Excavators

LiuGong Introduces New 21-Ton 922LCIII Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s been quite a year for LiuGong Machinery Corporation. This past year, the company received China’s only “National Quality Award” for the machine industry. And now, LiuGong’s North American division is introducing its 21 ton (19 t) excavator to dealers in March. The LiuGong 922LCIII excavator is the most popular size sold in the United States. The machine has been tested by U.S. Click for more...

XL 4300 III Excavator Handles Big Jobs On, Off Pavement →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The 44,000 lb. (19,958 kg) Gradall Model XL 4300 III hydraulic excavator offers the versatility of a tilting, telescoping boom as well as mobility both on and off paved surfaces. Powered by a new Detroit Diesel Mercedes engine, the XL 4300 III delivers noticeably greater bucket breakout and boom forces to increase productivity for high performance jobs, according to the manufacturer. The XL 4300 III carrier, with a new counterweight and profile, is 9 in. Click for more...

Yanmar’s ViO55-5B Mini-Excavator Offers Standard Quick Coupler →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Yanmar’s ViO55-5B mini-excavator has a true zero-tail swing design, allowing for 360 degree turning of the counterweight within the width of the crawler. Tracks are positioned to present a stable platform with 6 ft. 6 in. (2 m) of total width. High tensile strength steel keeps the machine light while providing safety and balance for the operator. The maximum bucket digging force is 9,015 lbs. Click for more...

N.J. Firm Excavates 45 Ft. Through Solid Shale for Underground Facility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Paul Spatz, president of V.A. Spatz & Sons, a heavy construction contractor in Berkeley Heights, N.J., said, “We’re up to any challenge; we have some very talented men working for us.”That’s a good thing, given the company’s latest project in New Brunswick, N.J. V.A. Spatz was called on to excavate a 40-ft.-wide, 40-ft.-long and 45-ft.-deep (12.2 by 12.2 by 13.7 m) hole into solid shale for an underground proton radiation center for cancer treatment, the first of its kind in the world. Click for more...

Overburden Proves to Be No Bother for Hyundai R800LC-7A →

From Construction Equipment Guide... More than 30 years ago, Dave Neiswonger started a small construction firm with one machine. These days, the firm, Neiswonger Construction & Mining Inc., Strattanville, Pa., is a father/son partnership that has grown considerably since it began in 1978. Dave and his son, Vinnie, are 50-50 partners in the business, which expanded to include mining about seven years ago. That began, according to Vinnie, when they started doing some mining on their own property and quickly saw the potential for more. Click for more...

LBX Company Supports Construction Industry Workforce Development Initiative →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX Company, maker of Link-Belt excavators, supported the Construction Challenge Regional Rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 7, where nearly 200 teenagers competed to move on to the Construction Challenge finals in Knoxville, Tenn., May 19 to 23, 2009. Fifteen other regional rallies occurred across the United States the same weekend, with more than 2,000 participants in total. Each rally had two to three teams advancing to the finals. Click for more...

On the Boulevard: E.V. Williams Adds Girth to Hectic Highway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... E.V. Williams Inc. is well known in Virginia’s Hampton Roads area. No matter what city you are visiting, if there is road construction occurring, you are likely to see the company’s name on the equipment. In addition to work on Interstate 64 in Chesapeake and on Birdneck Road in Virginia Beach, and too many other projects to mention here, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has awarded E.V. Click for more...

English Erects Much-Needed New Yadkin River Bridge →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Heavy cranes are being moved into position to begin the girder assembly later this winter on a new $14.9 million, four-lane bridge spanning the Yadkin River along U.S. Highway 158 in North Carolina, 10 mi. southwest of Winston-Salem. The bridge links the communities of Clemmons in Forsyth County on the east bank of the Yadkin with Bermuda Run and Advance in Davie County on the west bank. The new span on U.S. Click for more...

Bombs to Beetles: VW Builds $1B Plant in Chattanooga →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Following nationwide competition it was announced on July 15, 2008, that a former army site near Chattanooga, Tenn., had been chosen as the location for Volkswagen’s new $1 billion U.S. assembly plant. The facility will manufacture mid-sized vehicles in the United States rather than importing them. Slated to begin production in 2011, the plant will manufacture 150,000 vehicles a year, with the capacity to produce up to 200,000. Click for more...

Jersey Fresh: Conti Mends Aging Raritan River Span →

The current rehabilitation of the Garden State Parkway’s Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge across the Raritan River in New Jersey has its foundation in a cooperative operation involving the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) and the Garden State Parkway (GPS). Their agreement calls for construction of a new seven-lane bridge (completed two years ago parallel to the existing span) and rehabilitation of the original Driscoll Bridge. Click for more...

Hitachis Get Their Kicks on Route 66 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Chandler, Okla., like many a small town along the fabled 2,400-mi. U.S. Route 66, counts on tourism dollars to help make ends meet. But with soaring gasoline prices in 2008, fewer folks were making the ultimate road trip. However, those same rolling digits at the gas station pumped new life into the area’s oil and natural gas industry, with many of the new wells going in just a stone’s throw from the old highway. Click for more...

471 DIG-R-TACH Designed for Backhoes, Mini-Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... General Equipment Co.’s model 471 DIG-R-TACH hydraulically-powered earth drilling attachment system is specifically designed for use with lower-auxiliary hydraulic system flow rates found on popular models of compact loader backhoes, mini-excavators and compact utility loaders. The 471 DIG-R-TACH system enhances the versatility of compact loader backhoes and mini-excavators by allowing them to become practical and productive options for many hole-digging projects, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Case Excavator Razes 19th Century Milwaukee Tannery →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Milwaukee’s venerable Pfister and Vogel tannery stood up through the Civil War and two World Wars, creating a century-and-a-half’s worth of shoe leather for the American public. But despite its deep footprints in Milwaukee’s history, the now-abandoned tannery couldn’t stand up to the relentless power of an 80-ton (72.6 t) Case CX800 excavator. The machine demolished and cleared the 30-plus-building, 18-acre (7.3 ha) complex in less than three months. Click for more...

Page Avenue Extension on Track for 2009 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Despite a sluggish start caused by weather and resources diverted for high profile projects, Phase 2 of the Page Avenue Extension project will finish on time in late 2009, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials said. Work began in 2007. The project will extend Highway 364 another mile basically following Highway 94 west of Jungs Station Road to west of Harvester Road. Included will be a one-way outer road system, retaining walls and improved interchange. Click for more...

Major League Work Involved With Braves Triple A Ballpark →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Back in June, it was farmland. But on April 17, Triple-A baseball teams the Gwinnett Braves and the Norfolk Tides will face off in the Braves’ new minor league stadium at the transformed 44-acre (17.8 ha) site in suburban Gwinnett County, Ga. The roughly $59 million construction project — headed by general contractor Barton Malow Company — is on schedule to have the 10,000-plus-seat stadium ready for the game, said Preston Williams, chief executive officer of the Gwinnett Convention & Visitors Bureau, the entity responsible for developing the land and managing the lease on the county-owned stadium. Click for more...

Stafford Hosts Eco-Crusher Demo Event in Charlotte →

Stafford hosted a live demo of the Eco-Crusher Dec. 16 in Charlotte, N.C. Local contractors looking for onsite crushing solutions stopped by Stafford for some lunch and demonstrations of the Eco-Crusher attachment. The Eco-Crusher, a jaw crusher bucket for crushing material onsite, enables contractors to provide the onsite processing of concrete, bricks, blocks, basalt, aggregate and more, thus reducing the costs for hauling and tipping fees on the job. Click for more...

Fuhgetaboutit! $125M BQE Improvement Work Wraps Up →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As part of a massive project involving the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is rebuilding, improving and reconfiguring the section running from 61st Street to Broadway, updating the infrastructure to meet current standards in bridge safety, roadway and operations. Prime contractor Perini/Tutor-Saliba II JV, made up of Perini Corporation, based in Peekskill, N.Y., and Tutor Saliba, headquartered in Sylmar, Calif., are overseeing the work on this stretch of the expressway in a joint venture. Click for more...

Operators Hit the Ground Running With TC37 Excavator →

Designed to turn 360 degrees within the width of its tracks, the Terex TC37 zero-tail swing excavator is at home in confined and restricted areas. Ideal for utility contractors, this mini allows operators to get up close and personal in places where conventional excavators can’t fit. “If you’re working in an alley, next to a building, or on a street, where traffic is an issue, you can be certain that the rear of the TC37 isn’t going to swing out into traffic or into a wall,” explained Lowell Stout, Terex Compact Equipment product manager. Click for more...

Only a Memory: Crews Clear Remnants of Miami Arena →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For the second time this year a Miami sports venue has been reduced to a twisted pile of concrete and steel. Earlier this year, the legendary Orange Bowl was demolished to make way for a new stadium for the Florida Marlins baseball team. On Sept. 21 at 8:06 a.m. black plumes of smoke could be seen as 175 lbs. of explosive charges rigged to the steel trusses detonated, imploding the Miami Arena’s roof, bringing an end to what was known as the Pink Elephant because of its pink colored walls. Click for more...

Hyundai Unveils New 9 Series Excavators →

At ConExpo earlier this year, a pre-production version of the R210LC-9 was debuted. On Dec. 11 and 12 the R210LC-9 and R290LC-9 models were unveiled to Hyundai dealer principals in Orlando, Fla. The R210LC-9 and R290LC-9 will be available to the market in the first quarter of 2009. Also at the launch meeting, Hyundai previewed two additional 9 series models, the R140LC-9 and the R250LC-9 that will become available later this year. Click for more...

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