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John Deere updates L-Series backhoes with improved controls, new rear coupler
Deere 310SL HL backhoe John Deere has refreshed its two-year-old L-Series lineup of backhoe loaders with updates the company says make operation of the machines simpler and more productive. Brian...
View ArticleVIDEO: Dump truck overturns at stoplight, injures several
Brake failure may be to blame for a frightening dump truck crash at a busy intersection last week in Kennesaw, Georgia. Video below posted by WSB-TV shows the truck plowing into several vehicles that...
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3.0L found in Land Rover SUVs will reportedly power Ford’s 2018 F-150 diesel
Ford’s 2018 diesel F-150 will reportedly be powered by the 3.0-liter diesel engine used in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles. Ford manufactures the turbocharged V6 diesel engine used in Range Rover and Land...
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Lake Erie Portable Screeners joins HGACBuy program
In June 2017, Lake Erie Portable Screeners simplified the buying process for its government and nonprofit customers in the continental United States by joining the HGACBuy Cooperative Purchasing...
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Perkins intros the SmartCap, an engine oil filler cap that sends service...
Perkin’s SmartCap oil filler cap will call you when it’s time to change your oil. Imagine a diesel engine oil filler cap that reminds you when it’s time to change the oil. That’s what Perkins showed us...
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Ram unveils new Big Horn Black, Sport HD packages for 2018
2018 Ram Big Horn Black For its pickups’ 2018 model year, Ram will introduce new Big Horn and Lone Star Black packages as well as a new Sport version. Big Horn and Lone Star Black packages will be...
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Bertha is half disassembled, cutterhead completely removed (VIDEO)
Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine at 8,000 tons, has been half disassembled by Seattle Tunnel Partners and all of the machine’s cutterhead has been removed. Washington State Department...
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Toyo’s Open Country C/T jobsite pickup tire has held up well after 17,000 miles
Last Fall, Toyo Tire U.S.A. sent me a set of their new-at-the-time Open County C/T tires (245/70R17), which I promptly mounted to my personal F-150 and have been piling on the mileage ever since. In...
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Diesel Ram 1500 reportedly back in production despite emissions legal battle
2016 Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab 4×4 EcoDiesel FCA is reportedly once again manufacturing diesel-equipped Ram 1500 pickups, though the company’s ‘EcoDiesel’ moniker may be scrapped. Current production...
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Volvo’s LX1 hybrid loader prototype achieves a 50% fuel efficiency gain over...
Head-to-head testing: CALSTART measured the Volvo LX1 fuel efficiency and emissions against those of a Volvo L150. After six months of testing at two Waste Management facilities in California, Volvo...
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Congress may attempt to alter or delay ELD mandate
A panel of lawmakers in the U.S. House on Monday issued a report advising the U.S. DOT to study whether a “full or targeted delay” of the federal electronic logging device mandate for small carriers...
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Cat, Ditch Witch machines visit White House as Trump promises ‘Made in...
A Ditch Witch JT20 and a Cat 966M are displayed at the White House for the Made in America product showcase July 17. Photo: Ditch Witch. Caterpillar and Ditch Witch kicked off a special week at the...
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House bill would delay ELD compliance two years
A bill has been filed in the U.S. House to delay the compliance date of the federal government’s electronic logging device two years, to December 2019. If enacted, carriers would have two additional...
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Hood scoop key piece in Chevy’s creation of its most powerful HD pickups yet
A 2017 Chevy Silverado 3500 with a John Deere 244K wheel loader in two, sits in front of a 2500 hauling a Deere 324E skid steer. All photos by Jessica Walker, courtesy of Chevrolet. Chevy’s 2017...
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Deere awards high school trades teacher with 333G compact track loader
Deere has awarded a 333G compact track loader to Eric Moores, the winner of the manufacturer’s “Small Machines. Big Impact.” contest. Eric Moores, a high school building trades instructor in Woodbine,...
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Volvo CE Q2 sales spike 36%, operating income up three-fold
Volvo Construction Equipment says its second quarter 2017 net sales grew by 36 percent compared to the same quarter last year, to 18.51 billion Swedish Krona (SEK) ($2.23 billion). For the first half...
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Michelin improves speed, capacity with XTRA Load rigid dump truck tires
Michelin’s XTRA Load Protect tires were designed to give rigid-frame trucks more protection from hot, dry, abrasive surfaces. Michelin Earthmover’s new lineup of XTRA Load tires for rigid dump trucks...
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VIDEO: The Dumphoe was half excavator, half site dumper in one weird little...
While cruising through a heavy equipment forum recently I stumbled upon a photo of a machine that can only be classified as…”interesting.” The machine had the front end of a mini excavator but the...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Wheel loader sales and buyer trends
A snapshot of new and used sales trends from Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates and TopBid auction price service.
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Chevy attacks F-Series aluminum with new bed test, other videos; Ford rolls eyes
2017 Silverado 3500 Chevy is taking on Ford again in five recently released videos (watch them below), including a new truck bed challenge that once again left the aluminum bed of a Ford pickup...
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