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Blade Buddy bucket gives excavators skid steer abilities
Calling it a “skid steer bucket on steroids,” Canadian company Blade Buddy has unveiled a new attachment for excavators that gives operators much of the capabilities of both of the aforementioned machines in one. The Blade Buddy is a 40-inch deep bucket that mounts to most 5- to 6.5-foot excavator blades without the use of […]
August 10, 2017
Kenworth details driver-centric development of T880S
Kenworth’s latest addition to its popular T880 lineup, the T880S, offers another glimpse into why the company bills itself as ‘The Driver’s Truck.’ As you’ll see in the interview below, it doesn’t take long for Kenworth Marketing Director Kurt Swihart to point out the truck’s features and creature comforts that are tailored to the preferences […]
August 9, 2017
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WSDOT creates online open house for Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has created an online open house to offer the public a view of plans to demolish the old Alaskan Way Viaduct after the new SR 99 tunnel opens in early 2019. Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, finished the outer wall of the SR 99 tunnel in […]
August 8, 2017
Construction Equipment
Crane tumbles despite loader’s help with unwieldy load
Thanks to the wonders of internet video, we’ve seen a lot of terrible ideas involving heavy equipment on this here website. But this one just might be the worst offender of all. (Well, maybe except for this one.) In the video below, an all-terrain crane is lifting a large billboard in place for mounting. And […]
August 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
$646 million St. Croix Crossing project officially opens
The $646 million St. Croix Crossing project officially opened during a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday featuring Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. It has been under construction since 2012. The project, which spans the St. Croix River connecting Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, and St. Joseph, Wisconsin, is a 5,000-foot extradosed bridge that […]
August 3, 2017
Technology
Deere demos Kespry’s automated drone surveying at Coal Valley site
On most trips to John Deere’s Coal Valley, Illinois, demonstration site, Equipment World editors are focused on the ground, specifically the yellow machines moving the ground around. But on my most recent trip to Coal Valley, I spent some of my time looking up instead, as Deere representatives demonstrated the company’s latest product category: drones. […]
July 27, 2017
Construction Equipment
Ram 5500 chassis cab gets a few improvements for 2018
Ram’s chassis cab brand manager, Adrian Ratza, recently talked to us about their biggest heavy-duty truck, the Ram 5500 chassis cab. New for model year 2018, Ram’s top workhorse will get PTO configurations for both left and right sides in either 4×2 or 4×4 models. “We take a lot of pride in the number of PTO […]
July 25, 2017
Class 7-8
Crane co.’s overweight haul hit with biggest ticket in R.I. history
The most expensive ticket in Rhode Island history just went to a trucking company that did not have an overweight permit for a 280-ton truck. Bay Crane Northeast was fined $57,000 Tuesday for attempting to travel through Rhode Island recently in an unpermitted 560,000-pound rig destined for Massachusetts, according to wpri.com. The truck, which was […]
July 24, 2017
Construction Equipment
The Dumphoe was half excavator, half site dumper in one weird little machine
While cruising through a heavy equipment forum recently I stumbled upon a photo of a machine that can only be classified as…”interesting.” The machine had the front end of a mini excavator but the rear end of a site dumper. The whole thing sat on four rubber tires. The forum user mentioned that they thought […]
July 20, 2017
Roadbuilding
Bertha is half disassembled, cutterhead completely removed
Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine at 8,000 tons, has been half disassembled by Seattle Tunnel Partners and all of the machine’s cutterhead has been removed. Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reports that much of the trailing gear is still inside the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Crews are continually working to cut and haul […]
July 17, 2017
Vocational
Dump truck overturns at stoplight, injures several
Brake failure may be to blame for a frightening dump truck crash at a busy intersection last week in Kennesaw, Georgia. Video below posted by WSB-TV shows the truck plowing into several vehicles that had stopped at an intersection around 2 p.m. Wednesday on Barrett Parkway near Interstate 575, about 15 miles northwest of Atlanta. […]
July 13, 2017
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar developing robotic bricklayer/3D home printer with Fastbrick in new deal
Fastbrick Robotics, an Australian company developing a robotic bricklayer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Caterpillar, a deal that will further develop Fastbrick’s technology, which is capable of 3D printing homes and other structures. Cat says the new partnership will see the two companies working together in the development of robotic bricklaying technology including the […]
July 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
Weekend replacement of Georgia SR 299 bridge over I-24 in just 90 seconds
In the time-lapse video below, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) replaces the State Route 299 bridge over Interstate 24 in Dade County in just one weekend using Accelerated Bridge Construction. The bridge was built in two segments next to the existing bridge while traffic continued to flow underneath. Once the bridge was completed, the […]
July 4, 2017
Pickups
Hennessey’s 605-hp VelociRaptor can flat out embarrass the stock Raptor
John Hennessey didn’t mince words following his ¼-mile run in a stock 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor. “This truck is bad ass,” Hennessey said in a video of acceleration testing for the truck. “We all kind of expected that anyway, but I was not expecting 0 to 60 in 5.3 seconds. I was not expecting horsepower […]
June 29, 2017
Technology
Virtual tape measure app shows promise for putting augmented reality to work
At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 11. Beyond tweaks to core parts of how users currently navigate iOS and major improvements to file handling on iPads, the biggest news with the new OS was the addition of what Apple calls ARKit. The new platform […]
June 28, 2017
Pickups
Guys beg snake that just slithered from hood of moving pickup to please get off
If you’ve been driving long enough—especially in rural areas—you’re going to end up with some interesting critter stories. Two men driving to work in a pickup recently on a Texas highway got up close and personal with a bull snake that had taken refuge under the hood in the wiper bay right next to the […]
June 26, 2017
Construction Equipment
Excavator takes direct hit from land mine
Among the many hazards of operating heavy equipment, absorbing the impact of a land mine explosion is not one of them for the majority of operators out there. But for this particular operator, it’s simply part of the job. According to the description accompanying the below video from LiveLeak, this armored excavator is working at […]
June 22, 2017
Construction Equipment
Cat excavator makes cameo in “Transformers: The Last Knight”
The latest of what feels like 100 Transformers movie sequels has hit theaters and we know you’re probably itching for the weekend for a chance to see what explosion fanatic and director of movies Michael Bay has in store for us in “The Last Knight.” (And if you’re anything like me it will be […]
June 22, 2017
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