Can You Hear Me Now?

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

Customer feedback programs allow operators to play a larger role in equipment design and evolution. After Gregg Perrett, owner and president of Valentine, Neb.-based Perrett Construction, tried for at least a year to give input to manufacturers about his experience operating ...

Rollouts March 2012

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

Your complete guide to new and updated equipment and supplies in the aggregates industry. Improved fuel economy, performance Case Construction Equipment says its new 621F wheel loader provides up to a 10-percent increase in fuel economy over the previous model, while delivering ...

State and Province News March 2012

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

To keep up to date with this breakdown of news in the United States and Canada, visit www.AggMan.com for daily updates. California Graniterock once again hosted more than 50 middle school students for a week-long Algebra Academy at its corporate office in ...

Quality Control is Everything

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

Every aggregate operator spends time and money sampling, sizing, and checking aggregate to make sure it meets requirements. Here are products that can help operators achieve that goal. Endecotts Ltd. Digital sieve shaker Endecotts says its D450 digital sieve shaker is fitted with ...

Holt Cat hosting groundbreaking for Laredo facility relocation

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 21, 2012

Holt Cat, the Caterpillar equipment and engine dealer for South, Central, North, and North East Texas, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Laredo location at 101 South Aviators Road, Laredo, Texas on Tuesday, March 20. Holt Cat purchased ...

Equipment Innovation: Customers, manufacturers chime in on leveraging customer feedback to upgrade equipment

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 21, 2012

Deere, Case, Terex, and Bobcat customers and product experts talk about the process and how they influenced current and future equipment. To read this digital exclusive section on customer feedback and the process these construction equipment manufacturers use for input, go ...

New Road Products

Better Roads Staff - Jan 12, 2012

Henderson Products A floating snow wing mast? That’s Smart If you’re plowing snow this winter, chances are the road you’re on is not perfectly contoured. In fact, it’s probably pretty much beat up – with dips, ruts and possibly breaks – topped off, ...

Bobcat introduces E26 minimal tail swing excavator

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 25, 2011

by Tina Grady Barbaccia LAS VEGAS—Being shown for the first time ever in the United States, Bobcat displayed its E26 minimal tail swing compact excavator at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011. The compact excavator will be added to Bobcat’s M-Series line, which debuted in 2009. ...

Bobcat to feature new loaders, excavators at ConExpo

Lauren Heartsill Dowdle - Feb 17, 2011

Bobcat will launch its four new M-Series loaders and three M-Series excavators, as well as showcase a variety of interactive displays, at ConExpo/Con-Agg 2011. Bobcat is extending the M-Series, “next generation” line, which unveiled its first models in 2009 with ...

Bobcat offers extendable arm for E32, E35 compact excavators

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 24, 2011

An extendable arm option is now available for Bobcat Company’s M-Series E32 and E35 compact excavators. The extendable arm is a telescoping arm provides an additional 30 inches of reach, beyond the standard arm, for both the E32 and ...

Bobcat adds compact excavator to M-Series line

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 24, 2011

Bobcat will add the E55 Conventional Tail Swing compact excavator to its M-Series line this spring, the equipment manufacturer announced at the 2010 World of Concrete trade show held Jan. 18-21 in Las Vegas. The machine has an operating weight of ...

Digital Product Extra: Crawler Dozers & Excavators

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 05, 2011

Here's a look a quick look at the crawler dozers and excavators on the market to help you decide on the best equipment for your agency or operation. For the Better Roads Digital Edition special report, go to http://www.digitalmagazinetechnology.com/a/?KEY=betterroads-11-01january#page=41&zoom=1.

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