Asphalt compactors aren’t known as the most difficult machine to operate on the job. Although compactors perform a critical function especially when smoothness specs are at stake, many contractors...
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Fat Truck Slims Down, Adds Pickup Capabilities
There are sites that are easy, and then there are sites that are boggy, muddy, steep, swampy, treacherous or covered in snow and ice. For the former, 4WD and...
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Reduce Errors in the Field with CM Labs, Trimble Earthworks Excavator Simulator Integration
Pay big money for a project design only to have it be used incorrectly in the field? A new partnership between CM Labs and Trimble aims to provide operators...
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Even Tighter Supply Coming? Deere Workers Strike For the First Time Since 1986
The industry’s inventory woes may have gotten even more pronounced as Deere & Company’s 10,000 UAW workers declared a strike at midnight Oct. 14th. It is the first major...
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JCB Unveils Its Tallest Telehandler, the Rotating 512-83R
JCB is going bigger and taller with its new eight-story-high rotating telehandler, the 512-83R, which it calls three machines in one. JCB says it can also serve as a...
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Report: One-Fourth of Infrastructure Faces Flood Risk. (Here’s How to Check Your Area’s Threat Level.)
A new report estimates that one-fourth of all critical infrastructure in the U.S. is at risk of flooding, and that percentage will increase as storms become more severe due...
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Thunder Creek’s Intros Service and Lube Upfit for Medium-Duty Trucks, No CDL or HAZMAT Required
Thunder Creek Equipment’s new Service and Lube Upfit (SLU) for medium-duty truck bodies doesn’t require drivers to have CDL or HAZMAT certifications, saving customers from increased insurance costs, and...
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Polaris Launches Mid-Size Pro XD UTV as a Truck Alternative on the Jobsite
Polaris has rolled out a new mid-size entry to its Pro XD Commercial lineup of UTVs, designed for hauling workers and tools around construction sites. The mid-size UTV, which...
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Contractors Get First Glimpse of Deere Electric 310 X-Tier Backhoe (Video)
Product details are still sketchy after all, it’s still a test machine but John Deere used the Utility Expo to strut out its electric backhoe, the 310 X-tier E-Power, now...
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From Beaches to Bases, This N.C. Contractor Loves to Move Dirt
Two things you quickly learn about Matt Mitchell is that he loves Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, where he has lived all his life. And he loves dirt. “A grown...
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