Excavators

Bobcat Compact Loaders Elevate Business to New Level →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Peter Marra has moved on to landscaping’s “big stage” accompanied by a cast of Bobcat products — six hard-working compact loaders, a smooth-operating compact excavator and more than 20 versatile attachments. “If it wasn’t for Bobcat equipment, I don’t know where we would be,” said the Manchester, Conn., landscape contractor. “These machines have improved our business 100 percent.”Today, Marra and his 16 employees take on landscaping jobs ranging from the Hotchkiss School, a prestigious boarding school in Lakeville, Conn., to $3 million homes on the shore, or new homes for upscale builders. Click for more...

AIM HD45 Excavator Buckets Feature Open Design →

From Construction Equipment Guide... AIM HD45 excavator buckets offer thick horizontal wear straps, full-curve side wear straps, and D-rings as standard features. The open design allows for easy clean-out. AIM HD45 excavator buckets currently are available in heavy duty and severe duty configurations for 40,000 to 45,000-lb. (18,143 to 20,412 kg) machines. The buckets feature hardened steel construction highlighted by AR400 steel cutting edges and side cutters. Click for more...

Volvo’s ECR Short-Swing Excavator Squeezes in Job Sites →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The result of extensive customer consultation — highlighting the need for short swing machines that offer productivity, ease of operation and safety equal to their “conventional” counterparts — sees the addition of a third, larger model to the Volvo range. The 34.8 ton (31.6 t) Volvo ECR305CL overcomes the dynamic challenges of producing excavators that can work in confined areas and still perform well and sets a new standard in the industry for not only lifting capacity but also stability — especially important in loading applications. Click for more...

Nye’s ’Mother of All Rippers’ Takes on Toughest Surfaces →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The MOAR (Mother of all rippers) is a new concept in heavy duty ripping from Nye. These rippers are built with extra steel plates to make them super heavy, the extra weight is additive to the carriers downward force, yielding enhanced penetration and performance. The MOAR was originally conceived in Nova Scotia, Canada, for ripping shale on a particularly tough job where blasting was not permitted. Click for more...

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...

AIM HDR Excavator Ripper Breaks Frozen Ground →

From Construction Equipment Guide... AIM Attachments’s AIM HDR Excavator ripper is constructed of AR400 steel and features dual gussets for added stability, as well as replaceable ripper teeth. The HDR can easily break frozen ground due to the combination of crowd and curl forces. AIM HDR rippers are ideal for permafrost and can penetrate to various depths, according to the manufacturer. AIM HDR rippers are available for excavators of all sizes. Click for more...

Komatsu Designs Its PC35MR-3 With Comfort in Mind →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s (KAC) PC35MR-3 compact hydraulic excavator is designed to bring increased production and added operator comfort to contractors in a variety of construction, utility, landscaping and other applications. The PC35MR-3 is equipped with the latest Komtrax technology, which sends machine operating information to a secure Web site utilizing wireless technology. Data such as operating hours, machine location and fuel levels are relayed to the web application for analysis. Click for more...

Deere Debuts ’Dig-and-Run,’ Reduced Tail-Swing Hydraulic Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... John Deere is offering two new hydraulic excavators in the 13.2 to 14.9 ton (12- to 13.5-t) range, the 120D and 135D. The 120D is a “dig-and-run” unit for jobs such as excavating basements or placing pipe and transports easily between jobs. The 135D is a reduced tail swing machine capable of maximum production in confined areas and work within a single lane of traffic. A short counterweight allows it to dig near buildings and obstructions. Click for more...

Caterpillar 315D L Excavator Features More Power, Expanded Versatility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Caterpillar’s 315D L excavator delivers five percent more horsepower and as much as eight percent more lift capacity than the 315C L, which it replaces. Higher hydraulic pressures boost performance and efficiency, and the new 115-hp (86-kW) engine meets U.S. EPA Tier III emissions regulations and delivers more work per gallon of fuel, according to the manufacturer. A number of new features extend versatility. Click for more...

Kubota Unveils Super Double Boom Utility Class Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Kubota has introduced the KX080-3 super double boom 8-ton (7.2 t) utility class excavator. The double boom adds length and functionality to the machine while allowing operators to reach further, dig deeper and level wider ranges. Kubota’s KX080-3 super double boom is ideal for contractors and landscapers looking for a versatile excavator. “The super double boom on our KX080-3 is the latest development in the utility class excavator market,” said Keith Rohrbacker, Kubota product manager. 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...

Link-Belt 240 X2 MH Specialty Machine Now Available →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX’s new Link-Belt 240 X2 material handler is designed for specialty applications such as scrap/material-handling, demolition, waste transfer and site prep. With the option of linkage- or gooseneck-style attachments, this machine can be equipped with a variety of tools like dangling magnets and orange-peel grapples for scrap yards, trash grapples for construction and demolition debris, buckets for handling material fines, or shears and processors to handle tougher tasks. 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...

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