Construction Equipment

Construction equipment such as heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for executing construction tasks, most frequently ones involving earthwork operations. They are also known as heavy machines, heavy trucks, construction equipment, engineering equipment, heavy vehicles, or heavy hydraulics. They usually comprise five equipment systems: implement, traction, structure, power train, control and information. Some equipment uses hydraulic drives as a primary source of motion.

Volvo Construction Equipment has updated its Dig Assist machine control application for excavators with new features that make it even faster and easier to create plans and put more information at operators’ fingertips. “It’s simple by design. If you use a smartphone, the Dig Assist app on the Co-Pilot display is a very similar experience — it quickly becomes second nature for...
“When you rely on one machine for each task, a job site can end up looking more like a parking lot. Reducing the need for additional equipment and streamlining the job site is at the heart of Mecalac’s design philosophy, including the AS900tele. It’s good for the contractor, the client, and the environment.” said Peter Bigwood, general manager for Mecalac...
JCB expands its E-TECH range of zero-emissions machines with the launch of its first-ever electric Loadall telescopic handler model. More than 43 years after the company pioneered the concept of telescopic handlers, JCB is introducing the 505-20E, a fully electric version of the popular Loadall. Designed to deliver the same performance as the conventional diesel-powered machine, the 505-20E offers a...
AUSA has launched onto the market the new C201H forklift with a 4,400 lb payload. The vehicle is designed entirely for urban use; it is extremely compact in size so that it can enter and operate in any space. As with all of AUSA’s new vehicles, this forklift complies with the Tier 4 emissions standard.   The urban forklift concept AUSA's new...
Volvo CE has developed a rotating pipelayer attachment kit that allows an excavator to also work as a pipelayer. Volvo Construction Equipment has introduced a new attachment kit that allows 14-ton excavators to be converted into rotating pipelayers, offering a simple solution for users who don’t want to buy a dedicated pipelayer and who have been using conventional excavators for...
Bell Equipment Global has a new Press-Release about Bell B30Ds. Here is the full-text. As the General Manager of the Belabela Quarries outside Gaborone in Botswana, Peter Zunckel has a slightly unusual problem. Every time he tries to convince his company’s board members that budgetary provision needs to be made for replacing his fleet of three Bell B30D Articulated Dump...
The application areas of loader cranes gain more and more in complexity and require an increasing level of precision and finesse. With the TEC-range Palfinger offers powerful loader crane models for these complex and specialized operations as a perfect solution. More than an optical aspect The visible feature – the so-called P-profile – a polygonal shaped boom extension system – is...
YANMAR America’s Compact Equipment Division is excited to announce the launch of the new SV40 Excavator. This ultra-tight tail swing excavator boasts power, flexibility and stability in a compact package and is the first of the company’s compact equipment line to be offered in the new YANMAR premium red color. The SV40 is a 4-ton machine with a 39-hp electronically...
Rental, the nationally recognized magazine serving rental equipment professionals, has named the Merlo TF30.9 compact telehandler as one of the Rental 2020 Editor’s Choice Award winners. The 2020 Rental Editor’s Choice Awards represent the equipment rental industry’s best products gaining interest from end-users and rental professionals alike. Winners such as Merlo’s TF30.9 telehandler were chosen by Rental’s editorial team based on several different...
Specialized tasks require specialized equipment, which is why Volvo offers wheel loaders configured to meet the unique requirements of a wide range of applications. The application-specific wheel loaders are designed and built to ensure you achieve superior results according to the unique demands of the segment you are working in. The right machine options, tires, and attachments all combine to ensure...