Mon March 23, 2009
Kubota’s KX121-3 Optional 6-in-1 Blade Provides Extended Tilt Functions
Kubota’s KX121-3 Super Series compact excavator with optional 6-in-1 hydraulic blade has extended tilt functions, allowing the blade to be angled 25 degrees and tilted 10 degrees for greater efficiency when leveling and backfilling....
Tue March 17, 2009
Cat B-Series Mobile Shears Feature New Jaw Design
Three new Cat B-Series mobile shears — S320B, S325B and S340B — round out the six-model lineup of Caterpillar designed shears. The new shears feature a redesigned lower jaw, wider jaw opening, new knife-retention system, new jaw-adjustment system, greater hydraulic power and boom or stick mounting options....
Fri April 17, 2009
Allied Construction Products and Brunner & Lay to Produce TotalBreakerBits
Allied Construction Products LLC and Brunner & Lay Inc. entered into an agreement to produce a line of demolition tools called TotalBreakerBits effective Jan. 1, 2009. Brunner & Lay will manufacture the TotalBreakerBits and Allied will be the exclusive TotalBreakerBits Distributor throughout North America....
Zoie Clift - Mon April 27, 2009
Planning Ahead: Kendall Drive Job Combats Future Traffic Woes
The Kendall Drive (State Road 94) widening project is under way in Miami-Dade County in Florida. Work began on the project last summer and construction is slated to be complete by this summer. Downrite Engineering, whose headquarters are based in Miami, is the prime contractor on the project....
Fri April 17, 2009
McCrary Stone Service Crushing Rock in the Appalachians
In the early 1940s Charles W. McCrary formed a rock crushing business he named McCrary Contracting. The company worked on North Carolina and Tennessee highway projects. Upon his retirement his sons bought the business and, in 1968, incorporated it as McCrary Stone Service Inc....
Mon April 20, 2009
Terex Welcomes B&W Equipment Co. as New Distributor
Terex has added B&W Equipment Co. as a new full line Terex compact equipment distributor in Fort Wayne, Ind. “We are excited to add B&W Equipment Co. to our expanding distribution network of Terex compact equipment distributors in North America,” said Del Carver, area director, North America Compact Equipment....
Sat April 18, 2009
Miller-Bradford & Risberg to Host Open House in Ill.
Miller-Bradford & Risberg, the Case dealer, will host an open house at its Rockford, Ill., facility, May 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m and May 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The facility is located at 3737 11th St....
Mary Reed - Thu April 16, 2009
More Space On the Way for New Yorkers
Although it looks toward one of the world’s most populous cities, the 172 acre (69.6 ha) Governors Island in New York Harbor is virtually unknown outside New York City, even though it lies in clear view and is only a seven-minute ferry ride from lower Manhattan....
Erik Pisor - Mon April 13, 2009
Caltrans Ahead of Schedule on $51M Fairmead Interchange
FCI Constructors Inc. (FCI) is on track to complete a 3-mi. (4.8 km) expansion to a stretch of State Route 99, four to five months ahead of schedule. Caltrans tapped FCI for the $51.1 million SR-99 Fairmead Interchange project, which is located near Madera, Calif., in the San Joaquin Valley....
Sun March 08, 2009
Sennebogen Designs 835, 840 D Series With Safety in Mind
Sennebogen LLC recently announced the launch of its latest line of Sennebogen 835 and 840 D Series purpose-built material handlers. Long considered to be the company’s workhorses and the all-purpose machines of choice for many customers, the new 835 and 840 D Series offer the same safety and comfort features as the 825 and 830 D Series machines....
