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Big advances on the horizon.  IDigBest’s latest Grade Assist system continues to be the leader in the excavator machine control market.  Operators are praising the system for it’s one-touch operations; fatigue reducing advances and confidence building finished project.  The combination of flat bucketing while holding grade are producing industry changing results.  Companies are seeing large […]

Auctioneer’s Note: MCM Management Corp. has recently completed 4 of the largest demolition/recycling projects in the country, and as part of ongoing operations and to reflect a change in scope for future work, they have elected to sell a large assortment of quality machinery & equipment with Orbitbid.com in conjunction with Hilco Industrial. Equipment will […]

Splash goggle/face shield combo with one-of-a-kind anti-fog coating If your job leaves you exposed to any kind of wetness or debris being thrown into your face, you need protection—from the sun, from impact, from splash—and even from dangerous, temporarily impaired vision caused by your eye protection fogging up. These combined hazards require a combined solution. […]

Caterpillar subjected five brands of fuel filters to intense testing simulating real-world conditions. Only the Cat® filter reached the end of the test before fuel injector failure. As injector pressures inside today’s engines increase, maximizing injector life means limiting the size and number of particles that get through the fuel filter. While all fuel filters […]

John Deere is building on its lineup of SmartGrade™ crawler dozers with the integration of the machine control offering on the 750K and 850K models. Adding SmartGrade availability on these larger machines will improve job site accuracy and quality of work through the complete integration of the Topcon 3D-MC2 Grade Control System. The system is […]

Scott Construction Inc., Lake Delton, Wis., is one of Wisconsin's leading asphalt surfacing companies, and the largest chip seal contractor in the state. To support the amount of chip seal work the company performs throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota (regional suppliers couldn’t keep up with the demand), the company began mining granite out of the new […]

Ritchies Bros. to acquire IronPlanet to accelerate its customer centric multi-channel diversification strategy. Increases customer choice; enhances online offerings; provides penetration into large, additional segments Business combination expected to significantly increase growth in revenue and earnings; effectively uses strength of Ritchie Bros.’ balance sheet Transaction expected to be accretive to earnings within first year (excluding […]

Kirby-Smith Machinery is pleased to announce the hiring of Del Keffer as Vice President of Sales. Keffer will manage the direction of Kirby-Smith Machinery’s corporate sales and rental strategy to support organizational objectives as the company positions itself for further growth and development. His office will located at Kirby-Smith’s Dallas branch. Vice President and Chief […]

Transform your skid steer, compact track loader (CTL) or compact wheel loader into an efficient milling machine with the latest addition to the John Deere Worksite Pro™ attachment lineup, the D-Series cold planers. These attachments are ideal for customers performing street repairs, matching uneven pavement surfaces, cutting drainage in parking lots and cleaning up around […]

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS), will launch its ‘Making New Tracks’ large mobile plant strategy in North America at the forthcoming MINExpo International Show in Las Vegas, on 26 – 28 September 2016 at Booth 3379. Terex MPS Market Area Director for Americas, David Quail, commented: “We are excited to be able to launch this […]

For three days every four years, MINExpo INTERNATIONAL® is the Place for Everything Mining. With more than 1,800 exhibitors occupying more than 76,000 square meters of exhibit space, MINExpo® delivers solutions—imaginative new products and services, innovative technologies and expert-led sessions that lead to lower costs, increase profitability, improve safety, and manage risk. The range of […]

The new Cat® M Series medium wheel loaders—950M, 962M, 966M and 972M meet U.S. EPA Tier 3/ EU Stage IIIA equivalent emission standards.  These new loaders apply proven technologies systematically and strategically to meet your high expectations for reliability, productivity, fuel efficiency, and long service life. The new M Series medium wheel loaders are more […]