Komatsu Smart Construction Retrofit kits are an easy, affordable way to update your fleet Komatsu Smart Construction Retrofit kits make it possible to equip conventional Komatsu excavators with 3D guidance and payload monitoring, giving operators and managers alike more ways to help work efficiently and accurately. Designed to improve grading performance and provide more time- and [...]
Recent Sandhills Global market reports identified trends in used medium-duty construction equipment in Sandhills marketplaces, including consecutive months of inventory increases, that signaled potential value changes. In July, medium-duty construction equipment trends continued to swing; inventory growth accelerated and auction values decreased for the second month in a row. With truck and trailer values declining, buyers [...]
CLAAS celebrates 25 years of the CLAAS XERION with a limited special edition When the XERION was launched on the market 25 years ago, CLAAS set new standards in terms of multifunctionality and versatility in high-horsepower tractors. To celebrate this anniversary, a limited special edition of the CLAAS XERION has been introduced. The year 1997 not [...]
Case Introduces the Case Minotaur DL550 Compact Dozer Loader CASE is launching an all-new, industry-first equipment category with the introduction of the CASE Minotaur DL550 compact dozer loader. Weighing in at more than 18,000 pounds and working with 114 horsepower, the new first-of-its-kind machine delivers true dozing and grading performance, as well as powerful site loading [...]
Ditch Witch Acquires HydraWheel Line of Rock Saws Ditch Witch has acquired specific assets from River City Manufacturing, Inc., including the HydraWheel design of rock saws. Based out of Bertram, Texas, the company has designed and manufactured rock saws since 1982, earning a strong reputation throughout the industry. Through this acquisition, Ditch Witch continues to show [...]
CLEVELAND -- IronTek Solutions, the developer of heavy equipment marketplace FleetNow, announces that Randy Montforton has been hired as Sales Manager. Montforton will lead new rental yard acquisition at IronTek Solutions and be an integral part of the company's continuous growth as it creates new buyer experiences within the equipment sales marketplace. His 10 plus years [...]
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for April was $10.5 billion, up 7 percent year-over-year from new business volume in April 2021. Volume was relatively [...]
Construction employment edged up by 2,000 jobs between March and April as contractors scrambled to find workers in an increasingly tight labor market, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government data. Association leaders urged officials in Washington to address both short- and long-term worker shortages with expanded permits for [...]
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Cheyenne, Wyo. Post the Largest Gains Over 12 Months; New York City and Danville, Ill. Experience the Worst Declines in a Year Construction employment increased in three-fourths of U.S. metro areas between March 2021 and March 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new [...]
Construction employment remains below pre-pandemic levels in 21 states and D.C. while 29 states now employ more construction workers than in February 2020, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the new figures underscore how spiking materials prices and tight labor markets are [...]
