Excavators

Cat Iron Prove Mettle for Long Island’s PK Metals →

From Construction Equipment Guide... PK Metals, located in Coram, N.Y., calls itself “The Recycling Specialists” and for good reason. The company’s 11-acre scrap yard in Suffolk County, Long Island, not only recycles ferrous and non-ferrous metals but materials from the electronics industry in addition to plastics, demolition debris, cardboard and surplus inventory salvage. It also provides document destruction. Processing a diversity of materials requires a wide assortment of equipment including trucks, loaders, skid steers, excavators and scrap handling machines most of which are Caterpillars from H.O. Click for more...

Stafford Development Increases Size of Board With Election of John Claflin →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Stafford Development Company has increased the size of its board from seven to eight and elected John F. Claflin to its membership. Claflin, a resident of Lexington, Ky., is retired from Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, where he served for more than 30 years. During John Claflin’s career at Link-Belt, he had the opportunity to experience both the crane and excavator segments of the equipment industry. Click for more...

Darcon Construction’s Kobelco Rips, Tears Without the Wear →

From Construction Equipment Guide... There used to be a candy factory at 35th and 4th Sunset Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., but in August, there will be a new high school there instead. Darcon Construction Inc. is laying a concrete foundation for Sunset Park High. A 100,000-lb. (45.359 kg) Kobelco SK480LC excavator is helping Darcon with its foundation work. “[The Kobelco] has tremendous breakout force, yet operates very smoothly,” said Angelo Caiazzo, principal of Darcon Construction Inc. Click for more...

Hitzfield Excavating Paves Memory Lane in Indiana →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Back in June 2006, there was much hoopla at Iowa’s John Deere Dubuque Works. Not only were they building their 10,000th J-Series Dozer on that day, but also there was a big Gold Key Event for the 10,000th J-Series Dozer customer — Larry Hitzfield of Hitzfield Excavating of Roanoke, Ind. Deere Iron, Old and New“I’ve sold more Deere iron than I bought,” Hitzfield said. “Our company has been raving about the quality of these machines to anyone who would listen since 1961. Click for more...

Gibson Machinery Hosts Demo of Sennebogen 870M →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Gibson Machinery LLC hosted a luncheon, presentation and barge unloading demonstration of the Sennebogen Model 870M Rubber Tired Material Handler in McKees Rocks, Pa., March 13. The demonstration took place at Lindy Paving Inc.’s Neville Island Terminal. Gibson Machinery’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mike Camp introduced Lindy Paving representatives and reviewed Gibson’s product line that includes Sennebogen machines, Doosan excavators, wheel loaders and utility equipment, Dynapac compaction, paving and milling equipment, Moxy articulated trucks and IHI compact excavators. Click for more...

ACECO Adds Breakers to Fleet for Plant Demolition →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As the country moves further into the 21st century, the need for new infrastructure and facilities is becoming more and more apparent. Whether dictated by hazardous materials within an original construction or general wear and tear due to age, improvements and upgrades are needed in everything from roads to buildings. For the water pollution control plant in Arlington County, Va., new environmental regulations and increased capacity requirements were the catalysts for moving forward on a complete modernization of the facility. Click for more...

Komatsu Launches PC228USLC-3 Excavator in Ohio →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s PC228USLC-3 short tail swing excavator with Tier III engine is now available at Columbus Equipment’s nine locations in Ohio. The new machine has a 148 flywheel hp (110 kW), an operating weight between 49,900 to 51,110 lbs. (22,226 to 23,183 kg) and a bucket capacity range of .66 to 1.57 cu. yds. (.5 to 1.2 cu m). Occupying a 180 degree swing width of 13 ft. 1 in. Click for more...

Ingersoll Rand Compact Excavators Feature Zero-Tail Swing →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ingersoll Rand Company Limited offers two hydraulic, compact excavators to provide earthmoving power in the trenches. The 8.3-ton (7.5 t) ZX-75 and 13.8-ton (12.5 t) ZX-125 hydraulic excavators provide powerful performance for work in building, landscaping, rental applications, and utility installation, as well as general construction and repair work. The ZX-75 excavator has an operating weight of 16,538 lbs. Click for more...

Stainless Steel Succumbs to SK350 With LaBounty Shear →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Teamwork and a Kobelco SK350 excavator with a LaBounty shear changed Utica Alloys’ scrap yard into a more efficient enterprise. Utica Alloys, located in Utica, N.Y., is a large scrap management company. The company processes stainless steel that is collected from across the upstate New York area and then re-sold. For shipping purposes, the steel must be cut down to uniform sizes. The process involved moving the steel from the stockpile to the cutting area where several employees would cut the metal with a steel guillotine and welding torches. Click for more...

Toyota Plant Site Cleared Weeks Ahead of Schedule →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The first of many construction projects involving the $1.3 billion Toyota automotive plant near Tupelo has been completed weeks early. Hill Brothers Construction Co. of Faulkner, Miss., recently finished the first contract, clearing the core site in Blue Springs. Located about 10 mi. west of Tupelo off U.S. 78, the plant, scheduled to open in 2010, will produce the company’s Highlander SUV model. Click for more...

GM Demolishes Plant in Lansing, Mich. →

Due to the prohibitive cost of operating safely and in an environmentally friendly manner in two existing plants in Lansing, Mich., General Motors Corporation constructed two new facilities (the Grand River Assembly and Delta Township plants) to replace them. The new facilities are capable of producing vehicles more efficiently, economically and safely. Now comes the job of demolishing, recycling and removing the two old plants — the Fisher Body Plant (Plant Six) and the Oldsmobile Plant (Plant One), located approximately 1.5 mi. Click for more...

Komatsu America Launches Excavator With Tier III Engine →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp. has introduced the PC228USLC-3 short tail swing excavator with Tier III engine. The new machine has a flywheel horsepower of 148 hp (110 kW), an operating weight between 49,900 to 51,110 lbs. (22,634 to 23,183 kg) and a bucket capacity range of .66 to 1.57 cu. yds. (.5 to 1.2 cu. m). Occupying a 180 degree swing width of 13 ft. 1 in. (4 m) with a loaded bucket, as well as a large counterweight that requires no additional clearance, the PC228USLC-3 is practical for working in confined areas such as roadways, bridges, urban areas or anywhere space in limited. Click for more...

Customized Deere Machines Work to Extract Sea Salt →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Using nature’s power — the sun and wind — Cargill Salt in Redwood City, Calif., crystallizes natural sea salt from San Francisco Bay and uses it to produce products used in food, industry and agriculture. While producing Epsom salts and sodium chloride from sea salt bitterns is simple, pulling these bitterns up from several feet of standing water requires some thinking — and an odd-looking piece of John Deere construction equipment. Click for more...

M & L Builds Sizable Fleet With ’Get It Done’ Kind of Firm →

From Construction Equipment Guide... By Kate ZanoniSPECIAL TO CEGFrank Marini worked for 11 years doing curbing and sidewalk work for his uncle’s construction company before founding M & L Construction, based in Trumball, Conn., in 1983. When he went out on his own, his uncle initially helped get him started. In the company’s early years, its focus was curb and sidewalk work, primarily for municipalities. A few years later, the company expanded into doing excavating and concrete foundation work. Click for more...

R.C. Hawkins Uses Compact Fleet for Erosion Control →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Looking to take control of more business? The erosioncontrol market just might be your ticket. Under the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Phase II requirements, which protect water quality from the impact of construction activities, property owners are required to install erosion and storm-water controls such as drainage grading, check dams, silt fences and vegetative buffers. Recent efforts to step up enforcement of Phase II rules mean that the number of these money-making opportunities will only continue to grow. Click for more...

Site Clearing Completed Through ’Shear’ Effort →

From Construction Equipment Guide... W. S. Agee Grading Contractors Inc. of McDonough, Ga., faced 80 acres (32 ha) of heavily timbered land in Covington that had to be cleared for a housing development. According to Owner Danny Agee, the building site was susceptible to extensive runoff due to severe elevation changes of upward to 300 ft. (91 m); therefore, implementation of erosion control plans had to be in place before site development could begin. Click for more...

Deere’s D-Series Excavator Line Has Faster Hydraulics, Redesigned Cab →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Three new additions to the John Deere D-Series excavators line — the 160D LC, 200D LC and 225D LC — retain many of the features of their predecessors, but significant improvements — including faster hydraulics, a redesigned cab, undercarriage enhancements and a new cooling system — deliver a boost in productivity and uptime, as well as lower daily costs. “These excavators are particularly well-suited to applications that require big performance in a mid-size machine, such as basement digging, truck loading, water and sewer jobs,” said Mark Wall, product marketing manager, John Deere Construction and Forestry Company. Click for more...

LBX Announces New Link-Belt X2 Series Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX Company has introduced the new Link-Belt X2 Series of excavators. Power is achieved in the X2 due to the interaction between engine power and hydraulic power. The engine, hydraulics and on-board computer are matched to provide maximum power, productivity and efficiency, according to the manufacturer. Completely re-engineered EPA certified Tier III Isuzu engines provide increased horsepower and lower rpm. Click for more...

Kubota KX080-3 Ready to Dig Into Utility-Class Market →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC) has introduced the Kubota KX080-3, its largest and most advanced excavator to date. Designed especially for work environments where space is limited, but additional power, capacity and efficiency are required, this 8-ton (7.2 t), tight-tail swing excavator offers more than 14,000 lbs. (6,320 kg) of breakout force. “It’s exciting to expand beyond the compact-excavator class — where Kubota models have excelled for years — with a machine that brings so many innovations,” said Keith Rohrbacker, product manager of KTC. Click for more...

Gradall Introduces New Excavator in 55,000-lb. Class →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Gradall’s XL 5100 III, weighing just more than 55,000 lbs. (24,947 kg), reflects a new Gradall design philosophy that delivers increased performance, cost containment benefits and a shorter carrier for easier highway mobility and a shorter rear swing, according to the manufacturer. Unlike the XL 5100 that used two Cummins engines, the XL 5100 III uses just one Detroit Diesel Mercedes engine. Click for more...

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