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Fri June 10, 2011

Komatsu America Corp. Launches PC290LC-10 Hydraulic Excavator

With a flywheel horsepower of 196 hp (147 kW), Komatsu’s PC290LC-10 is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D107E-2 engine and is EPA Tier IV Interim and EU Stage 3B emissions certified. Weighing in at 68,000 lbs....

Thu June 09, 2011

Leica PowerDigger Lite Guidance System Increases Productivity

Leica Geosystems’ Leica PowerDigger Lite is its new entry-level single-slope guidance system for all types of excavators. Designed with single slope applications in mind, PowerDigger Lite is ideal for mini-excavators and backhoes....

Thu June 09, 2011

Leica PowerDigger 3D Provides Fleet Flexibility

Leica Geosystems’ 3D guidance system for excavating construction machines expands on the PowerSnap concept, which provides flexibility and interchangeability of machine control products and of machines such as excavators, dozers, and graders....

Fri May 27, 2011

Southeastern Equipment Holds Annual Sales Meeting

Southeastern Equipment Company held its annual sales meeting at its training facility in Cambridge, Ohio, the week of May 8. Two sessions, each lasting two days were held, were attended by the sales representatives from the company’s Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan branches....

Mon May 23, 2011

Astec Underground, Ring-O-Matic Form Marketing Alliance for Vacuum Excavators

ASTEC Underground, based in Loudon, Tenn., has entered into a marketing alliance with Ring-O-Matic Inc., of Pella, Iowa, that will allow the Ring-O-Matic line of vacuum excavators to be marketed under the Astec name and through the Astec Underground world-wide family of dealers....

Fri May 13, 2011

Sales Strong at Ritchie Bros. Auction in Cleveland

Ritchie Bros. held an auction April 12 in Twinsburg, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland. The auction was a complete dispersal of equipment for DDD Enterprises, whose owner is retiring after 49 years in business....

Fri May 06, 2011

Cerra Inc. Is Rock Solid With Equipment From Foley

Excavating at different levels along a 170-ft. (51.8 m) wall of Diabase is a job as hard as the 110,000 yds. (100,584 m) of rock being removed. The Cerra Inc. crew is making short work of it, due to resilient Caterpillar equipment from Foley....

Fri May 06, 2011

Boys Drive Excavator at Pa. Strip Mine, Smash Bulldozer

GREENSBORO, Pa. (AP) State police said two boys, ages 12 and 9, drove a large excavator at a southwestern Pennsylvania strip mine, smashing a bulldozer in the process. Police said the 12-year-old will be charged with felony criminal mischief in Greene County Juvenile Court....

Fri April 29, 2011

Attachments Transform Off-the-Shelf Machine Into Producer

To everyone else it’s an excavator. To Bruce Howard’s team, the machine with its customized suite of Geith attachments is part dream come true and part Swiss Army Knife — an incredibly versatile tool, capable of tackling any job, big or small....

Sat April 30, 2011

Helac Corporation Debuts the Helac Tilt Rotator for Excavators, Backhoes

Helac Corporation, a manufacturer of hydraulic rotary actuators and construction equipment attachments, has introduced the Helac tilt rotator construction equipment attachment for excavators and backhoes with simultaneous 110-degree tilting action and 360-degree continuous bucket rotation....