Tue July 26, 2011
Doosan Moxy 41-Ton Articulated Dump Truck Combines Power, Stability and Traction
The Doosan Moxy MT41 articulated dump truck offers high horsepower per ton of loaded weight, a free-swinging rear tandem bogie and a special articulation system for enhanced productivity and driving performance....
Tue July 26, 2011
Power and Performance: The New Terex PT-100G & PT-100G Forestry
Terex’s PT-100G and PT-100G Forestry are the largest compact track loaders in the Terex lineup. These new models offer operators a 14.6 percent increase in tractive effort in low gear for more pushing power, a 32 percent increase in horsepower to the attachment, a redesigned loader arm to achieve greater reach and 13 percent more bucket breakout force over their predecessors....
Tue July 26, 2011
Terex Introduces TLB840 Backhoe Loader
Engineered to excel in digging, reaching, lifting and loading applications, the new Terex TLB840 backhoe loader is built to work for the operator. With more than 50 years of engineering expertise incorporated into its design, the TLB840 — the ninth generation of backhoe loaders offered by Terex — boasts a 79-hp (59 kW) Perkins engine and is powered by an optional 4-speed servo power syncro transmission with automatic shifting, delivering fuel efficiency and high tractive effort, according to the manufacturer....
Tue July 26, 2011
M06 Backhoe Attachment Delivers Big Excavation in Small Areas
The M06 backhoe attachment for Bobcat’s mini track loaders has the power and digging depth to install underground utilities as deep as 11 ft. (3.3 m). Its narrow width of 36 in. (91 cm) — 41.8 in....
Fri July 22, 2011
Astec Concrete Equipment in Hawaii
Bonded Materials Company of Kapolei, Hawaii, needed a new facility for producing packaged concrete products. As the sole supplier of packaged concrete in the entire state of Hawaii, the company could not afford to have its existing plant out of commission while a new plant was being erected in its place....
Fri July 22, 2011
Ring Power Announces Newest Member of Its Product Lines
Caterpillar's first-ever on-highway truck is now available through north and central Florida's Caterpillar dealer Ring Power Corp. Designed with the truck operator in mind, the cab construction of the Cat CT660 vocational truck is the result of customer input and years of Caterpillar research....
Fri July 22, 2011
Allentown Shotcrete Technology 2011 Thom-Katt 20 Now in Production
Allentown Shotcrete Technology Inc. has updated and re-named the Powercreter 20, now known as the Thom-Katt 20. “Currently in production, this version of the Thom-Katt 20 has both a larger hopper and mixer,” said Patrick Bridger, president of Allentown....
Fri July 22, 2011
UK Firm Brings Ground Protection, Temporary Access Products to the USA
Zigma Ground Solutions — a United Kingdom supplier of temporary access and ground protection products — has introduced its mats to the United StatesTuffTrak and SureTrak are manufactured in the United States by a major international plastics manufacturer utilizing sustainable, eco-friendly, premium recycled materials....
Fri July 22, 2011
John Deere Builds Its First Nine-Yard Loader on Customer Suggestions
John Deere has spent years talking with dozens of quarry and other large loader customers about what they wanted in a nine-yard production loader. That collaboration between customer and engineer has resulted in the new 944K wheel loader with a hybrid-electric drivetrain....
Fri July 22, 2011
Wirtgen 4200 SM Is Large-Production Surface Miner
The Wirtgen 4200 SM is a high-performance surface mining machine for operators and customers in large-scale surface mines, whose goal is an annual mining capacity in coal or soft rock of up to 12 million tons with a single machine....
