Wed May 02, 2012
Link-Belt 210 X3 Series Now Available
The Link-Belt 210 X3 series excavator is now available in North America in standard and long-front models. The 210 X3 features an all new ROPS cab with new interior, new Interim Tier IVa engine technology with 10-percent better fuel efficiency, 7-percent more lift capacity, 3-percent faster cycle times and improved serviceability....
Thu April 19, 2012
Hultdins Offers Grapple, Rotator Packages for Mini-Excavators
Hultdins offers a wide range of grapple and rotator packages for mini- and compact excavators. Hultdins grapples are used to handle brush, timber, landscaping rocks, pipes, and more. Hultdins also offers various rotator link configurations that can be either directly mounted to the boom or adaptable to quick couplers....
Wed April 18, 2012
John Deere Adds to G-Series Hydraulic Excavator Line
John Deere has introduced two customer-inspired excavators (160G LC and 210G LC) models that build on the G-Series class. “The G-Series models provide impressive arm force, bucket force and lift capacity for applications such as stockpiling overburden, excavating basements, loading trucks, or placing pipe,” said Mark Wall, product marketing manager of excavators, John Deere Construction & Forestry....
Fri April 20, 2012
Sales Stay Strong for Alex Lyon & Son Auction in Houston
Alex Lyon & Son held a sale April 10 in Houston, Texas. Items up for auction included a 207 Volvo EC210CL hydraulic excavator, a 2005 JCB JC460LC hydraulic excavator and an unused Kobelco SK210LC Mark 9 hydraulic excavator....
Wed April 18, 2012
Bobcat Introduces New Minimal Tail Swing Compact Excavator With E26
The Bobcat E26 minimal tail swing compact excavator has an operating weight of 5,690 lbs. (2,581 kg) and an overall width of 59 in. (150 cm). The excavator is powered by a 27-hp (20 kW) diesel engine that is Interim Tier IV compliant....
Tue April 17, 2012
Doosan DX300LC Features Performance Enhancements
The DX300LC is powered by a 213 hp (158.7 kW), 6-cylinder Doosan DL08K water-cooled diesel engine that has been optimized for use with a cooled exhaust gas recirculation (CEGR) system, diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and diesel particulate filter (DPF)....
Tue April 17, 2012
Hitachi Introduces Three New Zaxis Dash 5 Excavators
The Zaxis-5 Series has been developed by the design centre at Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (HCM) in Japan. Yusuke Kajita, general manager of HCM’s Construction Equipment Development Centre, is responsible for the team of 200 engineers behind the new medium-sized excavators....
Tue April 17, 2012
180G LC Hydraulic Excavator Joins the John Deere G-Series
John Deere’s customer-inspired 180G LC hydraulic excavator provides contractors a larger mid-size excavator solution with an Interim Tier IV-certifed (IT4) engine. The 19.8 ton (18 t) 180G LC joins the popular G-Series hydraulic excavator line and continues the John Deere tradition of reliability, power and productivity on the job site....
Giles Lambertson - Wed March 21, 2012
Caterpillar Takes Trade Writers on Tour of N.C. Facility
Immerse trade writers for three days in Caterpillar small construction equipment and what is the one-word takeaway? Engineering. Obviously, a lot of things are going on under that Caterpillar Yellow paint....
Tue March 13, 2012
Equipment East Makes Mark in New England Distributing LiuGong Iron
Soon after a Massachusetts contractor demo’d its first pieces of LiuGong earthmoving construction equipment, the owners were so impressed with the machine’s performance and tremendous cost savings that they decided to pursue obtaining the LiuGong line of construction equipment and become its distributor in New England as Equipment East LLC....
