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John Deere Power Systems intros 4.5L PowerTech PSL engine
With available power ratings from 125 to 173 horsepower, John Deere Power Systems has introduced a new 4.5-liter Tier 4 Final industrial engine in the PowerTech PSL. Engineered for OEM customers, the...
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Chevrolet intros 2017 Colorado with new V6 engine, 8-speed transmission
2016 Chevrolet Colorado Midnight Edition Though the 2017 Colorado will look exactly the same on the outside, Chevrolet is shaking things up on its popular midsize pickup under the hood. The 2017 model...
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Trimble displays MX7 360-degree mobile imaging system at 2016 APWA Public...
Trimble featured its MX7 mobile imaging system, which departments of transportation and municipalities can used to capture 360-degree images of road and site infrastructure details, during the 2016...
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PHOTOS: The equipment, trucks and booths of the 2016 APWA Public Works Expo
The American Public Works Association’s 2016 International Public Works Expo in Minneapolis this week featured a variety of equipment, new technology and services covering the entire public works...
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Yamaha agrees to make UTVs for Yanmar in new partnership
Yamaha’s Viking VI utility vehicle Yanmar and Yahama Motor have created a business alliance in which Yanmar will sell Yahama Viking and Viking VI utility task vehicles (UTVs) in the U.S. under its...
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VIDEO: Excavators eat away one bridge, cranes build another in CDOT...
The fascinating video below, filmed by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), might be our new favorite construction time-lapse. From several different angles, the video shows how...
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GMC unveils 2017 Canyon All Terrain X, new features for rest of its midsize...
2017 GMC Canyon All Terrain X On the heels of sister brand Chevrolet’s introduction of the 2017 Colorado, GMC has revealed more details on its own 2017 midsize pickup lineup, including the announcement...
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Cummins intros 2 new torque ratings for ISX12
Cummins Westport ISX12G natural gas engine. Cummins is adding two new torque ratings to its 450-hp ISX12, the company announced Thursday. The engines—featuring 450 horsepower with 1650 lbs.-ft. of...
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VIDEO: Excavator operator realizes error, grasps for shore, sinks boat anyway
At absolutely no point in the video below, fittingly accompanied by Yakety Sax, does it appear that this excavator is going to successfully board that boat. It looks like a bad idea, goes wrong almost...
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USDOT proposes requiring speed limiting devices on heavy haulers
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a proposed rule that would require trucks weighing more than 26,000 pounds to be equipped with speed limiting devices (also known as speed governors...
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Ditch Witch intros RT105, RT125, RT125 Quad utility tractors
RT125 Quad Ditch Witch has launched three new utility tractors with redesigned operator workstations. The company says the RT105, RT125 and RT125 Quad offer best-in-class ground clearance and standard...
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Ford reveals limited edition 2017 Dallas Cowboys F-150
Ford has announced the return of its Dallas Cowboys edition F-150. “It has been 22 years since Ford and the Dallas Cowboys offered a Cowboys edition F-150,” says Greg Wood, Ford Dallas regional sales...
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BigRentz launches online customer portal for equipment rental management
BigRentz has launched a responsive-design online customer portal designed to ease management of equipment rentals. “The portal was born from thousands of conversations and daily interactions with our...
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Peterbilt to offer Cummins Westport ISL-G Near Zero engine on select work trucks
Peterbilt Model 567 Cummins Westport ISL-G Peterbilt Motors Company is making available the Cummins Westport ISL-G Near Zero NOx emissions natural gas engine on Model 567, 520 and 320 trucks. The ISL-G...
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Caterpillar cuts thousands more jobs in Europe as part of cost reduction plan
Caterpillar has announced the latest in a long line of facility consolidations and job cuts as part of the cost reduction plan it initiated last year. According to a report from the Peoria Journal...
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How smaller ride-on trenchers are more capable than ever thanks to big...
Today’s smaller trenchers muscle through whatever’s thrown their way Trenching is often done in homogeneous soils, but for customers who contend with rocks, roots and other obstructions mixed in with...
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Home Depot-based Compact Power Equipment Rental adds 4 new machines
Compact Power, an equipment rental company which operates out of more than 1,100 Home Depot locations across the U.S., has announced the addition of the following four new machines to its available...
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Volkswagen buys stake in Navistar to share advanced powertrains and...
The HX series is International’s first completely new truck introduction since 2010. At the crack of dawn this morning, Navistar announced a plan to pursue a strategic alliance with Volkswagen Truck...
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John Deere unveils 750K, 850K dozers with SmartGrade mast-free GPS
Deere 850K with SmartGrade Last year at the World of Concrete John Deere introduced its first SmartGrade dozer, a 700K model. Now the company is making that same technology available on two larger size...
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Largest Cat dealer Finning sees 22% decline in 2Q revenues
Vancouver-based Finning International, the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer, recently reported its second quarter 2016 results, with significant reductions in selling, general and administrative...
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