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Test Drive: We punish Ford’s 2017 Super Duty with a rocky climb and a muddy...
Editor’s Note: This test drive originally appeared on our sister site Hard Working Trucks. While riding on top of the hill, the engineer from Ford tells me to keep driving towards the boulder until it...
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Cardinal Supply adds Morbark tree care products
Quebec-based Cardinal Equipment is adding Morbark tree care products to its line up, starting with a new location in Port Perry, Ontario. “Earlier this year, Cardinal became Morbark’s first...
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Nominations now open for Equipment World’s Contractor of the Year contest
The Equipment World Contractor of the Year contest, which honors 12 finalists each year, is now open for nominations. Designed to honor contractors who have excelled in their markets, the contest is...
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Here’s how Ford’s back-up trailer assist works on the 2017 Super Duty
Ford is offering a new back-up guidance system on 2017 Super Duty. Ford has proven that mirrors, spotters and looking over your shoulder are continuing to become a thing of the past when it comes to...
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Construction’s Digital Divide: It’s culture, not age, that makes contractors...
Komatsu has sold more than 10,000 intelligent Machine Control machines, a not insignificant number. But the vast majority of contractors have yet to adopt the telematics and machine control...
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Learn how to recruit from the military at AEMP’s EquipmentShift Conference
Tough, trained, able to work all kinds of hours in any kind of conditions, who wouldn’t want to have a few ex-military working on their crews? But what keeps construction companies and fleet managers...
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Nikola says its 2,000-hp electric hauler is 100% emissions-free
Nikola Motor Company has announced that advanced internal testing has shown the company’s soon-to-be-revealed Nikola One commercial Class 8 truck achieves “100 percent zero emissions” when spec’d with...
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Test Drive: 2017 Nissan Titan Platinum Reserve is one fancy work truck
The 2017 Nissan Titan is coming on strong with more power, new features, plenty of comfort and the best warranty in the business to back it all up. Nissan’s new 100,000-mile, 5-year bumper-to-bumper...
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JCB adds Atlanta JCB to North American dealer network
JCB 437 wheel loader Atlanta JCB, headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, is being added to the equipment manufacturer’s North American dealer network and is planning special events during September in...
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Ditch Witch backs Power Pipe HD with one-year replacement guarantee
Ditch Witch has introduced a new replacement guarantee on its Power Pipe HD drill pipes. The program, which Ditch Witch says is an industry first, offers free, one-for-one replacement on Power Pipe HD...
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Truck, engine makers and industry groups pleased with final Phase 2 emissions...
Industry stakeholders wasted little time in reacting to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) new...
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Work truck, heavy hauler emissions regs tighten with release of EPA/USDOT...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Tuesday finalized new emissions and fuel economy...
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Durante Rentals places Rental Elite software platform at heart of its operation
A screenshot of the Rental Elite dashboard from Point of Rental. Fast-growing New York rental house Durante Rentals has implemented a new software platform that promises to increase efficiency at the...
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U.S. Spec Ops just found its new battle truck: the Ford Ranger
The 2015 Ford Ranger. Though the pickup is preparing for a return to the U.S. in the next few years, Ford has continued to sell the Ranger with success overseas in this configuration. Uncle Sam isn’t...
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VIDEO: Watch as a massive Komatsu PC8000 mining shovel is assembled in this...
The Komatsu PC8000 is big. So big it requires the power of two 2,010-horsepower diesel engines (or two 1,450 kW electric motors) to do its job. And while the amount of earth this mining monster can...
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Kenworth intros new options for T370
Kenworth is beefing up options for its vocational T370 by offering a straight steel channel bumper, larger size 385/65R22.5 steer tires, and molded thermoplastic fender extensions. The T370—already...
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With VP Henricks’s retirement, Caterpillar cuts more jobs in consolidation of...
Following a 35-year career with the company, Gwenne Henricks, vice president for the Caterpillar Product Development & Global Technology Division, has announced she will retire from the company....
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Cat to end track drill production, intends to sell room and pillar...
Cat will cease production on both of its track drills, including the MD5150C, pictured here. Following the announcement of another in a string of division consolidations within the company in the last...
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Morbark’s Boxer adds 5 North American dealers to distributor network
Boxer, which offers a line of compact utility loaders manufactured by Morbark, has added five North American dealers to its distributor network. These include: Advantage Rental and Sales, with two...
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General Equipment intros SP8/GH9HP surface planer
General Equipment Company has released a new surface planer. The SP8/GH9HP is powered by a 9-horsepower, four-stroke Honda GX270 gas engine. The planer is built with a unified, welded steel plate...
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