Excavators

I-5 Project Tackled With Nickel Package →

When the new I-5/SR 502 interchange is completed in Washington State next year, not only will Battle Ground be directly connected to the interstate but a new entry and exit point also will have been provided for the limited access highway, shortening the route between the two roads and leading to reduced travel time. The opening of the interchange also will enhance the safety of travelers, particularly by reducing the number of vehicles backing up on the northbound I-5 off-ramp at SR 502. Click for more...

Big Iron, Fast Cars Highlight ’Italian Style’ Event in Chicago →

From Construction Equipment Guide... CNH was the presenting sponsor of “Italian Style,” a three-day exposition held Sept. 19 to 21 at Chicago’s Navy Pier. The event celebrated Italian fashion, design, technology, tourism and cuisine and was organized by the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce, Midwest. CNH displayed more than 20 Case IH agriculture, New Holland agriculture, Case construction, New Holland construction and Kobelco farm and earthmoving equipment. Click for more...

Volvo Compact Excavators Feature Design Elements for Tight Job Sites →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Volvo Construction Equipment has introduced two new compact excavators designed for tight, congested, or busy job sites — the EC35C and the ECR48C. The Volvo EC35C compact excavator features a conventional excavator design for stability with minimal superstructure swing. The Volvo ECR48C has a short radius superstructure that turns inside the width of its tracks. The Volvo ECR48C also can be equipped with an optional counterweight to maximize use of longer arms or heavy attachments. Click for more...

Zaxis 60USB-3 Excavator Has Swing Boom, Backfill Blade →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Bridging the gap between the ZX50U-2 compact excavator and the ZX75US-3 and ZX85USB-3 mid-sized excavators, the Hitachi ZX60USB-3 is a new ultra-short excavator with a swing boom and backfill blade. It is the perfect size for jobs along walls, guard rails, narrow roads, and tight work sites. The independent swing boom moves 80 degrees to the left and 60 degrees to the right; the boom offset is 33.5 in. Click for more...

Caterpillar D-Series Mini Excavators Offer Higher Bucket, Traction Forces →

Three D-Series mini hydraulic excavators have joined the Caterpillar line. The 307D is a direct replacement for the 307C. The 308D CR, a compact radius machine that works productively in tight spaces, replaces the 308C CR. A new model, the 308D CR SB, combines the compact radius design with a swing boom for even more versatility. The D-Series mini excavators retain the best features of the C-Series models while incorporating many improvements that increase productivity and reduce operating costs, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Volvo Begins Production, Delivery of New Pipelayers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Volvo began the development of a new product class of pipelaying machines in 2007, and the new Volvo PL4611 and its fellow-machines represent an advancement over pipelaying dozers with a side-based boom. The Volvo PL class was given the BP Special Award for Innovation of Significant Merit in 2008 for its major contribution to innovation related to cross-country onshore pipeline construction. Based on the Volvo excavator design, configuration and engineering, the new Pipelayer provides a 360-degree swing with full lifting performance and functionality at all radius positions — a function unattainable with conventional side-boom pipelayers. Click for more...

TGC Development Chomps Through Raleigh Red With Terrain Leveler →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Infrastructure work is rolling along for hundreds of high-dollar homes just northwest of Raleigh-Durham International Airport. TGC Development Inc. has been working at the site, a new section of Brier Creek Country Club, for the last several months. According to Wayne Thompson Jr., president of TGC Development, his firm has been involved in clearing and grading the land, as well as putting in the roads, water and sewer lines and setting up the pads for the home sites. Click for more...

Walton Debuts New Slide Rail System for Mobile Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A half-million-dollar piece of equipment commonly used in Northeast cities has cut the cost of a drainage project in the Deep South and eased the job’s impact on the surrounding area, said Alabama contractor John G. Walton. Before his company bid on a job to alleviate serious flooding problems on South Florida Street in Mobile, Ala., by installing a culvert in the narrow two-lane roadway, Walton said he flew up to New Jersey to check out the Griswold Machine & Engineering Inc. Click for more...

Giberson Preps Site for New Military Housing at Fort Dix →

From Construction Equipment Guide... “United Communities [UC] is a great company to work with,” Richard Giberson, Giberson Plumbing & Excavating Inc., Shamong, N.J., said. The project United Communities LLC, Marlton, N.J., is currently working on also is great. The company has the job of building the largest development of privatized military housing in the country since the Military Housing Privatization Initiative went into effect in 1996 and was made permanent in the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2004. Click for more...

Pa.’s Gateway Project to Open New Doors →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Charles D. Armstrong owned a cork business in Lancaster, Pa., around the turn of the century. Deciding to expand his business, he built a linoleum-manufacturing facility on Liberty Street in 1907, thus founding a company that would become famous for its tile flooring. For a century Armstrong World Industries manufactured this and other products at the facility. It was a flourishing concern, which by the middle of the 1940s employed more than 7,500 workers. Click for more...

Crews Already a Year Ahead of Schedule on Lynnhaven Parkway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Work on the Lynnhaven Parkway widening project has been under way since January, and the project is already one year ahead of schedule. This is good news because with the holidays, and Lynnhaven Mall, around the corner the contractor is not permitted to have any lane closures during the busy shopping season. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) awarded the $24.9 million Lynnhaven Parkway widening project, located in Virginia Beach, to Suburban Grading and Utilities Inc., Norfolk, Va. Click for more...

LEA, MTG Teeth Available for Multi-Ripper Products →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Two new teeth are now available for multi-ripper products from Leading Edge Attachments Inc., developed in conjunction with MTG Corp. There is the new 220- to 300-lb. (100 to 136 kg) excavator class size “Double Vector” and the new 55- to 110-lb. (25 to 50 kg) excavator class size “Multi-Ripper Tooth.”The new Double Vector part number MG200W will be available on all of the new 220- to 300-lb. Click for more...

Deere 75D Sports Auto-Idle Feature to Conserve Fuel →

From Construction Equipment Guide... John Deere’s 75D mid-sized hydraulic excavator with conventional boom and reduced tail swing weighs in at 17,637 lbs. (8,000 kg), has a 15-ft. (4.6 m), 1-in. (2.54 cm) dig depth and is practical for light residential, site development, underground and landscaping duties. “This excavator’s reduced tail swing and 360-degree rotation enable it to get into tight spaces,” said Mark Wall, excavator product marketing manager of John Deere. Click for more...

Cat D-Series Mini Hydraulic Excavators Boast Higher Bucket, Traction Forces →

Three D-Series mini hydraulic excavators join the Caterpillar line. The 307D is a direct replacement for the 307C. The 308D CR, a compact radius machine that works productively in tight spaces, replaces the 308C CR. A new model, the 308D CR SB, combines the compact radius design with a swing boom for even more versatility. The D-Series mini excavators retain the best features of the C-Series models while incorporating many improvements that increase productivity and reduce operating costs. Click for more...

Fecon Introduces New Tree Shears for Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Fecon has added three new tree shears to its line of excavator attachments. Two models are designed for 12- to 18-ton (11 to 16 t) excavators with 15 to 20 gpm (56.8 to 75.7 Lpm) — the FBS1400EXC and the FBS1500EXC. The FBS1400EXC weighs 2,000 lbs. (907 kg), features a single knife cutting system and can shear trees up to 14 in. (35.5 cm) in diameter. The FBS1500EXC features a dual knife cutting system and can shear trees with up to a 15-in. Click for more...

Volvo Construction’s New Class of Pipelayers Now Available →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In 2007 Volvo Construction Equipment announced the development of a new product class of pipelaying machines targeting, primarily, contractors in the on-shore oil and gas industry. The first prototype of the Volvo PL4611 and the Volvo PL4608 are now in the field with production availability beginning in the second quarter of 2008. The Volvo Pipelayer represents a major technical advance over traditional pipelaying bulldozers equipped with side booms, the basic design of which originated in the 1930’s and has changed little since, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Demolition Crew Weaves Through Oaks on Jekyll Island →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When CST Environmental Inc. of Orlando, Fla., began demo work last November at the Buccaneer Beach Resort on Jekyll Island, management knew it would be a challenge. They didn’t know it would come out so near to a clean sweep. Southeast Region Vice President and Branch Manager John Jenkins said the company completed work at the hotel that reclaimed almost 95 percent of the material on site for recycling, meeting a LEEDs standard that usually comes in at a fraction of that rate. Click for more...

Blue Goose Takes a Gander at Port St. Lucie Plant Canal →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Long before Blue Goose Construction started to repair the intake/discharge canals at the Port St. Lucie, Fla., nuclear power plant, the toughest part of the job already was complete. Just landing the contract from Florida Power & Light (FPL), which operates the nuclear plant, had Blue Goose folks breathing easier. “We did a lot of work putting presentations together, graphics together, depicting how our process would work and the equipment we had selected going into the bidding process and the selection process,” said Blue Goose General Manager Larry Tarr. Click for more...

Massive Forklift Assists With Housing Project for Fish →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Weeks Marine of Cranford, N.J., had a problem. It had a contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit to take some 1,662 retired work cars and “B Division” subway cars and drop them into the ocean, where they would serve as luxury homes for sea grass, blue mussels, sponges, black sea bass and tautog. The contract was going well, except for one thing: the company didn’t have a piece of equipment big enough to lift the subway cars off its barge. Click for more...

Optional Magnet Adds Versatility to Jaw Crusher Bucket →

Demolition and concrete contractors using the Eco-Crusher, a jaw crusher bucket for crushing material onsite, have the option of adding a magnet to provide an easy and efficient means of removing rebar from crushed debris. The Eco-Crusher 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...

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