2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (533+ words) Ah, snow. Beautiful and cold. Light and heavy. Fun yet frustrating. Snow has its charms, but for equipment pros it adds another layer of challenges (like literally). It buries roads, blocks loading docks, blankets products, and makes jobsites extra sloppy....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (354+ words) We've covered tires pretty extensively, and even without us, you know wear and tear and premature replacement costs the fleet money. But not everyone thinks of the correlation between proper tire pressure and fuel efficiency. It is real and it…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (73+ words) Who Gets Our Vote in John Deere’s Building America Excavator Contest? constructionequipment.com John Deere has narrowed the field to three pretty cool dudes: Now America can pick the winner. Vote right here. The winning contractor gets a new John…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (270+ words) Images courtesy of Bobcat. "Land management" is a formal term for the more fun "utter destruction." And that's what you can do with the new factory-installed Land Management package for Bobcat's biggest CTL, the T86-2. It is built to handle right-of-way…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1104+ words) Sarasota County, Florida, Fleet Services won its third Fleet Masters Award earlier this year, and shows no signs of stopping its continuous improvement in processes and employee training. Prior to 2026, Sarasota County won the award in 2014 and 2019. Justin Mullins, fleet…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1145+ words) If you've ever had the pleasure of visiting Caterpillar's Edwards, Illinois, Demonstration and Learning Center, you get a sense of how important customer training is to the company. There are many acres of earth to dig, move, and smooth, tons…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (112+ words) constructionequipment.com What keeps Komatsu building construction equipment in America after 40 years? We traveled inside the company's Chattanooga, Tennessee, manufacturing facility to find out. At this exclusive event, Komatsu celebrated 40 years of manufacturing in Chattanooga and the production of its…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (473+ words) Image courtesy of Hilltip Premium Truck Beds. Summer has a tendency to fly by, as does news in this dizzying, 24-hour-news-cycle world of ours. Here are some items you may have missed in the blur. Edric C. Funk has been elevated…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (237+ words) “Our goal has always been to develop equipment that enables customers to process materials where the work is taking place,” said Peter Grönholm, chief executive officer of Allu Finland. “The Allu concrete bucket continues that commitment by helping contractors improve…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (135+ words) The importance of construction flaggers can't be overstated. A Winona, Minnesota, man died this week as the result of a crash in a construction zone in the township of Utica, Minnesota. According to the Winona County Sheriff’s Office, Zackary Wayne…...