Excavators

Komatsu Introduces New Intelligent Machine Control Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp. introduced the new PC210LCi-11, intelligent Machine Control hydraulic excavator. This second generation PC210LCi leverages the proven track record and success of the pioneering PC210LCi-10, while adding eagerly-awaited, machine-control-joystick functionality. This industry-leading technology offers up to a 63 percent improvement in excavating efficiency over a standard PC210LC-11 and traditional stake-plus-grade-checker methods. Click for more...

New Gradall XL3200V Lo Pro Excavator Works on Low-Overhead Jobs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Gradall Industries is introducing the Gradall XL 3200V Lo Pro crawler excavator, designed specifically for extra-low overhead jobs including top-down construction projects, where excavation work must be completed beneath a 10-ft. ceiling. The new XL 3200V Lo Pro model, with a bucket attached to its boom-end, has an overall height of just 9 ft., 5 in. – some 16 inches shorter than the standard 10-ft., 9-in. Click for more...

Kobelco USA Names Central Equipment as Mini Excavator Dealer in Idaho →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Kobelco Construction Machinery USA continues to expand representation in the North American market by adding Central Equipment to its growing dealer network. Central Equipment will represent Kobelco as a mini-excavator dealership in Idaho. “We were looking to fill a void in our equipment offering and Kobelco was one of the first manufacturers that we considered,” said Tyson Bowden, general manager at Central Equipment. Click for more...

Global Excavator Demand to Exceed $50B in 2021 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Global demand for excavators is forecast to advance 9.9 percent per year through 2021 to $50.6 billion, approximating the average market pace, according to recent data from The Freedonia Group. Growth in the segment will be supported by:advances in global building and nonbuilding construction spending. increasing mining and forestry sector production, bolstered by rising commodity prices. expanding natural gas output and minor gains in crude oil production. Click for more...

Black Splitter Attachment Ignites Md. Company's Firewood Production →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Maryland Landscape Supply of Ellicott City, Md., dramatically improved the cost and efficiency of its firewood processing operation with the purchase of a Black Splitter S2X 800 hydraulic wood splitting attachment from Atlantic Excavator Attachments. This German-manufactured attachment allows an operator to handle and split large timber with surgical precision from the cab of a construction machine, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Double D Pipeline Inc. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Throughout Double D Pipeline Inc.'s nearly 30-year history one thing has remained constant. Its sole focus has been and continues to be wet utility installation that includes storm, water and sanitary sewer lines of all types and sizes. The Temecula, Calif.-based company primarily provides commercial and private developers with a package of services that includes putting all three lines in the ground. Click for more...

Foltz Land Management Clears Site With Case Equipment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Keith Foltz of Foltz Land Management, a full service land management company, said that what sets his company apart is the comprehensive nature of FLM's capabilities and the exhaustive attention to detail that his company provides. Foltz is currently hard at work on one such project, clearing an 8-acre site to establish pasture and create strategic wildlife hunting and view sites across the property. Click for more...

Doosan Wins Contract to Supply Excavators to European Pipeline →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Doosan won a contract to supply 52 excavators to Europe's Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project. The $5.5 billion project is the largest gas pipeline project on the continent, beginning on the border of Greece and Turkey and stretching across Northern Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea to Italy, the Oman Tribune reported. When complete, the pipeline will carry natural gas from the Caspian Sea to countries including Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and the United Kingdom. Click for more...

Crews Wrestle With Floating Bogs in Northern Illinois →

From Construction Equipment Guide... FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) _ Crews are wrestling with large floating bog islands on some northern Illinois waterways that are creating hazards for boaters and threatening damage to piers. The Fox Waterway Agency's director said recent flooding on the Chain O'Lakes and the Fox River caused several bogs made up of muck, cattails, tall grass and other vegetation to break free. Joseph Keller told the Daily Herald those bogs can then be pushed around by currents or winds. Click for more...

The Legacy That Shaped Volvo's World-Class Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With a history that can be traced all the way back to 1832, Volvo CE is one of the true pioneers of the construction equipment industry. The company is famed for its innovations in wheel loaders and articulated haulers, but also boasts more than 75 years of excavator experience. In 1939, Swedish company Åkerman launched its first 8-ton rope shovel. The machine was such a success that by 1956, Åkerman specialized entirely in excavators and by 1985, had sold more than 10,000 units globally. Click for more...

Spazzarini Construction Calls on Barry Equipment to Expand Fleet Due to Competitive Price, Product Support →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Spazzarini Construction Company, founded in 1921 by Antonio Spazzarini, an immigrant seeking a better life for his family, has been serving Connecticut for nearly a century. Located in Enfield, Conn., the company serves clients throughout all of north-central Connecticut and western Massachusetts. The family-run business uses the approximately 45 pieces of heavy machinery in its fleet to provide the state of Connecticut with a full range of services including: general contracting, roads/bridges, site preparation, grading/paving, septic systems and snow removal. Click for more...

Two Men Arrested for Stealing $45,000 Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A southeast Texan who knew something just wasn't right is credited with helping sheriff's deputies catch two men who stole a very expensive piece of equipment from Jefferson County. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Captain Crystal Holmes told 12News a citizen saw the men with the stolen excavator just before 2 a.m. Thursday on Boondocks Road. When deputies arrived they found the men with the Kubota Mini excavator, which was stolen from a Jefferson County Drainage District 6 work site on Highway 124 near Taylor Bayou. Click for more...

Metro Green Serves New York With Focus on Building Industry Relationships →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Cousins Vito Secchiano and Angelo Maiorano each had their own construction background from growing up working with their fathers during their summers. Maiorano worked with his father Alfredo before and during college at his paving company, Community Paving Corp., and then as a project engineer after college for Civetta Cousins JV LLC, a major New York City excavation and foundation contractor; Secchiano also had grown up working in his father Gino's construction business, MVM Construction LLC in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Click for more...

Case Expands D Series With Minimum-Swing Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Case Construction Equipment introduced the all-new CX145D SR minimum-swing radius excavator to its D Series lineup. Designed to provide ample digging and lifting power in a small footprint, the CX145D SR features a compact counterweight and modified boom placement. This results in a highly maneuverable and powerful excavator that is easy to transport and ideal for restricted jobsite conditions, such as road and bridge work, utilities, urban construction and landscaping applications. Click for more...

Practice Smart Digging: AEM Supports “Call 811” Day →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Do you know where your local utility lines are?The Common Ground Alliance has designated 8/11 on the calendar as a convenient reminder to “call before you dig,” and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and its members are proud to support CGA and its programs. “AEM and CGA have worked diligently together to promote safety in all utility excavation. Why? Because it saves lives,” said William “Bernie” Bernhard, AEM technical and safety services manager. Click for more...

Hyundai Excavator Goes to Work at Major European Construction Site →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Démolition et terrassement XL Sàrl from Nidderkuer, Luxembourg, has been using the largest capacity Hyundai excavator, the R1200-9, which has an operating weight of 120 tons, on a major demolition site in the financial heart of Luxembourg City since March 2017. This is a first for a Hyundai machine of this size to be sold in Europe. Once complete, the work site will host the new offices of the Bank of China. Click for more...

Company Wrench Obtains Patents for Excavator System, Demo Method →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Company Wrench, Carroll, Ohio, and its owner Brad Hutchinson were recently awarded two patents, US 9,657,458 B2, the Auxiliary Power Unit Excavator System (APU Unit) and US 9,662,661 B2, the Demolition machine retrofit method, apparatus, and demolition method (hybrid demolition pulverizing/shearing machines). Patent No.: US 9,657,458 B2, dated May 23, 2017, is described as an auxiliary power unit excavator system comprises a vehicular base powered by a first internal combustion engine enabling excavator mobility, an excavator boom assembly disposed on a top side of the vehicular base, an auxiliary power unit assembly disposed on a top side of the vehicular base, a cab disposed above the vehicle base, and a second internal combustion engine powering a generator. Click for more...

Pa.'s OK Rental Takes on Mecalac Line for Tri-State Area →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Mecalac announced that it has appointed OK Rental of Darby, Pa., a dealer for southeast Pennsylvania, parts of southern New Jersey and Delaware. The Mecalac MCR series combines the features of a skid steer loader, a compact excavator and a telehandler and integrates them with a unique, versatile boom. The Mecalac all-terrain skid excavator can mount a skid steer bucket, perform all of the functions of a skid steer/track loader and lift and load materials to a pile or truck as high as 16 ft. Click for more...

Bypass to Ease Traffic Around Popular North Carolina Zoo →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Anyone who has ever visited the North Carolina Zoo, located in the center of the state south of Asheboro, has experienced the often-maddening summertime traffic around the massive park. With more than 700,000 visiting the zoo each year, it is the Tarheel State's most popular tourist attraction. That means that zoo visitors coming from the east or west, in particular along U.S. Highway 64, must contend with a seemingly endless string of stoplights before reaching Zoo Parkway, a two-lane road that takes them south to the attraction. Click for more...

JCB 3CX Compact Built for North American Markets →

From Construction Equipment Guide... JCB's 3CX compact delivers JCB's legendary backhoe loader performance and versatility, in a 35 percent smaller package, making it ideal for confined urban job sites and highway repair, according to the manufacturer. The 3CX compact will be available with a front-end skid steer coupler, allowing customers to utilize a wide range of standard-flow hydraulic attachments. JCB also will offer a high-flow auxiliary hydraulic circuit, further boosting utilization for operators. Click for more...

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