Feb 4, 2025 · Construction Equipment helps fleet asset managers improve their performance in acquiring and managing heavy equipment and trucks.

Construction Equipment’s Top 100 New Products is the longest-running awards program of its kind in the industry. Each year, our editors evaluate the products introduced over the previous months and choose those considered most innovative.

Jan 7, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine control, and autonomy are fortifying machine intelligence for the future. Concept robotic machines—such as Kubota’s KATR, a compact, four-wheeled robot for off-road agricultural and construction applications—are a more recent introduction, but may be coming down the pike sooner rather than later.. Brett McMickell, CTO …

Dec 9, 2024 · The fleet replacement rates continued healthy in 2024, at 11%, and is expected to be the same for 2025, at 10.9%. These are historically high rates of replacement, signaling that fleets may be reaching the end of extended lifecycle management brought on by substantial increases in new-machine prices and supply chain issues.

Dec 6, 2024 · Artificial Intelligence, machine control, and autonomy are already here and fortifying machine intelligence for the future. The industry is poised to progress beyond grade control, as compactors and excavators are at the forefront of equipment testing the latest technologies. Soil and asphalt compaction, trenching, and bulk excavation may reap the earliest benefits.

Jan 6, 2025 · In a barren California field, an autonomous articulated dump truck has worn a singular pair of tracks as it has operated its programmed maneuvers simulating the loading, traveling, and dumping required in a quarry operation.. The John Deere 460 P Tier articulated dump truck is a development model introduced to construction editors at an event in …

Jan 9, 2025 · Although the more frequent introductions of compact and so-called “midi” excavators grab the headlines, there have been some have been some significant new medium-to-large workhorses recently introduced in the 60,000- to 80,000-pound range. These models are usually loaded with technology aimed at making operation easier and more efficient.. Link-Belt …

Dec 5, 2024 · It isn't often a new player joins an established category, but Develon introduced its first crawler dozer, the DD100, to North America in 2022.. Learn why Develon brought dozers to North America. Now comes a bigger brother, the 145-horsepower DD130. Develon field product manager Troy Hitchcock takes Construction Equipment on a walk-around, highlighting the six …

Dec 23, 2024 · Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas and its parent, Hitachi Construction Machinery, recently held their own version of “Shark Tank” as construction technology start-ups pitched ideas with the hope of collaboration with the companies.At the minimum, the winners will join Hitachi’s stand at Bauma in Munich, Germany, April 7-13, 2025.

Dec 17, 2024 · In 2022 the company introduced the DD100 crawler in the under 140-horsepower category. Its second dozer to market is the DD130, which checks in at 145 horsepower and has a six-way power-tilt angle blade, standard electro-hydraulic controls, and a heavier than usual frame for its size.. Visualize a D4-sized machine only with a whole lot of orange. It isn’t often that a …