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1 week ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
A Connecticut contractor and equipment operator were sentenced this month to two years of probation for felony second-degree manslaughter related to a deadly trench collapse in 2022. Dennis John Botticello, 70, owner of Botticello Inc. of Manchester, and Glen Locke, 68, who was operating an excavator for Botticello when the incident occurred, were sentenced to two years in jail, suspended for two years of probation May 16 in Rockville Superior Court.
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1 week ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
Komatsu’s first and largest-ever hydraulic excavator, the PC9000, has made its journey across the Atlantic Ocean – with a stop at the Port of Galveston in Texas – and is now in action at an oil sands mine in Canada. The nearly 2-million-pound behemoth began its 8,700-mile journey over road, river and ocean in winter after being manufactured at Komatsu Germany Mining Division’s factory in Düsseldorf.
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1 week ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
Blue Diamond Attachments' new hydraulic rock rake for skid steers and compact track loaders can collect rocks from ¾-inch to 8 inches into its integrated bucket for smoothing out terrain. The attachment rakes at 68 inches wide with its 484 staggered teeth made of AR400 hardened steel. The teeth are mounted to “a double channel bolt-on bar system that is reversible and replaceable for extended service life,” Blue Diamond says.
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1 week ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
Vermeer and Seattle-based company Interlune revealed a full-size prototype “excavator” to dig up dirt on the moon at 100 metric tons per hour to harvest helium-3. Interlune has already landed agreements with the federal government and a private company to bring the non-radioactive isotope back to Earth, where it could potentially be used for extremely powerful quantum computing and clean fusion in producing nuclear energy.
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2 weeks ago | 
totallandscapecare.com | Don McLoud
John Deere has developed a new satellite-based mapping system for its motor graders to keep operators safe and prevent property damage when plowing snow-covered roads. Called John Deere Path, it uses the company’s StarFire receiver, G5 display and Operations Center to keep motor graders on the road and away from obstacles. The system can even be used on plow trucks.
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2 weeks ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
Caterpillar views its next-generation medium-sized wheel loaders as building blocks that owners can seamlessly add technology to as their demands grow. To that end, the loaders can now be equipped with the company’s most advanced systems, including remote-control operation, collision warning, 360-degree camera vision, and Advanced Payload tracking. The loaders are also available with a variety of tech designed to make operators of all experience levels more efficient and less fatigued.
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2 weeks ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
John Deere has developed a new satellite-based mapping system for its motor graders to keep operators safe and prevent property damage when plowing snow-covered roads. Called John Deere Path, it uses the company’s StarFire receiver, G5 display and Operations Center to keep motor graders on the road and away from obstacles. The system can even be used on plow trucks.
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3 weeks ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
Manitowoc has launched its largest Grove telescopic crawler crane, the 200-ton-capacity, 185-foot-tall GHC200. The crane is fully self-rigging and can be transported to a jobsite in six to seven loads, the company says. And if you need more than the 185-foot-long main boom, you can configure it with a 71.5-foot manual or hydraulic swing-away extension for a total height of 265.7 feet. The crane can swing 360 degrees and pick and carry 100% of its load chart on inclines up to 4 degrees.
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3 weeks ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
Vermeer has launched the Verifier G1 utility locator, designed to a be an easy-to-use device for finding buried utilities before excavation. The handheld locator detects utilities as the operator sweeps the receiver back and forth over the ground and will provide an estimated depth of the line on its LCD display. It eliminates complex menus and settings, according to Vermeer. You simply turn it on to start locating. Vermeer says its depth measurements are precise to 2.5% at 6.5 feet.
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3 weeks ago | 
equipmentworld.com | Don McLoud
For contractors wanting to ease into material crushing, attachments manufacturer Remu has launched a new product line of excavator crusher buckets. The jaw crushers can process brick, rock, concrete and asphalt. They are made of Hardox steel and are powered by Rockzone rock crusher technology. The buckets first scoop the material and then crush it into small pieces that sift out the bottom of the buckets onto the ground. The operator does not have to leave the cab.
