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Equipment
Equipment Today Releases 2025 Annual Equipment Showcase
Designed to highlight hundreds of next level solutions for challenge construction jobsites, this year's showcase delivers the top equipment solutions in eight main categories, all aimed at improving your business and its jobsite operations.
March 24, 2025
Equipment Today's Annual Equipment Showcase highlights hundreds of today's latest product releases in earthmoving, attachments, lift equipment, worksite equipment, fleet maintenance, trucks and transportation, roadbuilding, and technology.
Attachments
40 Attachment Solutions to Solve Your Toughest Problems on the Jobsite
In Equipment Today's latest roundup of today's top attachment offerings, we're bringing you the best in buckets, blades, breakers, crushers, concrete drills, mulchers, grapplers and more.
March 24, 2025
Made in the U.S. out of tough Hardox 450 wear plate and designed for extreme duty, Wimmer excavator tilt buckets are designed to be the tough.
Conexpo
Tramac, Montabert to Join Forces at CONEXPO
Montabert
Montabert recently acquired Tramac and the two will share a booth at CONEXPO.
February 21, 2023
A Tramac boom.
Hammers/Breakers
5 Tips to Improved Hydraulic Hammer Operation
Notoriously self-destructive hydraulic hammers require finessing manufacturers’ operating instructions to fit ever-changing demolition working conditions where the difference between a job well done and misuse can be a matter of inches.
May 1, 2022
Get good at finding cracks near the edges of things to set the breaker point on. If the target doesn’t break, reposition at another spot closer to the edge.
Equipment
Bit Selection Tips to Maximize Demolition Efficiency
Brokk
June 1, 2021
Brokk Bit 3
Attachments - Other
Keep Hydraulic Breakers on Point
Preventive maintenance and a skilled operator can keep breakers from turning into scrap metal.
January 7, 2021
The more routinely that the inspections are completed, the better the breaker will perform and the lower the downtime, which maximizes production. These inspections will also enable the operator to get more comfortable with the breaker.
Equipment
Friday Flashback: 5 Articles to Help You Select and Protect Your Construction Fleet
Check out the week's top trending equipment-related articles from the archives of ForConstructionPros.com.
September 18, 2020
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Construction News
Montabert Expands US Reach, Nevada Location to Open
Montabert expands its U.S. reach by opening locations in Illinois, Tennessee and Nevada, allowing for faster shipping to more customers.
January 27, 2020
Montabert Illinois Grand Opening
Concrete
Innovations in Concrete Attachments Boost Uptime, Productivity and Safety
An overview of the latest innovations in concrete cutting and crushing, hammering and drilling, and mixing and scooping.
December 13, 2019
The Danuser Mega Mixer allows operators to mix, scoop and dispense a variety of materials, including bag-mix concrete. Some of the latest changes to the Mega Mixer include an 8-in. diameter and an 8-in. pitch steel auger for faster mixing and dispensing.
Excavators
Select and Set Up Demolition Attachments to Crush Competition
Contractors must match demolition attachments to the task and then select the correct excavator for maximum productivity.
September 14, 2018
Make sure the carrier's auxiliary circuit is set with the proper oil flow and hydraulic operating pressure required for the attachment. Use a hydraulic flow meter to verify rather than rely on what the electronic system is telling you.
Hammers/Breakers
Best Practices for Breaker Selection
When it comes to hydraulic breaker selection, the basics still apply.
June 14, 2018
When sizing a breaker, pay attention to the applications and types of materials it will commonly encounter. Image provided by Epiroc.
Attachments
Stock Attachments to Enhance Productivity and Grow Revenue
December 7, 2016
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Hammers/Breakers
6 Tips on How to Properly Maintain Your Hydraulic Breaker
January 4, 2016
A visual inspection should be completed each time the breaker will be used to help identify any worn or damaged components and prevent unexpected downtime.
Attachments
Attachments Add Value to Demolition Debris
Using demolition attachments to size and sort debris can turn costly co-mingled materials into single entities that can be recycled or reused on the jobsite.
September 17, 2015
R. Baker & Sons used a variety of carriers and attachments on this New Jersey demolition project, including shears, grapples and grapple buckets.
Hammers/Breakers
Refresher on Use and Care of Hydraulic Breaker Attachments
Proper operating techniques and routine maintenance can enhance breaker performance and extend operating life.
June 17, 2015
When a breaker is sized properly to the carrier, energy transmits to the work surface to effectively break material.
Hammers/Breakers
Manufacturers Supply Built-in Protection for Breaker Attachments
Manufacturers have added or, in some cases, taken away features in hydraulic breakers to increase longevity and efficiency and reduce repair costs.
June 17, 2015
Montabert offers an automatic speed variation system on its heavy range breakers to adjust the impact energy and striking rate to match material hardness.
Hammers/Breakers
Precautions for Hydraulic Breaker Use on Compact Equipment
Give extra consideration to a few key points when using breaker attachments on compact excavators and skid-steer or compact track loaders.
June 17, 2015
According to Arrowhead Rockdrill, vibration suppression is a key factor when using breakers on compact equipment. Because of the carrier's smaller size, vibration is more noticeable and can potentially damage to the machine.
Other Components
Breaking the Concrete Mold
The demolition contractor who walked into the Walter S. Pratt & Sons’ rental office in late 2013 had a problem. Workers were quitting almost as fast as he could hire them. He knew the cause – fatigue from operating handheld air hammers.
January 23, 2015
With the Brokk unit, operators can stand several feet away from the machine, putting them two steps ahead when it comes to safety, and as operators gain more experience, the machines come back with less wear.
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