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Amtrak anticipates new long distance passenger rail cars to begin arriving next summer
Amtrak has announced that it is planning to begin field testing its new long distance passenger rail cars this winter. More than 400 employees are performing the manufacturing and final assembly work at the company’s CAF USA facility in Elmira, New York. [youtube fHAGdl5J0uw nolink] Amtrak is spending $298.1 million on 130 single-level long distance […]
October 25, 2013
Excavator operator puts on clinic, rescues 2 bogged down dozers from a flooded ditch
Thanks to YouTube uploader Adam Petroff we’re able to share with you a pretty awesome example of excavator operation this morning. In the video’s description, Petroff explains that he and his crew were finish grading the slopes along a new highway when their John Deere 650H slid into the “canal” below and got stuck. And […]
October 25, 2013
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Inside “Scoop”: The iPad excavator game bringing the thrill of equipment operation to the masses
Editor’s Note: Since this article was posted, “Scoop” has also become available for Android devices. Anyone who climbs behind the sticks of an excavator for the first time is more than a bit overwhelmed. And why not? Though the machines are easier to operate than ever before thanks to hydraulic controls, there’s still a lot going […]
October 23, 2013
Construction Equipment
Watch a 10-week Cat D11R powertrain rebuild in just a few minutes in this time-lapse
The folks at Arkansas-based Riggs Caterpillar put together an awesome video that chronicles the complete 10-week rebuild of a D11R powertrain. The dealer says that the transmission rebuild was done at its Little Rock location while the engine rebuild was done at its Fort Smith location. The final reassembly is always done at the customer’s […]
October 22, 2013
Construction Equipment
First look inside and out of Case’s brand new M Series crawler dozers
Last week, we got a chance to spend some quality time with Case’s brand new M Series lineup of crawler dozers. As our in-depth report on the machines detailed, the lineup features between a 5- and 14-percent increase in horsepower over the L Series along with substantial durability, cab and fuel economy improvements—all of which […]
October 21, 2013
Construction Equipment
Genius doesn’t secure payload of concrete slabs, slings them at nearby cars
First, we’d like to thank Russia for another sterling example of how not to do things. The video below might not be as flashy as Dump Truck Inferno Guy, but just as dangerous to everyone on the road with this genius. This guy apparently thought the weight of the slabs was enough to keep them […]
October 17, 2013
Roadbuilding
Amtrak PD launches text reporting for passengers, employees
Amtrak passengers and employees will soon be able to report suspicious activity to the Amtrak Police Department (APD) with just a text message. APD is launching APD11 “Txt-aTip,” a program that will allow passengers and employees to send an SMS text message to the Amtrak Police Department’s National Communications Center. “Contacting the Amtrak Police Department […]
October 16, 2013
Construction Equipment
ICUEE is basically a big sandbox for adults full of excavators, drills, cranes and loaders
Two weeks ago we and thousands of others made the trip to Louisville, Kentucky for the 2013 edition of the International Construction and Utility Equipment Expo, lovingly known as ICUEE. (Be sure to check out our coverage of all the news from the show by clicking here.) If you’ve never been, or you just haven’t […]
October 15, 2013
Construction Equipment
Buildings, heavy equipment and more could one day be built from these robotic, self-assembling building blocks
Any time the words “like…in the movie ‘Terminator II’” are uttered in a news article, we tend to take notice. Worries of a post-apocalyptic future where the machines have taken control, this bit of news out of MIT is still pretty cool. A team of researchers there have built self-assembling robots that could be the […]
October 14, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ford drag races the F-350 against Chevy, Ram with 20k pounds in tow
Ford’s pretty happy with its new 2015 Super Duty models. Specifically, it’s happy with the improvements made to the 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 diesel. The Power Stroke has been upgraded with the larger GT37 turbocharger, allowing the engine to produce more than 400 horsepower and 800 lb.-ft. of torque. So what better way to show […]
October 14, 2013
Construction Equipment
Vermeer intros the D9x13 S3, the first in its new line of drills
Improved hydraulic efficiency is one of several enhancements to the D9x13 S3 Navigator horizontal directional drill, the first of the S3 generation, introduced at ICUEE last week. “We’ve increased the speed of the carriage, rotation and vise cycle, all of which translates into completing a bore much faster,” says Jon Kuyers, underground global product manager. […]
October 11, 2013
Construction Equipment
Watch an excavator demo a house in 40 seconds in this stop-motion-like time-lapse
The premise of this video is pretty simple. It shows an excavator demo a house all by its lonesome. But the way that the footage is sped up makes it look like stop motion animation. The sounds of the house cracking beneath the pressure of the excavator sound more like brittle snaps and the whole […]
October 10, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ditch Witch’s 850-hp Super Witch pops wheelies as well as it trenches
As it has done since 1978, Ditch Witch drew in the crowds at the ICUEE show in Louisville this year with its super-loud Franken-trencher known as Super Witch. Now on its fifth iteration of the hot rod trencher, Ditch Witch has modified its RT5 trencher with a 502-cubic-inch, 850 horsepower Chevrolet engine. As you’ll see […]
October 8, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ditch Witch intros JT60 HDD, FXT50 Truck Vac at ICUEE
In preparation for a release in December, Ditch Witch gave attendees at the ICUEE 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky a chance to see the new JT60 horizontal directional drill in person. [youtube eVGqX56PV-c nolink] The new machine addresses the gap between its JT40 and JT100 HDDs offering 60,000 pounds of thrust and pullback. The company says […]
October 4, 2013
Construction Equipment
14-ton excavator hops off a silage pile using a step ladder of tires
So, your 14-ton excavator’s on top of a silage pile, and it’s time to get down. Seems pretty simple. Find a low exit point and roll on down. But not this operator. No. He decides to hop off as if he were going for the gold in high diving. At least he put some tires […]
October 4, 2013
Construction Equipment
Case unveils SR210 skid steer at ICUEE, replacing best-selling SR200
Replacing the popular SR200, the Case SR210 radial-lift skid steer made its debut at ICUEE, offering what the company calls best-in-class breakout force (7,200 pounds), torque (232 foot pounds) and standard auxiliary hydraulic flows (24.2 gpm). The 2,100-pound rated operating capacity model has a 74-horsepower Tier 4 Final cooled exhaust gas recirculation engine, featuring a […]
October 3, 2013
Construction Equipment
Vacuworx debuts Concrete Barrier Lifter at ICUEE 2013
Vacuworx introduced its concrete barrier lifter at ICUEE, a product aimed at providing a safe and efficient way to move highway barriers. “Barriers are typically moved late at night or early in the morning, which doesn’t lend itself to ideal working conditions,” says Bill Solomon. “We feel this is a way to get people out […]
October 3, 2013
Construction Equipment
First look at the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD (photos too)
With no announcement of its presence and nary a bit of evidence outside of the General Motors commercial vehicles booth here at ICUEE, we were more than a bit surprised to find a sparkling new 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD on display here in Louisville. After all, this truck was only announced last week. We […]
October 2, 2013
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