Source: NER, Thanksgiving holiday thefts, 2015-2019. Holidays—few people around, work-related thoughts pushed to the side—present a prime opportunity for equipment theft, says NER. During the past five years, more than […]
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As Dr. Jim Sheppard drove down a back road in Sutter Creek, California, he spied a rusted crawler tractor behind a barn in neck-high weeds. He stopped to check it […]
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Orbcomm’s ST 9100 telematics device is designed to monitor and control assets in remote areas. Orbcomm says the ST 9100 is “future-proof” and can connect over cellular networks using LTE […]
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JCB’s first fully electric telehandler, the 505-20E. JCB has enlarged its electric-powered footprint, announcing expansions and upgrades in its telehandler and compact excavator lines. Powering it all will be an […]
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Gradall manufactured the M-2400 in 1946. Source: Gradall Art Moore, founder of Snorkel Lifts, and brothers Ray and Koop Ferwerda, inventors of the Gradall excavator, are now in the Association […]
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Lockdown orders and more people working from home put a dent in fuel-tax and toll revenues this year. The effect of that reduction has been mixed so far, with 36 […]
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Big changes in big trucks have slowed, but ongoing incremental improvements are still yielding big benefits. Advances include electronic safety features such as collision mitigation and lane departure warning. Steering […]
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Western Global’s new trailer-mounted TransCube Cab brings fuel to the jobsite to reduce downtime for construction and auxiliary equipment, the company says. The refueler is available in three sizes: 258, […]
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Custom-truck-builder Autocar is reentering the construction dump market with its DC-64D. “This is not a stock truck,” says Tim Thornton, Autocar’s vice president of strategy and commercialization. “All of our […]
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From his desk, Josh Munna has an instant, real-time snapshot of where all Barriere Construction’s equipment, crews and logistic resources are across the company. With the help of GPS tracking, […]
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