Crawler Dozers

Caltrans Finally Completes Red Hawk Parkway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Red Hawk Parkway in El Dorado County opened in December 2008, providing a connection between U.S. Highway 50 and the Shingle Springs Rancheria. The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians has been waiting more than 40 years for a public access road to its reservation, ever since the construction of Highway 50 in 1965. Previously, the only road available for its use was a winding private road, covered with speed bumps and prohibited from commercial use. Click for more...

Komatsu D475A-5SD Super Dozer Lowers Operating Costs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s D475A-5SD super dozer was developed to provide productivity, reliability and operator comfort for the mining and quarry industries. The super dozer pushes more material without a proportionate increase in operating weight and horsepower due to its blade design. The D475A-5SD’s 58.9-cu.-yd. (45 cu m) super dozer blade provides 15 percent more production than a conventional U-blade in level dozing. Click for more...

Airport Runways Back on Track in Iowa →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The tight tolerance requirements specified by the Federal Aviation Administration caused difficulties for an almost completed project at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, airport. However, DeLong Construction Inc., headquartered in Washington, Iowa, accomplished the task with the aid of GPS equipped equipment. It is not that long since this type of equipment was introduced to the construction industry, Paul Ruckman, GPS technician and land surveyor of DeLong Construction, recalled. Click for more...

PL61 Combines Power Train, Control Technology With Lifting Features →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Introduction of the Caterpillar PL61 pipelayer positions a new, technically refined model at the small end of the Caterpillar pipelayer range — providing a machine with 40,000 lbs. (18,145 kg) of lift-capacity and the capability to meet the pipeline contractor’s requirements for precision control, transportability, operator comfort, visibility and durability. The PL61 shares many common components with the Caterpillar D6K tractor, featuring a Cat C6.6 ACERT engine, closed-loop hydrostatic drive system, oval-track SystemOne undercarriage and an electronically enhanced operator station. Click for more...

Millennium Pipeline Replaces Old Gas Line in New York →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Replacing a flowing gas line is tricky. If the gas line happens to be 182 mi. (293 km) long and involves working in areas that feature nearly straight vertical drops, it’s that much more of a challenge. And those are the fundamentals of the new underground, natural gas pipeline going into the ground in upstate New York, under the direction of Millennium Pipeline Company LLC, Pearl River, N.Y. Click for more...

Trains Keep a Rollin’ as Morris Group Spans Busy Rail →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Heavy truck traffic coming in and out of the Mobile Container Terminal at Choctaw Point gets backed up by the long CSX freight trains that block Virginia Street when they chug by several times a day. A six-span bridge being built by The Morris Group Inc. over both the CSX tracks and a spur leading into the Port of Mobile is designed to alleviate that congestion. But working around the rail traffic has been a challenge on the bridge job, which began in May, said Shane Sansom, construction superintendent of the Birmingham-based firm. Click for more...

Liebherr, John Deere Update Crawler Relationship →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. and John Deere jointly announced the signing of a long term sourcing agreement for Deere branded 950 and 1050 size crawler dozers, and the discontinuation of the existing product supply arrangement for crawler loader machines between Liebherr-Werk Telfs GMBH and John Deere’s Construction & Forestry Division of Moline, Ill. Under the original agreement signed in December 2000, Liebherr has supplied large crawler dozers and crawler loaders to John Deere for distribution in the United States and Canada. Click for more...

Metrac, Pierce Pacific Spawn Material Handler From John Deere Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Combine the need for a new material handler with a heavy dash of brand loyalty and you’ll see the newest machine that’s hard at work at Jones Recycling. Gary Jones, CEO and co-owner of the Jefferson, Ga., auto recycling business, had been talking with Metrac, the local John Deere dealer, for nearly two years about his need of a specialized machine. With a specific task in mind, Jones had an extensive list of requirements for the machine. Click for more...

Davis Grading Turns to Topcon GPS for Competitive Edge →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Davis Grading needed an edge. Feeling the burden of a tanking economy that all but halted residential construction — even in Charlotte, N.C., which seemed to be dodging the national downturn — the grading contractor started to bid on more and more public contracts. The competition was tough. In the first few bids, the company was one of 10 to 15 firms vying for the job and “we were getting blown out of the water” at the bid opening, said Project Manager Tim Davis. Click for more...

North Construction Takes on Project of Olympic Proportion →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When skiers fly down the sides of mountains, it is called sport. When 35-ton (31.7 t) excavators do the sliding, it is called risky business. North Construction is perfectly familiar with each kind of mountainside thrill. The North Vancouver, Canada, “extreme terrain” contractor specializes in moving earth in places that might give pause to Great Plains contractors. Typical job sites for North are slanted 60 degrees or more. Click for more...

I-5 Project Tackled With Nickel Package →

When the new I-5/SR 502 interchange is completed in Washington State next year, not only will Battle Ground be directly connected to the interstate but a new entry and exit point also will have been provided for the limited access highway, shortening the route between the two roads and leading to reduced travel time. The opening of the interchange also will enhance the safety of travelers, particularly by reducing the number of vehicles backing up on the northbound I-5 off-ramp at SR 502. Click for more...

Working Closely With Residents, Stone Quarry Operation Gains Rare Acceptance in Community →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s rare that residents would accept the idea of a stone quarry operation opening for business in their “backyard.” But the residents of Savage, Md., worked closely with Laurel Sand & Gravel when it was looking at the acres needed to open a new quarry along Highway 1 between Laurel and Savage. Laurel Sand & Gravel founder Kingdon Gould met with local residents in the neighboring communities. Click for more...

Komatsu Adds Two Crawler Dozers to Its HST Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Equipped with Komatsu’s Hydrastatic Transmission (HST), the D39EX-22 and D39PX-22 crawler dozers are designed for work in general construction, site preparation, home building, forestry and utility applications. Building on the success of the D51-22 dozer series, the D39EX-22 machines feature a super-slant nose coupled with a new cab forward design that moves the operator closer to the blade while improving machine balance, ride and stability, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

TGC Development Chomps Through Raleigh Red With Terrain Leveler →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Infrastructure work is rolling along for hundreds of high-dollar homes just northwest of Raleigh-Durham International Airport. TGC Development Inc. has been working at the site, a new section of Brier Creek Country Club, for the last several months. According to Wayne Thompson Jr., president of TGC Development, his firm has been involved in clearing and grading the land, as well as putting in the roads, water and sewer lines and setting up the pads for the home sites. Click for more...

Pa.’s Gateway Project to Open New Doors →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Charles D. Armstrong owned a cork business in Lancaster, Pa., around the turn of the century. Deciding to expand his business, he built a linoleum-manufacturing facility on Liberty Street in 1907, thus founding a company that would become famous for its tile flooring. For a century Armstrong World Industries manufactured this and other products at the facility. It was a flourishing concern, which by the middle of the 1940s employed more than 7,500 workers. Click for more...

Volvo Construction’s New Class of Pipelayers Now Available →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In 2007 Volvo Construction Equipment announced the development of a new product class of pipelaying machines targeting, primarily, contractors in the on-shore oil and gas industry. The first prototype of the Volvo PL4611 and the Volvo PL4608 are now in the field with production availability beginning in the second quarter of 2008. The Volvo Pipelayer represents a major technical advance over traditional pipelaying bulldozers equipped with side booms, the basic design of which originated in the 1930’s and has changed little since, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Blue Goose Takes a Gander at Port St. Lucie Plant Canal →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Long before Blue Goose Construction started to repair the intake/discharge canals at the Port St. Lucie, Fla., nuclear power plant, the toughest part of the job already was complete. Just landing the contract from Florida Power & Light (FPL), which operates the nuclear plant, had Blue Goose folks breathing easier. “We did a lot of work putting presentations together, graphics together, depicting how our process would work and the equipment we had selected going into the bidding process and the selection process,” said Blue Goose General Manager Larry Tarr. Click for more...

Walton Construction Company Widens Hillcrest Road →

Crews have been at work for a little more than a year widening a nearly 2-mi. (3.2 km) stretch of Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Ala., to accommodate increased traffic flow in the growing area. Meanwhile, they’ve had to make sure not to exacerbate the problem. “We have kept two lanes open during the whole project, so delays have been minimal,” said John G. Walton. president of John G. Walton Construction Company in Mobile. Click for more...

Komatsu Crawler Dozer Features SIGMADOZER Blade →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Developed primarily for both ripping and dozing operations, the D155AX-6 crawler dozer combines the SIGMADOZER blade with a new highly efficient automatic shift transmission with lockup torque converter to achieve increased productivity and fuel economy. Komatsu’s crawler dozer has an operating weight of 87,100 lbs. (39,508 kg) and features a powerful, clean SAA6D140E-5 turbocharged, after-cooled diesel engine which provides a maximum net power of 354 hp (264 kW) with hydraulic fan maximum speed: 320 hp (239 kW). Click for more...

Case 1650L Dozer Features Eight-Roller Undercarriage →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Case 1650L crawler dozer, the first model in the company’s new L Series dozer line, features an electronic Tier III certified engine, an electronically controlled variable-displacement dual-path hydrostatic transmission and an eight-roller undercarriage with a hunting tooth sprocket for precise and easy grading. “The 1650L is a completely new machine from the ground up,” said Jim Hughes, marketing manager, Case Construction Equipment. Click for more...

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