Fri September 30, 2016
New Custom Dredge From DSC To Keep Santa Cruz Harbor Clear
The winter of 2016 was an unusually harsh one for the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif. Four years of drought was followed by an El Niño season that brought storm water runoff, high tides, high surf and swells — rapidly creating a complete shoaling of the federal entrance channel to the harbor and blocking all boats from entering or leaving....
Thu September 29, 2016
Armored Caterpillar D9 Dozer Assists With High-Risk Rescue Mission
The Peoria Journal Star is reporting that Alan Clyne's Christian missionary work has taken him across the country since his retirement from the Marine Corps in July, including to central Illinois to help build spiritual sanctuaries through Church Growth Ministries....
Lori Tobias - Wed September 28, 2016
ODOT to Host Public Grand Opening for Highway 20
Rarely has an Oregon highway project completion been so eagerly anticipated and so long overdue, which is why the Oregon Department of Transportation is not about to let the date go without a celebration....
Tue September 27, 2016
Yancey CAT Deploys SmartEquip for Store Operations
Yancey CAT, the nation's oldest Caterpillar dealer located in Austell Ga., has recently completed the implementation of SmartEquip technology for use by the company's Cat Rental Store locations....
Tue September 27, 2016
Thompson Tractor's Guests Line Up to Try D6N Dozer
Thompson Tractor hosted a D6N dozer technology expo on Sept. 14 at a site near Thompson Tractor's Alabaster, Ala., branch facility. Guests were eager to see the new Cat D6N dozers with advanced Cat GRADE technologies built in....
Tue September 27, 2016
Contractor Specializes in the Business of Relaxation
The first year Tony Campbell started Campbell's Pool & Spa, he installed 143 pools — now, 21 years later, his company is installing a maximum of 40 per year. But before assuming that means his business has declined, consider what has changed....
Giles Lambertson - Fri September 23, 2016
The History of Articulated Dump Trucks
Artic dump trucks have a history that traces back to, of all things, a tandem ag tractor conceived in the 1950s in England by an Essex farmer. Early HistoryErnest Doe bought two Fordson tractors, removed the front axles from each tractor and connected the front end of one to the rear of the other using a hydraulic turntable....
Wed September 21, 2016
Caterpillar Enters Home and Outdoor Power Market
Caterpillar is entering the home and outdoor power market with the introduction of portable generators — the Cat RP Series. The new generators are designed to provide reliable backup or recreational power to residential users and portable power to professional contractors who need to power tools and lights on the job....
Mon September 19, 2016
Yancey Bros. Cat Implements SmartEquip for Cat Rental Store Operations
Yancey Cat, the nation's oldest Caterpillar dealer located in Austell Georgia, has recently completed the implementation of SmartEquip technology for use by their Cat Rental Store locations. By utilizing SmartEquip's Enterprise application Yancey will be able to automate service processes, increase technician productivity, eliminate parts order errors, and improve uptime and availability of their rental fleet....
Wed September 14, 2016
Cat Tilt Buckets Handle Angled- Surface and Precision-Grading Tasks
A new line of Cat tilt buckets is available for Cat crawler-excavator models 311-325 and for wheel excavator models M314–M322. The new buckets, available in both pin-on and coupler configurations, hydraulically tilt 45 degrees from vertical, right and left, to provide added capability when working on angled surfaces or performing precise grading....
