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RDO Vermeer Wins Pinnacle Award

RDO Equipment Co.

RDO Vermeer, part of the RDO Equipment Co. network of heavy equipment dealerships, was honored with five awards at Vermeer's annual dealer year end neeting. Among the awards received was Vermeer's top accolade, the Pinnacle Dealer Award.

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Sponsored Content

Versatility or Affordability? Choose Both with Propane

Propane Education and Research Council (PERC)

Propane’s portability and reliability make it the ideal energy for whatever rental equipment your project needs.

Versatility or Affordability? Choose Both with Propane

SkyGuard System Now Standard on All JLG Boom Lifts

'After working to continuously improve SkyGuard, JLG has now made it a standard feature and is included in the price of the machine'

When activated, the SkyGuard system stops all functions in use at the time, then temporarily reverses or undoes most functions that were in use when the system was activated.

Reintroduced Bill Aims to Fast-track Infrastructure Funding, Speed Up Highway Construction Projects

Revamped Build USA Infrastructure bill would move $21.4 billion annually in fees collected by Customs and Border Patrol from the general fund to the Highway Trust Fund from 2021 through 2026

EquipmentWatch Names 2017 Highest Retained Value Award Winners

Awards recognize winners in construction, agricultural and lift/access equipment categories

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January US Housing Starts Fall as Single-Family Units Continue Rise

Total housing starts dropped 2.6% in January, but single-family starts rose 1.9%; permit issuance continues to point in the direction of housing’s consensus forecasts for 2017

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Demag AC 500-8 All Terrain Crane

Terex Corporation

Now available to the United States' market, the Terex Demag AC500-8 all terrain crane features an innovative IC-1 Plus control system designed to provide the carne's maximum allowable lifting capacity for every crane configuration

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Deere Net Income Plunges 24% in First Quarter with a Big Hit in Construction Profits

Deere & Company Q1 sales rose 2%, but net income was 23.8% below the same period of 2016. Construction & Forestry equipment sales fell 6%, and operating profit was cut by more than half

Deere & Company worldwide net sales for the first quarter increased 2%, to $5.625 billion, but net sales of the equipment operations fell 1.5% to $4.698 billion for the quarter. Sales of construction and forestry equipment decreased 6% for the quarter, and operating profit in the division fell by more than half.

Safway Launches Infrastructure Services Group

Safway Group Holding LLC

Safway announces the launch of a new Infrastructure Services Group, created to provide safe and productive solutions for the construction, maintenance and repair of bridges, railroads, airports, shipping ports and other transportation systems and more.

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Welding Equipment & Supplies

Miller Named 2016 Supplier of the Year by United Rentals

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC

Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has been named the 2016 Supplier of the Year by United Rentals. The equipment rental team from Miller recently received the honor at the annual United Rentals Supplier Show.

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Mini Skid Steer, Track Loaders

Bobcat MT85 Brings Big-Machine Benefits

We spent the day with the new Bobcat MT85 mini track loader to put it through its paces and find out how some its new features affect performance and feel, and also how it compares to its predecessor, the now discontinued MT52.

Larry Stewart, editor of ForConstructionPros.com, is shown putting the new Bobcat MT85 through its paces. With 850 lbs. rated operating capacity, the MT85 replaces Bobcat's MT52, rated at 520 lbs. The new machine also added more than 10 in. of lift height, with a hinge pin now at 81.6 in.

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[VIDEO] Novice Orientation to Operating Bobcat’s MT85 Mini Track Loader

Bobcat of Janesville’s Casey Funseth talks through the operating controls of the newest Bobcat mini track loader, and offers advice to help a novice operator get productive fast

[VIDEO] Novice Orientation to Operating Bobcat’s MT85 Mini Track Loader

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[VIDEO] Closeup Operating Impressions: Bobcat MT85 vs MT52 Mini Track Loaders

An almost 65% leap in operating capacity delivers some surprising results; inexperienced operators talk about getting comfortable riding on vs. trailing behind with differing controls

[VIDEO] Closeup Operating Impressions: Bobcat MT85 vs MT52 Mini Track Loaders

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