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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]