New Road Products

Better Roads Staff - Sep 07, 2011

Eaton Vocational truck efficiency? Expanded line makes it automatic An automatic transmission in a vocational truck application is no longer a pipedream or even a novelty. In fact, as transmission system suppliers continue to develop and grow their product lines, automatics have ...

JCB: 18 new skid steer models in 2011

Marcia Gruver Doyle - Nov 08, 2010

JCB announced it would take the skid steer market head on with the introduction of 18 "price competitive" Series 3 models in 2011. According to John Patterson, deputy chairman, the company's move from 8 to 18 skid steer models was driven by ...

Volvo CE and VT LeeBoy finalize strategic alliance

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 09, 2010

Volvo Construction Equipment and VT LeeBoy have finalized a strategic alliance agreement for LeeBoy to supply certain pavers and road wideners to Volvo dealers under the Blaw-Knox brand. LeeBoy will also take full responsibility for product support of these machines, ...

Featured Article: The 2009 Top Rollouts

Brooke Wisdom - Dec 01, 2009

The 2009 Top Rollouts Here's our annual selection of the year's most significant new product introductions Throughout the year the editors of Better Roads review products new to the highway and bridge industries. We ask questions about their significance and whether they ...