Komatsu WA270-7 wheel loader features 10-percent decrease in fuel consumption

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 29, 2013

Our sister site, Equipment World, reported on Komatsu America’s WA270-7 wheel loader, which lowers fuel consumption by up to 10 percent compared to the WA250-6. A Tier 4 Interim SAA6D107E-2 engine powers the 28,836-pound machine and delivers 149 net horsepower. The WA270-7 ...

Volvo unveils commemorative L60G loader at Shippensburg expansion celebration

Amanda Bayhi - Mar 22, 2013

Our sister publication, Equipment World, reported on Volvo’s celebration of its $100 million plant expansion in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The celebration took place Thursday, when Volvo unveiled a commemorative L60G wheel loader donning an American flag on one side and a ...

Ritchie Bros. to break auction records in Las Vegas

Lauren Heartsill Dowdle - Mar 15, 2011

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will conduct a multimillion dollar unreserved public auction at the company’s auction site in Las Vegas on March 24-25. More than 300 consignors have listed more than 2,200 equipment items and trucks to be sold to the ...

Diesel Power Equipment offers Doosan generators

Lauren Heartsill Dowdle - Mar 15, 2011

Diesel Power Equipment of Omaha, Nebraska, now offers the full mobile generator line from Doosan Portable Power. Diesel Power Equipment is a full-service company providing sales and rental of standby and mobile power generation systems, ranging from 7 to 1,500 kW. ...

Vovo moves North American HQ to Shippensburg

Marcia Gruver Doyle - Mar 15, 2011

Volvo Construction Equipment is moving its North American headquarters to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, spending $100 million to expand its facility to start wheel loader, articulated hauler and excavator production. The move, scheduled to be complete by September, 2012, also involves Volvo Rents. The move ...

Kawasaki designs, builds wheel loader ‘For the Cure’

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 01, 2010

Kawasaki has designed and built a 70TMV-2 “For the Cure” wheel loader at the request of Mid-Country Machinery in Iowa. Painted light pink with bright pink “Susan G. Komen for the Cure” decals, the wheel loader was ordered by the new ...

New Road Products: New Power Equipment, Materials and Supplies for the Road Market

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2009

Two machines, several new technologies Komatsu America Corp.’s newest wheel loader, the WA470-6, features a large-capacity torque converter, 272 horsepower, an operating weight between 51,850 to 52,150 pounds, and dump clearance of 10-feet, 5 inches when equipped with a 5.5-cubic-yard general-purpose ...