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Volvo Adds Three New Models to Its Wheeled Excavator Lineup →
From Construction Equipment Guide... The latest wheeled excavators from Volvo Construction Equipment — the short swing EWR150E and EWR170E, and the conventional swing EW220E — give contractors three new models to choose from to take advantage of the versatility and mobility offered by wheeled machines. "Wheeled excavators are underutilized in North America, and contractors are missing out on the benefits they bring, especially in applications like road building and in urban utility work," said Matt McLean, product manager, wheeled excavators at Volvo Construction Equipment. Click for more...
Durante Rentals and NY-NJ Takeuchi to Sponsor the 2018 Rockland County Excavator Safety Seminar Series →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Durante Rentals and their earth-moving division, New York – New Jersey Takeuchi, are sponsoring this year's Hudson Valley Region Excavator Safety Seminar. The free event, hosted by Dig Safely New York, is taking place on Wed., March 14th, from 7:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., at the Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, NY. Along with sponsoring the event, Durante Rentals and NY-NJ Takeuchi will have their Takeuchi mini excavators on full display at the show entrance where attendees are encouraged to take an up-close look at these machines. Click for more...
Kinshofer's X-Lock Coupler Provides Fast, Safe Attachment Exchanges →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Kinshofer, a source of excavator and loader crane attachments, offers the X-Lock coupler, a safe and quick solution for exchanging excavator attachments on the job site. The tool allows the operator to exchange attachments safely from within the cab and features a wedge-locking principal, which allows the coupler to connect to the attachment in two separate places, where competitors only feature one locking point. Click for more...
New, Low-Profile Ditch Witch HX Vacuum Excavators Enhance Performance on Compact, Large-Scale Jobs →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Ditch Witch has released a new, advanced lineup of vacuum excavators to boost operator productivity and versatility on municipality and underground construction jobs. The new HX-Series models feature innovative designs that meet the diverse and evolving customer needs on a range of applications — from compact, urban projects to large-scale excavation, potholing, slot trenching and microtrenching applications, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...
Volvo Extends Lifetime Warranty to Cover Demolition, Wheeled Excavators →
From Construction Equipment Guide... The Volvo Lifetime Frame and Structure Warranty now includes high-reach demolition excavators and wheeled excavators. Seemingly small design differences can add up to big differences in machine durability, and Volvo is so confident in the design of its excavators that the company has extended its Lifetime Frame and Structure Warranty to cover high-reach demolition excavators and wheeled excavators. Click for more...
New Jersey's Savage Equipment Adds Doosan DX420LC-5 Excavator to Fleet →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Jim Stock is a busy man. His company, Savage Equipment, is in charge of not one, but two locations doing site work for housing developments. The first site is located in Newburgh, N.Y., where his team is prepping a 74-acre property for 100 houses to be built. The second site in Monroe, N.Y., is doing the same only there is more ground to cover with approximately 200 houses in the plans to be built. Click for more...
Northern Florida Company, Pipeline Contractors Inc., Thrives by Helping Meet Region's Growing Housing Demand →
From Construction Equipment Guide... With a wife and infant son to support, Ron Denmark reached a crossroads in his professional life at just 28 years old. After working in the insurance industry for eight years, Ron, like many other independent agents in Florida, felt the effects of a liability crisis that was weighing down the industry. When another agency offered to buy his firm, he readily accepted. With a modest start-up fund from the sale of his insurance business in hand, Ron set his sights on a new career as a utility contractor. Click for more...
Komatsu Introduces PC238USLC-11 Hydraulic Excavator →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.'s PC238USLC-11 hydraulic excavator is equipped with an EPA Tier IV Final certified engine, a viscous fan clutch, lower engine parasitic loads, and up to 4 percent higher productivity, compared to the previous model. "The PC238USLC-11 maintains the tight tail swing radius of its predecessor, making it well suited for utility and highway applications working in confined spaces," said Andrew Earing, product manager, tracked machines, Komatsu America. Click for more...
Volvo Adds New Size Class with ECR355E Short Swing Crawler Excavator →
From Construction Equipment Guide... The Volvo ECR355E short swing radius excavator brings an entirely new size class to the Volvo excavator lineup — offering power and production in a short swing design capable of working in more confined spaces. Powered by a 241-hp (180 kW) Volvo D8 Tier IV Final engine that combines high torque and low rpm, the ECR355E delivers an 18 percent increase in horsepower and 28 percent increase in torque over the preceding model it replaces, the Volvo ECR305C. Click for more...
Doosan Fleet Keeps Caravella Demolition in Business →
From Construction Equipment Guide... If there's one thing that excites demolition specialist John Caravella, it's the thrill of climbing into an excavator and surgically demolishing a structure. He's been doing it for more than three decades and has become known in New Jersey as a leader in the industry. Caravella is the owner of Caravella Demolition, an East Hanover, N.J., demolition firm that specializes in concrete crushing, excavating and site development. Click for more...
Liebherr USA, Co. Sponsors First Live DEMOlition Event, Showcases Machines at Demolition Austin 2018 →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Liebherr USA, Co. Construction Equipment division has announced that it will serve as the official sponsor of National Demolition Association's first Live DEMOlition event at the Demolition Austin 2018 trade show. The Construction Equipment division will showcase three machines: an R 936 Demolition Excavator, an LH 30 M Material Handler and an L 550 XPower Tier 4 Final Wheel Loader. Demolition Austin 2018 will take place Feb. Click for more...
How to Show Your Excavator Some Love →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Your busiest time of year is approaching for which you know you'll only be as good as your machinery. Regardless of how talented a crew you have or how strategically planned your projects are, without your tools functioning at their optimum, you will start losing money – and fast. Excavators, having improved dramatically over the last decade are the new workhorses. With enhanced systems and versatility, excavators have the resilience and capability of multiple pieces of equipment in one. Click for more...
Engcon Delivers 10,000th Advanced Control System DC2 Smart Controller →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Engcon, a leading manufacturer of tiltrotators — a kind of tilting and rotating quick coupler for excavators — has delivered its 10,000th DC2 control system from its factory in Stromsund, Sweden. "DC2 is one of the smartest systems on the market. Used with the MIG2 joystick, the DC2 can proportionally control up to six functions simultaneously. Additional functions can be connected and turned on and off by buttons on the joystick. Click for more...
Paradise On the Rocks →
From Construction Equipment Guide... As a family-owned general contractor with more than 95 years of experience, Goodfellow Bros. Inc. (GBI) knows how to take on challenging terrain, whether working in Washington, Oregon, California or especially Hawaii. And the company relies on its Hitachi excavator fleet to tackle Hawaii's tough lava rock environment. The company first started using Hitachi excavators more than 20 years ago and hasn't looked back. Click for more...
Kinshofer NOX-Tiltrotator Series Offers Advanced Features for Excavators →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Kinshofer, a leading source of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has introduced the NOX-Tiltrotator Series. The attachments' universal joint offers 360-degree continuous rotation and tilting angles of up to 2-by-55 degrees, the widest in the industry. The Tiltrotator features an elliptical piston rather than a cylinder, for a streamlined design and high-power performance in a variety of tight areas and applications, such as road construction, general construction and city snow removal. Click for more...
Factory-Built Link-Belt 350 X4 Delivers More Performance, Fuel Efficiency →
From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX Company's Link-Belt 350 X4 LF (long front) excavator for the United States and Canada features EPA Final Tier IV engines from Isuzu that strike the ultimate balance between power, productivity and fuel efficiency. Users will experience up to 8 percent improved fuel economy in the base machine, with the added benefit of no costly diesel particulate filters (DPF) to maintain or replace. This machine is the only factory-built long-reach excavator available in this size range, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...
Doosan Crawler Excavators Provide Superior Digging, Lifting Performance →
From Construction Equipment Guide... Doosan DX225LC-5 crawler excavators feature superior performance, operator-focused comfort, fuel economy and jobsite durability, according to the manufacturer. Smart Power Control Reduces Fuel Consumption A selectable feature, smart power control (SPC), consists of two systems — variable speed control and pump torque control — that work together to improve machine efficiency while maintaining productivity and reducing fuel consumption. Click for more...
Looking Back: Excavators →
From Construction Equipment Guide... The crane excavator manufacturing industry in the 1950's began to launch hybrid mechanical cable and hydraulic machines like the Lima Type 25 front-end loader. Those efforts coincided with the increased manufacture of rubber tired front-end loaders, like the Hough Pay Loader line. The dedicated loaders had begun to replace clamshell cranes and shovels in re-handling and loading applications in the aggregate industry. Click for more...
Looking Back: Excavators →
From Construction Equipment Guide... The crane excavator manufacturing industry in the 1950's began to launch hybrid mechanical cable and hydraulic machines like the Lima Type 25 front-end loader. Those efforts coincided with the increased manufacture of rubber tired front-end loaders, like the Hough Pay Loader line. The dedicated loaders had begun to replace clamshell cranes and shovels in re-handling and loading applications in the aggregate industry. Click for more...
LiuGong North America E-Series Excavators Improve Operator Visibility →
From Construction Equipment Guide... LiuGong North America's new E-Series excavators include the 915E, 922E, 925E, 930E and 936E models. The machines feature best-in-class fuel consumption and an integrated ROPS cab meeting ISO 12117-2 safety standards. A standard rear-view camera improves operator visibility when traveling. The excavators are powered by QSB4.5, QSB6.7, and QSL9 Tier IV Final turbo-charged Cummins engines. Six selectable working modes optimize hydraulic performance and fuel consumption for specific conditions. Click for more...
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