Link-Belt News, Videos, and Information

Wed June 06, 2007

Link-Belt 298 HSL Fills Gap in Lattice Boom Crane Line

Link-Belt’s 298 HSL, a 230-ton (208.6 t) hydraulic lattice boom crawler crane fills out Link-Belt’s crawler crane line providing Link-Belt quality between 200 and 300 tons. It also provides a replacement for all the aging 230-ton crawlers in fleets around the world....

Wed February 14, 2007

LBX Announces New Link-Belt X2 Series Excavators

LBX Company has introduced the new Link-Belt X2 Series of excavators. Power is achieved in the X2 due to the interaction between engine power and hydraulic power. The engine, hydraulics and on-board computer are matched to provide maximum power, productivity and efficiency, according to the manufacturer....

Brenda Ruggiero - Wed February 07, 2007

IUOE Negotiates Buying Agreement With Link-Belt

In the construction industry, training is an important part of the overall equation. Projects cannot be completed without equipment, but equipment cannot be run without operators. For the operators to run the equipment, they must first go through training....

Wed June 28, 2006

Link-Belt’s Martz Named ConExpo-Con/AGG 2008 Chairman

Chuck Martz, president of Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. in Lexington, KY, has been named chairman of the ConExpo-Con/AGG 2008 exposition, which will be held March 11 to 15, 2008, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV....

Kate Zanoni - Thu December 29, 2005

Link-Belt Helps Contractors Tackle Mountainous Project

Contractors Crane Service (CCS) is taking on a project the size of a mountain and has enlisted the help of a new Link-Belt 138 H5 crane to get the job done. CCS recently purchased the crane in October from Woods CRW Corp....

Sat November 26, 2005

Link-Belt Names CMI as New Crane Dealer in Alaska

Bill Stramer, vice president, marketing, sales and customer support, has announced the signing of Construction Machinery Industrial LLC (CMI) as the Link-Belt crane distributor for the entire state of Alaska....

Sat August 27, 2005

Link-Belt Names Colwell as Lower Michigan Dealer

LBX Company, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, announced the appointment of Colwell Equipment Co. Inc. as the authorized dealer of Link-Belt excavators, forestry equipment, scrap and material handling equipment in lower Michigan....

Sat August 13, 2005

Gatwood Adds Link-Belt HTC-8690s to Its Fleet With Help of McAllister

Gatwood Crane Rental Service Inc. in Arlington Heights, IL, not only purchased its very first Link-Belt crane ever, it tripled it and purchased three HTC-8690 telescopic truck cranes for delivery in the first quarter of 2005....

Wed April 13, 2005

Gulf Coast Crane Rental Adds Link-Belt HTC8690

The fleet of cranes available for rent at Gulf Coast Crane Rental in Ft. Myers, FL, grew again in December. Don Chisum purchased a Link-Belt HTC8690 and has kept it busy since it arrived. Primarily, he said it has been used to set precast concrete planks and one contractor, Colonial Construction, in Englewood, FL, has been taking up most of its time, Chisum said....

Wed April 14, 2004

Link-Belt Signs On With Snead Supply in North Alabama

LBX Company, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, recently announced that Snead Ag Supply & Service in Snead, AL, is an authorized distributor of Link-Belt excavators, articulated trucks, wheel loaders and material handlers for Alabama....