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1 week ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace |Lawson Rudisill
Transcript00:00:00:04 - 00:00:25:03Bryan FurnaceGet reimbursed faster for extra work with Equipment Watch's Rental Rate Blue Book. Learn more at fusable.com/thedirt. Hi everybody. Welcome back to Equipment World. You're watching The Dirt. I'm your host, Bryan. And today we're here to talk about the biggest, most efficient dirt movers in the industry. We're here to talk about scrapers.
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4 weeks ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace |Lawson Rudisill
Bobcat grabbed the construction industry’s attention in April when it rolled out its largest-ever excavators, the E220 and E245. Known for its compact equipment, Bobcat is venturing into bigger machines, and on this episode of The Dirt, we find out why. Ryan Saunders, Bobcat senior marketing specialist for product planning, comes on the show to give us the rundown on the bigger excavators, the company’s strategy with them and, of course, all the key specs and features operators will find.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace
00:00:00:10 - 00:00:22:01Bryan FurnaceToday we're back with more electric stuff. But today we're not talking about equipment necessarily. We're talking about possibly the fuel truck of the future. One of the biggest hurdles that we talk about when it comes to electric equipment is actual distribution. 00:00:22:01 - 00:00:39:11Bryan FurnaceHow do you get power to your jobsite, let alone to your excavator that is a half mile down the road that you're not going to track back to the charging station?
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace
TranscriptCase launched the world’s first electric backhoe on the market earlier this year, and on this episode of The Dirt, host and professional operator Bryan Furnace puts it through its paces in a side-by-side comparison with the company’s diesel model. Case first revealed the electric backhoe as Project Zeus at ConExpo 2020.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace
TranscriptNow that the dust has settled from the presidential election, what can contractors expect going forward for the construction economy under the Trump administration? To answer that question and more, Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors, gives us an overview of what to expect, what to look for and where there may be some opportunities, on this episode of The Dirt.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace
TranscriptWhen it‚Äôs time for mass excavation, Dig Robotics has developed aftermarket technology that helps operators move more dirt in less time with less fuel, according to its cofounder. Noam Rotem, Dig Robotics‚Äô cofounder and chief excavation officer, comes on The Dirt to explain how the ‚Äúoperator guidance‚ÄĚ system works and why it‚Äôs different than machine control.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace
Advanced technology is not only coming to construction machines but to worker protective equipment as well, including devices designed to help workers in emergencies. On this episode of The Dirt, we hear from Christian Connolly, CEO of Twiceme, a Swedish safety company that has developed a system that instantly provides medical and other important information about an injured worker.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace
TranscriptSkid steers and compact track loaders are made for running all kinds of attachments, and those attachments come in a variety of sizes and performance levels. So how do you know what’s the best tool for your compact loader? On this episode of The Dirt, Chrisopher Storr, product training manager for Blue Diamond Attachments, walks us through the process for choosing the correct tool and why sometimes the “biggest and baddest” attachment is a terrible choice.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
constructionhq.world | Bryan Furnace |Lawson Rudisill
Liebherr, a German-based company with 75 years of history, has been active in the U.S. construction equipment market since 1970. The company currently offers seven models of dozers, now in their eighth generation, covering a range of class sizes from 29,000 to 160,000 pounds. All Liebherr dozers are equipped with hydrostatic drive technology, a feature that sets them apart, including the PR 776—the largest dozer in the world using this system.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
equipmentworld.com | Bryan Furnace
00:00:00:11 - 00:00:28:18Bryan FurnaceToday we're here to talk about dozers, but we're here to talk about a name that's not as well known here in the US. We're here to talk about Lee bear. We're going to go through their dozer lineup, give you a quick rundown and then tell you some of the things that sets Lee bear apart in the dozer space. 00:00:28:21 - 00:00:45:06Bryan FurnaceHere in the US especially, you don't hear the Liebherr brand thrown around all that much.
