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Best-Selling Used Construction Equipment of 2023
The used construction equipment market has experienced an unusual few years amid the Covid-induced manufacturing shutdowns, skyrocketing prices and interest rates, and now, rebounds in new equipment and rental fleet availability.
More than 75,000 (75,214) pieces of used equipment were financed in the United States in 2023, according to Fusable’s
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Volvo Unleashes L180 3-Pass Rehandler Wheel Loader
Driven by conversations with its quarry and aggregate customers, Volvo Construction Equipment has reconfigured one of its most popular wheel loader models, the L180H, to a new truck-loading variation, the L180 3-pass rehandler.
Designed to provide operators with an efficient machine for rehandling applications, the reconfigured wheel loader,
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Bridgestone VZT-25 Construction Tire
Tires will be available in five sizes.
The Bridgestone V-steel Z Traction (VZT) 25-in is the latest addition to the company's construction tire lineup designed for loader and grader applications. The VZT-25 will be available in five sizes: 17.5R25, 20.5R25, 23.5R25, 26.5R25, and 29.5R25.
A new tread pattern design enables improved traction, with
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Firstgreen Brings Electric Skid Steers to U.S.
Units have no cabins because they're remote controlled.
Firstgreen Rockeat line of electric skid steers are remote controlled and have no cabins, giving them low clearance. Models 700 and 1200 have tippings loads of 3,086 and 4,850 pounds, respectively. Operating weights 5,622 and 7,826 pounds, respectively.
Cabinless design allows operators to
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Colour Change Marks New Confidence In Construction Market For Yanmar CE
What do Yanmar Compact Equipment and a U.S. DIY store have in common? They both offer Yanmar Premium Red - the bold new colour of the Japanese compact equipment maker. So attractive is the shade that the major U.S. home improvement store now offers that exact shade of red as part of its colour palette.
Yanmar Compact Equipment's decision to
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ASL Leverages Machine Control Data for Real-Time Insight Into Field Operations
Data-driven construction environment saves Canadian contractor time and money
ASL, based in Osgoode, Ontario, embraces new technology that can give its business a competitive edge in bidding, time management, and profitability. This long-serving mid-size Ontario contractor was an early user of tiltrotators and machine control and now, under the
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Volvo To Build North American Heavy Truck Manufacturing Facility In Mexico
Facility will manufacture heavy-duty conventional vehicles for Volvo and Mack brands.
The Volvo Group will build a new heavy-duty truck manufacturing plant in Mexico to supplement U.S. production. The plant will provide additional capacity to support the growth plans of both Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks in the U.S. and Canadian markets and support
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Cat Unleashes the Industry's Largest Track Loader, the 973
Cat has unveiled “the largest track loader in the industry” with its new 973.
Designed to clear, load, dig, carry, fill and more, the 65,901-pound do-it-all machine is powered by a 275-horsepower Cat C9.3B diesel engine. It replaces the 973K worldwide and joins the 160-horsepower 953 and 202-horsepower 963 in the Cat track loader line.
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A-Closer-Look-Cats-New-330-Straight-Boom-Demolition-Excavator
Caterpillar has expanded its demolition excavator line with the new Cat 330 Straight Boom excavator.
In this video, Jadon Kool, product application specialist for demolition and scrap, Caterpillar, gives an overview of the features of this new machine.
Quick Specs:
Maximum pin height: 35’ 5” — sufficient to demo’ a three-story building
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Caterpillar PM300 Series Cold Planers
Caterpillar has updated its PM300 series of cold planers with a Cat C9.3B diesel engine with more gross power and available torque. The 343-horsepower powerplant goes into the Cat PM310, Cat PM312, and Cat PM313 milling machines.
The transition flashing between primary and loading conveyors has been redesigned to improve containment of material
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