Off-Highway Trucks

Komatsu HD785-7 Truck Features Clean Burning Engine →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America’s HD785-7 off-highway truck with Tier II engine features a powerful, clean burning Komatsu SAA12V140E-3 turbocharged, after cooled engine that provides a maximum net output of 1,178 hp (878 kW). High Performance for Enhanced ProductivityThe truck’s engine performance delivers acceleration and travel speeds with high horsepower per ton. High torque at low speed, increased acceleration and low fuel consumption ensure maximum productivity. Click for more...

Hoist Controls Available on J&J Dump Truck Bodies →

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers, a division of Somerset Welding & Steel Inc. and a manufacturer of dump bodies, trailers, and specialty truck equipment, is installing True Feather hoist controls on its commercial dump truck bodies. Air feather valves are popular mechanisms to raise and lower the hoist on commercial dump bodies. In the past, controlling the speed or "feathering" the hoist with standard air feather valves when raising and lowering the dump body was often difficult and prone to unpredictable hoist behavior, according to the company. Click for more...

Hitachi’s X850LC-3 Aids Mining Operation in Eastern Ky. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Formed in March 2004, Louisa, Ky.-based Diamond Energy has been working a 114-acre (46 ha) site in eastern Kentucky. Owner and president Glen Pope said mining there was a foregone conclusion. “I’ve been involved in mining in one way or another for many years, so you could say it’s in my blood,” he said. “I’d only owned a mine once previously, but rising coal prices and the availability of this site steered me back into it. Click for more...

Terex Site Dumpers Fit Where Dump Trucks Cannot →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Used for years on European construction sites, Terex PT2000, PT3000 and PT4000H site dumpers are now available to the North American market. Using Terex site dumpers, North American contractors will find it easier to move materials in confined areas, around or behind buildings — where they can’t fit or move a traditional dump truck. According to Terex Product Manager Ernie Ferguson, “Whether you have a big or small site, you’re a landscaper or construction contractor, whatever the application, site dumpers will help save many hours of hand labor loading and unloading materials on your job site, versus the efficiency of one worker on a Terex site dumper doing the job.”The multi-purpose Terex Power Tip (PT), or forward dump, site dumpers are designed to move a variety of materials, including dirt, clay, sand, stone, concrete and fertilizer. Click for more...

Genie Z-40/23N Articulating Boom Fits Through Narrow Passageways →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Genie Industries unveiled its new Z-40/23N Self-Propelled Articulating Boom. Ideal for “up, out and over” applications in tight workspaces, the Z-40/23N offers contractors a narrow profile of 4 ft. 11 in. (1.5 m) wide, which allows it to easily fit through standard-sized double doors. With a tight turning radius of just 2 ft. 11 in. (0.61 m), the Z-40/23N can easily maneuver through tight passageways and congested work areas. Click for more...

Sterling Bullet Trucks Now Available at Tracey Road Equip. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Tracey Road Equipment now has new Sterling Bullet trucks available. The new Sterling Bullet, competing in Classes 4 and 5, is suited for construction, utility, municipality, government and local pickup and delivery. Bullet is available in both two-door and quad-cab models, with 4x2 and 4x4 drivelines. It features 50,000 psi front frame rails and its chassis components are mounted below the top of the frame. Click for more...

Thompson Boosts Fleet to Handle Charlotte Boom →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Shane Thompson is taking advantage of the development boom in the Charlotte area. The president of Thompson Grading Inc. has increased its fleet by approximately 40 percent in the past year to be able to keep up with the work happening all around the Woodruff, S.C.-based contractor. In addition to grading a 230-acre (93 ha) segment of the 520-acre (210 ha) Vineyards on Lake Wylie in Belmont, Thompson said he’s gearing up for work at the Buffalo Ranch development near Harrisburg, N.C., as well as the future site of IKEA in Charlotte. Click for more...

Hitzfield Excavating Paves Memory Lane in Indiana →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Back in June 2006, there was much hoopla at Iowa’s John Deere Dubuque Works. Not only were they building their 10,000th J-Series Dozer on that day, but also there was a big Gold Key Event for the 10,000th J-Series Dozer customer — Larry Hitzfield of Hitzfield Excavating of Roanoke, Ind. Deere Iron, Old and New“I’ve sold more Deere iron than I bought,” Hitzfield said. “Our company has been raving about the quality of these machines to anyone who would listen since 1961. Click for more...

Mr. Lift Truck Offers Lifting, Earthmoving Machines →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Don’t let the name fool you. Mr. Lift Truck, while it specializes in equipment that helps lift things, offers a few pieces of earthmoving machinery, too. The company added Terex and Genie complete lines in 2002 and Mustang skid steers in 2003. “The dirt equipment business has been very good to us,” said President Don Woods. “It complements the work we do with forklifts and gives us a wide area of coverage.”The Miami, Fla.-based company got its start in 1979 as a used forklift dealer. Click for more...

Swank Improves Inlets to Grove City Outlets →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Shoppers of the Prime Outlets in Grove City, Pa., and area residents will soon enjoy more traffic lanes and easier access to their favorite stores. The Route 208 at I-79 project was designed to accomplish three primary purposes: realignment of the intersection of Route 258/Prime Outlet Mall Drive to improve traffic flow and decrease congestion on Route 208 and I-79; widening of Route 208 to help accommodate future development; and improvement of usage characteristics of the I-79 ramps. Click for more...

GM Demolishes Plant in Lansing, Mich. →

Due to the prohibitive cost of operating safely and in an environmentally friendly manner in two existing plants in Lansing, Mich., General Motors Corporation constructed two new facilities (the Grand River Assembly and Delta Township plants) to replace them. The new facilities are capable of producing vehicles more efficiently, economically and safely. Now comes the job of demolishing, recycling and removing the two old plants — the Fisher Body Plant (Plant Six) and the Oldsmobile Plant (Plant One), located approximately 1.5 mi. Click for more...

GVT Creates Products to Improve Truck Performance →

From Construction Equipment Guide... GT Development and Norgren’s Global Truck Group have combined forces in a new business unit called Global Vehicle Technologies (GVT), an international developer of products for a broad range of heavy-duty truck cab/chassis and powertrain applications. Fleets and owner-operators have been using GT Development and Norgren products for years, but most don’t know it. “Our products don’t carry our name and aren’t usually visible to truck operators,” said Mike Bozich, GVT president. Click for more...

Concrete Trucks Race to Keep Up With WMC’s Pace →

From Construction Equipment Guide... WMC Contracting Company in Trenton, Tenn., has been in the construction business since 1950, and has specialized in all kinds of slipform concrete projects. If it thinks the project can be slipformed, it will figure out a way to do it with its GOMACO machines, using either one of its Commander IIIs or GT-3600. Dennis Garcia, president of WMC Contracting, has just as much experience in the concrete industry as the company he’s currently operating. Click for more...

Komatsu America Launches Off-Highway Dump Truck →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp. has introduced the HD785-7 off-highway truck with Tier II engine. The new truck features a powerful, clean burning Komatsu SAA12V140E-3 turbocharged, aftercooled engine that provides a maximum net output of 1,178 hp (878 kW). The engine is EPA Tier II emission certified. Special features of the HD785-7 include:• High Performance for Enhanced ProductivityThe truck’s engine performance delivers acceleration and travel speeds with high horsepower per ton. Click for more...

J.C. Lee Foreman Wins Ram Truck at Pittsburgh Expo →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Contractors, landscapers and public works crews weathered sub-zero temperatures (and that was before the wind chill factor) to attend the third annual Pittsburgh Construction Expo Feb. 6 and 7. The venue, the ExpoMart in Monroeville, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, was filled with heavy equipment, exhibitors and attendees during the two-day show. More than 100 exhibitors vied for the attention of a steady stream of expo guests from western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Click for more...

Caterpillar Lift Truck Forks Equipped With XAR Steel →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Cat Lift Trucks’ new WR6000-WR8000 series of AC powered electric end-rider walkie lift trucks features an AC controller matched to drive motor power requirements with efficiency. The series offers two models with capacities of 6,000 and 8,000 lbs. (2,722 and 3,629 kg), both of which are engineered for manufacturing, industrial and commercial applications. The AC electric end-rider walkies are ideal for food packaging, general stocking, and manufacturing applications where long runs, floor-level order-picking and the need for maneuverability are a substantial part of the working day. Click for more...

Study Proposes I-10 Bypass Could Ease Truck Traffic Flow →

From Construction Equipment Guide... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Transportation Board may study an Interstate 10 bypass route that would allow trucks and other traffic to avoid the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. S.L. Schorr, who represents Pima County on the board, proposed the bypass at a board meeting Dec. 14 in Tucson, saying it’s needed because the interstate is getting more congested. Schorr said Tucson is the only city along the I-10 route from California to Florida that does not have a bypass option for trucks or those who don’t intend to get off the highway in the city. Click for more...

Elusive Komatsu HM400 Spotted on N.Y. Contractors Job Site →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The business was started in 1982 by Michael Ritter as a residential tree service. The company expanded rapidly in the 1990s after Frank Paratore purchased an interest in its operation. Today the company operates as a large enterprise performing excavation, site work, demolition and environmental work. In 1994, Frank Paratore bought into the company with Michael Ritter as president. Paratore had a background as a certified public accountant (CPA) and Ritter was one of his customers, but they had known each other since they were children. Click for more...

Superior Industries Expands Truck Unloading Products →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Superior Industries has added another model to the RazerTail truck unloader product line. The 48-in. (122 cm) RazerTail unloader has a 6-ft. (1.8 m) discharge height, 50-hp (37 kW) motor, 44-ft. (1.3 m) in length and capable of 1,000 ton (907 t) per hour. Superior’s RazerTail truck unloaders are road portable and can be moved from job to job. This truck unloader includes hydraulic ramps for quick and easy cleanup of material spillage, eliminates contamination of material due to multiple handling and will reduce operating costs by eliminating the need for loaders, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Ex-Bank VP Hauls Over Career With Trucking Company →

From Construction Equipment Guide... FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) Janet Parsons’ red trucks are as well manicured as her nails. The former BB&T vice president keeps her fleet as sharp looking as the power suits tucked away in her closet. Even though her corporate clothes have been replaced by jeans and comfortable shirts, her approach to business has remained smartly focused since starting DJP Trucking Inc. in 1998. She spent 23 years in the banking industry as a programmer and assistant vice president. Click for more...

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