Excavators News, Videos, and Information

Mon March 05, 2018

New Jersey's Savage Equipment Adds Doosan DX420LC-5 Excavator to Fleet

Jim Stock is a busy man. His company, Savage Equipment, is in charge of not one, but two locations doing site work for housing developments. The first site is located in Newburgh, N.Y., where his team is prepping a 74-acre property for 100 houses to be built....

Mon February 26, 2018

Northern Florida Company, Pipeline Contractors Inc., Thrives by Helping Meet Region's Growing Housing Demand

With a wife and infant son to support, Ron Denmark reached a crossroads in his professional life at just 28 years old. After working in the insurance industry for eight years, Ron, like many other independent agents in Florida, felt the effects of a liability crisis that was weighing down the industry....

Mon February 19, 2018

Komatsu Introduces PC238USLC-11 Hydraulic Excavator

Komatsu America Corp.'s PC238USLC-11 hydraulic excavator is equipped with an EPA Tier IV Final certified engine, a viscous fan clutch, lower engine parasitic loads, and up to 4 percent higher productivity, compared to the previous model....

Mon February 19, 2018

Volvo Adds New Size Class with ECR355E Short Swing Crawler Excavator

The Volvo ECR355E short swing radius excavator brings an entirely new size class to the Volvo excavator lineup — offering power and production in a short swing design capable of working in more confined spaces....

Mon February 19, 2018

Doosan Fleet Keeps Caravella Demolition in Business

If there's one thing that excites demolition specialist John Caravella, it's the thrill of climbing into an excavator and surgically demolishing a structure. He's been doing it for more than three decades and has become known in New Jersey as a leader in the industry....

Thu February 15, 2018

Liebherr USA, Co. Sponsors First Live DEMOlition Event, Showcases Machines at Demolition Austin 2018

Liebherr USA, Co. Construction Equipment division has announced that it will serve as the official sponsor of National Demolition Association's first Live DEMOlition event at the Demolition Austin 2018 trade show....

Wed February 14, 2018

How to Show Your Excavator Some Love

Your busiest time of year is approaching for which you know you'll only be as good as your machinery. Regardless of how talented a crew you have or how strategically planned your projects are, without your tools functioning at their optimum, you will start losing money – and fast....

Tue February 13, 2018

Engcon Delivers 10,000th Advanced Control System DC2 Smart Controller

Engcon, a leading manufacturer of tiltrotators — a kind of tilting and rotating quick coupler for excavators — has delivered its 10,000th DC2 control system from its factory in Stromsund, Sweden....

Tue February 13, 2018

Paradise On the Rocks

As a family-owned general contractor with more than 95 years of experience, Goodfellow Bros. Inc. (GBI) knows how to take on challenging terrain, whether working in Washington, Oregon, California or especially Hawaii....

Tue February 13, 2018

Kinshofer NOX-Tiltrotator Series Offers Advanced Features for Excavators

Kinshofer, a leading source of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has introduced the NOX-Tiltrotator Series. The attachments' universal joint offers 360-degree continuous rotation and tilting angles of up to 2-by-55 degrees, the widest in the industry....