CEG - Fri June 29, 2018
International Paper's Cat 990H Reaches Big Milestone
Willie Keen is responsible for everything with wheels as the mobile equipment owner and manager of International Paper in Oglethorpe, Ga. He has been with the company, which is one of the world's leading producers of fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper, for 38 years....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Fri June 29, 2018
Wheel Loader Design Involves Nuanced Advances Over Time
It's blisteringly hot outside, dust and dirt is flying all around and noise is hammering your eardrums. Such is the environment at a typical construction site in the warmer months, particularly a big job requiring a lot of earthmoving; highway projects and manufacturing plants are perfect examples....
Komatsu - Thu June 28, 2018
Komatsu America Introduces WA480-8 Wheel Loader
Komatsu America Corp. announced the introduction of the new WA480-8 wheel loader. Equipped with an EPA Tier IV Final certified emissions regulations-compliant engine, this latest addition to the wheel loader family combines higher production with lower fuel costs, improved operator comfort and enhanced serviceability, according to the manufacturer....
Volvo - Wed June 27, 2018
Volvo, LEGO Technic Team Up With Children to Create Wheel Loader of the Future
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and LEGO Technic construction toys have joined creative forces with a team of children to design a futuristic, autonomous construction machine. The result: The LEGO Technic Volvo Concept Wheel Loader ZEUX set, scheduled for release in toy stores in August 2018, and the digital prototype for a real-world autonomous machine....
Five Star Equipment - Mon June 25, 2018
Five Star Hosts Dolomite Products at Deere Gold Key Tour
Five Star Equipment recently hosted Dolomite Products of Walworth, N.Y., at the John Deere Davenport Works Gold Key Tour in Davenport, Iowa. Dolomite Products is the first Five Star Equipment customer to purchase the John Deere 944K hybrid wheel loader, the largest wheel loader in the Deere fleet....
CEG Exclusive - Thu May 24, 2018
Video: Hitachi Loaders America Introduces New Hitachi Wheel Loaders
Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders America Inc. (Hitachi Loaders America) introduced the new Hitachi wheel loaders to their dealer network during a three-day Dealer Meeting, “Premiere at Lanier,” held at Lake Lanier Islands in North Georgia....
Doosan - Wed May 16, 2018
Doosan Introduces DL280-5 Wheel Loader with Optional Guarding Package
Doosan Infracore North America LLC has extended its wheel loader lineup with the DL280-5 wheel loader. The DL280-5 is part of the popular category of 3- to 4-cu. yd. wheel loaders. The Doosan DL280-5 is designed to provide operators with enhanced performance and comfort as well as increased uptime protection when working in general construction, scrap and waste-handling applications, according to the manufacturer....
Fri May 04, 2018
A New Generation Transmission for Wheel Loaders to be Launched by Liuzhou ZF Machinery
On April 23, 2018, Chairman Zeng Guang'an of LiuGong Group presided over a BOD meeting at Liuzhou ZF Machinery Co., Ltd (LZZF), a JV of Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co. and ZF Friedrichshafen AG, in which the 2 sides signed an agreement to confirm the manufacture of a new generation transmission of the BP230....
Wed April 25, 2018
Video: Watch Sukut Construction's Teardown of Caterpillar Wheel Loader
Sukut Construction, Inc., of San Bernadino, Calif., recently dismantled a Caterpillar 980G wheel loader. According to the company, the equipment had been vandalized at a previous owner's location, and was not in working order....
Wed April 25, 2018
Liebherr Displays High Performance Wheel Loader, Compact Excavator
Liebherr USA Co. Construction Equipment's R 920 Compact swing crawler excavator combines features of a standard crawler excavator with the advantages of a compact swing machine, while maintaining its high performance and versatility....
