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Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after its A40F articulated hauler received another prestigious accolade for innovative product design – the coveted iF product design award. The A40F articulated hauler from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is taking the industry by storm. The machine has picked up yet another award – this time in the esteemed [...]

The 22 Ton capacity 722 is the largest model in the JCB range of ADT's. With more power and its ability to carry more payload than its lighter family members, the 722 has all the key features that are expected of this size of machine. With the JCB patented front suspension, similar to that used [...]

What’s the big idea behind John Deere's biggest ADTs? Need maximum productivity for a mining, quarry, or aggregate application? Then let John Deere introduce you to North America’s biggest ADT — the 460E. Boasting bigger dump bodies and even faster cycle times, E-Series ADTs deliver big-time productivity. So you’ll haul more material at lower cost [...]

Powered by a 6-cylinder interim Tier 4 compliant diesel engine with a gross power output of 500 horsepower at 2100 rpm, the DA40 offers a 10-percent increase in engine power and a 22-percent increase in gross torque to 1750 lb ft at 1300 rpm compared with the previous MT41 model Contributing to the overall 8-percent [...]

Doosan DA30 ADT is redesigned with a 365-horsepower Tier 4-Interim engine with 8 percent more power than the predecessor MT31. Torque has been pushed to 1,381 ft.-lb. at 1,300 rpm, a 28-percent jump. Top speed is now 34.2 mph for the truck. The transmission has eight forward and four reverse speeds, and improves the transfer [...]