Link-Belt Cranes - Mon May 11, 2020
Link-Belt Service Promotes Tony Hatton to Warranty Administrator
Link-Belt Cranes announced the promotion of Tony Hatton to warranty administrator, effective May 1, 2020. Hatton has been a hydraulic crane service technician in Link-Belt Service since September 2011....
Link-Belt Excavators - Tue April 14, 2020
LBX Receives 2020 Highest Retained Value Award for Link-Belt 245 X4
LBX Company announced that the Link-Belt 245 X4 Spin Ace has won the EquipmentWatch 2020 Highest Retained Value Award in the Excavator Crawler Medium (21.1-50.0 MT) category. Winners were announced March 10 at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2020....
Link-Belt Cranes - Mon March 30, 2020
Wilhite Crane & Rigging Lifts Secretariat Statue Into Place
An artist in Norman, Okla., Jocelyn Russell, was commissioned to create a 3,800 lb. bronze statue of Secretariat racing with its famed jockey, Ron Turcotte. Wilhite Crane & Rigging of Lexington lifted the Secretariat statue in late fall 2019....
LBX - Thu March 26, 2020
Shafer Equipment Company Prevails in Charity Auction for Excavator
Jay Shafer of Shafer Equipment Company, Sparks, Nev., placed the winning bid of $145,000 to claim a Link‐Belt 145 X4 Spin Ace hydraulic excavator. The auction was held March 12, 2020, during the ConExpo-Con/AGG construction equipment show in Las Vegas, NV....
Link-Belt Cranes - Wed March 25, 2020
Link-Belt 348 Series 2 Combination Top on Full Display in Vegas
Link-Belt Cranes had the 300-ton (273-t) 348 Series 2 on display at ConExpo 2020. For the first time since introduction, Link-Belt displayed the new 348 Series 2 with its new luffing attachment configuration utilizing a conventional combination top....
Link-Belt Excavators - Thu March 05, 2020
LBX, Trimble Announce Precision Grade Upgrade Kits for Link-Belt 160X4, 245X4 and 350X4 Excavators
LBX and Trimble announced Link-Belt Precision Grade — powered by Trimble Earthworks — upgrade kits for Link-Belt 160 X4, 245 X4 Spin Ace and 350 X4 hydraulic excavators. These kits provide all necessary components, hardware and software required to upgrade a standard machine to 2D/MG (machine guidance) or 2D/MC (machine control), or upgrade a machine with 2D/MG already installed to a 2D/MC capable machine....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue March 03, 2020
Walsh Makes Progress on ODOT's I-480 Valley View Bridges
Solid progress is being made on the multi-year $227 million, design-build I-480 Valley View bridges deck replacement project in northeast Ohio, an Ohio Department of Transportation initiative that began in November 2017 and will be completed by June 30, 2024....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 27, 2020
$174M Turnpike Interchange Project Ramps Up in Allegheny County
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is currently heading up an interchange project in Allegheny and Washington counties. PA Turnpike 576, Section 55C2-1 is a project that extends from approximately 1 mi....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu February 27, 2020
Latest Accelerated Bridge Construction Project Proceeds in Massachusetts
The Route 18 road widening and bridge reconstruction project in Weymouth and Abington is the latest Accelerated Bridge construction project in Massachusetts, which includes others in the Accelerated Bridge Program, an eight year $3 billion campaign that targeted more than 500 bridges across the state....
Link-Belt Excavators - Wed February 26, 2020
LBX Announces Link-Belt LSG Series, LCG Series Work Tools
Link-Belt's LSG Series scrap grapples and LCG Series contractor handling grapples are designed for scrap handling, construction and demolition sorting, and bulk material handling. LSG Series Work ToolsLSG Series scrap grappleThe Link-Belt scrap grapple is a low-maintenance, high-capacity orange peel grapple designed for high volume scrap yard processing....
