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Caterpillar 340 UHD Demolition Excavator

Caterpillar - Cat

Caterpillar extended the pin height of its 340 UHD Demolition Excavator 13% to reach up to eight-floor structures, and added boom-and-stick configurations to do more kinds of work with a broader choice of demolition attachments.

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3 Ways Technology Can Overcome Construction Challenges and Where to Start

RDO Equipment Co.

There are compelling reasons to look to technology to address ongoing challenges and ensure both short- and long-term gains.

The real payback of a technology investment comes in production increases. For example, an automatic excavator system has been shown to deliver a 30% increase in production.

Doosan Pushes Into Dozer Market

DEVELON North America

The 122-hp DD100 prototype was demonstrated to dealers in Tucson, AZ.

The 10-ton DD100 will be available in the third quarter of next year, followed by a 13-ton machine in 2023.

Caterpillar 120 GC Motor Grader

Caterpillar - Cat

The 120 GC Motor Grader offers the right balance of high-performance features with reduced fuel consumption, low maintenance costs and easy-to-operate controls.

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Compact Track Loaders Get Supersized

Contractors continue to demand more performance as traditionally small machines push definition of 'compact' with engines as powerful as small dozers' and operating weights up to 16,000 lb.

Case Construction Equipment recently introduced the TV620B, the largest production compact track loader in the market by shear operating weight at 16,000 lbs.

Electric Construction Equipment Minimizes Carbon Footprint on Wildlife Refuge Trail Project

Volvo Construction Equipment

A Volvo electric compact excavator and compact wheel loader are used in a pilot project to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service explore ways to minimize its carbon footprint in natural areas.

The L25 Electric compact wheel loader is being used to haul and lay down gravel for a wheelchair-accessible half-mile trail around a pond and to clear brush.

Choose Used Dozers Wisely

Take steps to ensure a used crawler dozer acquisition doesn’t come with costly surprises.

Undercarriage condition has a major influence on used equipment valuation. With so much at stake, it is advisable to have the undercarriage inspected by a trustworthy product expert.

Next Gen Cat 966 and 972 Wheel Loader Series Makes Big Efficiency Strides with Technology

Caterpillar - Cat

The Whole Package: Payload Assist, Autodig and Auto Set Tires automate key bucket-filling segments of the duty cycle while the CVT models put more power on the ground with less fuel

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KATO's CL35 CTL is Purpose-Built For Rental

At The ARA Show 2021, ForConstructionPros Editor-in-Chief Wayne Grayson stopped by the KATO booth to get the breakdown on their latest CTL, the second-generation CL35.

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From Bidding to Progress Monitoring: How Drone Surveys Give Earthworks Teams an Edge

Highly accurate data on site conditions that drones easily collect helps balance the estimator and construction manager's challenge to submit a competitive bid that wins the project and manage dirt work that remains profitable.

Propeller Aero

Machine Control Streamlines Earthmoving Operations

Sharpen your competitive edge by utilizing machine control to increase productivity, slash operating costs, reduce labor and eliminate staking.

MacMor Construction was one of the first contractors to take delivery of a Case factory fit dozer earlier this year. The goal with adding machine control was to be more competitive with production on jobs.

Technology Improves Wheel Loader “Visibility”

Eliminating wheel loader operators' blind spots and quickly identifying surroundings is changing the safety equation in a loader's swift back-and-forth operating cycle

Doosan recently introduced a transparent bucket option for all the Dash-7 Series machines. The transparent bucket technology uses multiple cameras on the machine to give you a stitched overlay of those camera views to make that bucket virtually invisible.

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