Veteran operators, Local 649’s Terry Slater and Jeff Braun, push the capabilities of Volvo’s most popular excavator, the EC220E, in situations...
Lightweight materials, more diesels for the half-ton segment highlight advances for model-year 2019
A positive market for telehandlers sees OEMs add compact machines, operator- and maintenance-friendly features
Hydrogen becomes electricity to propel this quiet Kenworth tractor that looks to the future
Automated systems offer the prospect of increased control over the asphalt-paving process
Two IUOE Local 649 instructors do the routine tasks but also try some special moves with the 141-horsepower, 2.1-yard wheel loader
Reduced-tail-swing excavators, along with production and efficiency increases from OEMs, bolster the market
Soon to replace the WorkStar, Navistar’s latest construction truck has driver-pleasing features
Leaving Allentown, Pa., on a bright autumn morning in a convoy of new Mack trucks had me feeling like I was in a presidential motorcade. We were...
As slipform machine design advances to meet contractor needs, stringless capability, versatility, transportability, and precise control head the list...
North America’s mobile elevating work platforms conform to global standards and offer power-system diversity
CalPortland is using natural gas to meet clean-air goals, and it’s taking advantage of incentives under California’s Carl Moyer Program and Voucher...
Despite not yet seeing a boost from infrastructure spending, OEMs are offering increased tech choices
Bill Cinnamon, operator/instructor at IUOE Local 649, recently spent most of a hot July morning running a new Kubota SSV75 skid steer loader and...
Attachment offerings allow managers to do more with ride-on tractors, but know your soil when it’s time to select the basic trencher, chains, and...
Wheeled excavators have a long way to go to match their popularity in Europe
Western Star fields an off-road straight truck that’s also a tractor and a new 25-ton dumper
Kenworth’s latest vocational model meets weight-distribution requirements in certain states, and will replace the W900S
Funding stability is bringing new energy to the asphalt-paving industry, but contractor challenges persist and call for informed buying decisions
After spending the day with an SDLG L948F loader, Local 649 Operating Engineers Bill Cinnamon and Brad Walker give their impressions of the machine’s...
