold status. Click for more...

Pine Bush Equipment Favors Gorilla Hammers for Rental, Retail Customers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... There are dog lovers and there are cat lovers. Steve Boniface, CEO of Pine Bush Equipment, is partial to gorillas … Gorilla Hammers, that is. Over the last two years Pine Bush has purchased approximately 18 hydraulic hammers, which have been put into its rental fleet and, in some cases, retailed to Pine Bush customers. The relationship started when a New Jersey contractor who was renting a Komatsu excavator from Pine Bush Equipment for some work that he was doing in the New York area approached Pine Bush. Click for more...

Volvo High Reach Excavators Are the High Flyers of Demolition →

From Construction Equipment Guide... To provide the most versatile machines possible on demolition job sites, Volvo Construction Equipment offers two new models of high reach excavators, all specially tailored to the rigors of demolition at heights — the 69-ft. 2-in. (21 m) reach EC380DHR; and the 89-ft. 9- in. (27 m) reach EC480DHR. Both Volvo HR machines can be fitted with both high reach and standard digging boom configurations. Click for more...

Liebherr R 9400 Mining Excavator Loads a Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Liebherr has introduced the shovel version of the 778,200 lbs. (353,000 kg) mining excavator. Boasting a 28.8 cu. yd. (22 cu m) bucket capacity in standard configuration, the R 9400 is the ideal machine to load a fleet of 150 ton dump trucks, according to the manufacturer. Available in two configurations, either diesel or electric, the R 9400 offers the flexibility to perform in any application. The production-tailored attachment kinematics combined with a mining-optimized bucket shape ensure the highest crowd and breakout forces. Click for more...

Caterpillar Unveils First Hybrid Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Caterpillar Inc. unveiled the first model in its new line of hybrid excavators, the Cat 336E H, at its Mossville Industrial Design Center on Oct. 16 at a special trade press event, “The Next Generation is Here.” The new 336E H will be sold and serviced exclusively through the global Cat dealer network following the machine’s official launch at bauma 2013 in Munich, Germany. The order board for the Cat 336E H opens in Feb. Click for more...

A Customized Cat 320DL Excavator for Bond, James Bond →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Two iconic brands – James Bond and Caterpillar Inc.– join together for the 23rd Bond adventure, Skyfall. The Bond films are known for action-packed opening sequences, and in Skyfall part of the thrilling sequence features James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, operating a Cat excavator. Of course only the British Secret Service agent does it on a train that’s barreling down the tracks through the Turkish countryside. Click for more...

Deere-Hitachi N.C. Excavator Plant to Add 340 Jobs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) A partnership between two behemoth builders of excavating machinery said Oct. 5 it plans to add 340 jobs at a Forsyth County plant in return for incentives of more than $5 million while promising salaries below the local average. Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp. said it will expand its Kernersville plant that now employs more than 700. The plant is a part of a 24-year partnership between Tokyo-based Hitachi Construction Machinery and Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. Click for more...

Huge Highway Project Calls for Pair of Doosan Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... At times, transportation construction projects in the Boston, Mass., area seem like they go on forever. The Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project, known as “The Big Dig,” turned out to be the nation’s most complex and expensive (almost $15 billion) highway project. It took 16 years to complete. The job currently in the “when-will-it-ever-end?” spotlight is taking place on the south side of Boston. Click for more...

All-New Mustang Zero Tail Excavators Enhance Engine Performance →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The all-new Mustang zero-tail-swing excavators consist of five models: the 170Z, 270Z, 350Z, 450Z and 800Z. The machines are designed around a Yanmar Interim Tier IV engine to enhance engine performance and increase efficiency. The all-new Mustang excavators are true zero-tail-swing machines, with no cab overhang beyond the tracks in any direction. This allows the machine to operate directly against a wall or other obstruction without causing damage to the structure or machine. Click for more...

Doosan DX140W Wheel Excavator Features More Power, Performance →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Doosan DX140W wheel excavator combines increased power and performance with interim Tier 4 (iTIV) updates. New technologies make this excavator ideal for highway and street development, commercial construction, bridge and railway development and dealer rental, according to the manufacturer. The DX140W is powered by a 135-hp (100.6 kW), 6-cylinder DL06KB water-cooled diesel engine that has been optimized for use with cooled exhaust gas recirculation (CEGR) system, diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and diesel particulate filter (DPF). Click for more...

Excavators: Fleet Expansion for High Productivity and Positive Cash Flow →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Few machines have more impact in construction and earthmoving operations than a heavy excavator. In the past five years, more than 84 percent of heavy excavator sales to end users have been in these applications. Whether you’re thinking about adding a new excavator to your fleet to supplement existing excavators or expanding the versatility of your fleet with your first excavator, it’s important to buy the right machine for the work. Click for more...

CCS Equipment Partners With Kawasaki in Eastern N.C. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It seems to be a partnership borne out of a mutual desire to give customers exactly what they need through friendly, honest service. When CCS Equipment Sales LLC, a full service equipment dealership located just north of Raleigh, wanted to begin offering a bigger line of wheel loaders to give their utility company customers a fuller line of equipment, they zeroed in on Kawasaki, a manufacturer known for its well-made machines. Click for more...

JCB 8055 RTS Mini-Excavator Gets a Number of Enhancements →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Due to a number of recent enhancements, JCB’s 8055 RTS mini-excavator now combines even more power and maneuverability into one compact package. The 8055 RTS weighs in at 12,125 lbs. (5,500 kg), improving its lift capacity up to 10 percent and enabling operators to complete jobs in less time. A new 44.4 hp (33 kW) Perkins engine decreases fuel consumption up to 10 percent, reducing operating costs. Click for more...

Caterpillar Celebrates Grand Opening of Hydraulic Excavator Facility in Victoria, Texas →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Executives from Caterpillar Inc. and leaders from the state of Texas celebrated the grand opening of Caterpillar’s hydraulic excavator facility in Victoria, Texas. The new, 1.1 million-sq.-ft. operation represents a $200 million investment by Caterpillar to increase excavator capacity and production in the United States. The company has already hired about 225 new employees in Victoria and plans to continue hiring based on demand for products made in Victoria and as it ramps up production with additional models to be produced at the new facility. Click for more...

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