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Tariffs Ripple Effect

Big Iron

Just as equipment fleet managers gear up purchase plans, politics is applying more pressure to machine prices. That pressure is coming from President...

Are You Using Tech to Its Fullest? OEMs Say Yes... and No

Big Iron

For an upcoming Buying File feature on excavators, we asked OEMs if they thought you were properly using all the technology provided. What we heard...

Technology Side Effects

Big Iron

Technology that enables collection and integration of machine data for production and fleet management may also allow an organization to reap rewards...

Tech, Low and High, Has Its Place

Big Iron

Financial pushback to high-tech advancements has been the impetus behind the return to simpler technology.

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API and NABTU have partnered on the Pipeline Construction Safety Training Program, marrying the best practices of b… https://t.co/1ADIDkcuGT

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From the editors

Rod Sutton @rodsutton

Targeting the skills gap...while rebuilding the Lower Ninth. Kudos and well done! https://t.co/XLSb6CIz9Y

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Rod Sutton @rodsutton

RT @aemadvisor: “The 1.3m jobs supported by the...

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Just as equipment fleet managers gear up purchase plans, politics is applying more pressure to machine prices.… https://t.co/zwu1t7OiyI

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Evaluations

Steep angles, soft underfoot conditions, wet material, large bucket, heavy coupler, long stick—factors that could diminish performance, but the Volvo EC220E showed balance and power.

Pros Assess Volvo...

Veteran operators, Local 649’s Terry Slater and Jeff Braun, push the...

SuperDuty pickups went with aluminum bodies from the F-150 series for the 2017 model year and have been well received by customers

Prosperity Pushes...

Lightweight materials, more diesels for the half-ton segment...

Tool carrier-type telehandlers, such as this JCB 512, can handle buckets and other attachments to increase job site versatility.

Telehanders Are...

A positive market for telehandlers sees OEMs add compact machines,...

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