Excavators and articulated dump trucks are an efficient earthmoving system when everything it set up properly. "You want to size the truck to the excavator or the excavator to the truck," notes ...

In the first in a series of short jobsite efficiency videos, Caterpillar's Mark Whiting tells how to maximize your advantages loading haul trucks with an excavator Caterpillar's Mark Whiting has spent ...

A crawler excavator is an earthmoving machine that can dig trenches, load trucks, lift pipe, and handle attachments, such as hydraulic breakers, shears, and grapples. On this page, find the best ...

Texas-based equipment company Alamo Group Inc. has acquired Petersen Industries Inc., which makes truck-mounted grapple ...

Manufacturers of construction equipment, trucks, building supplies and industrial software are still ringing up sales, despite slowdowns in other parts of the U.S. economy. A backlog of orders ...

Two key factors determine how fast a properly sized wheel loader can load trucks—the trucks' position relative to loading face, and how well the operator fills the bucket with each pass. Construction ...