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Rides roads or rails
 Gradall’s
new XL 3300 Track Star is a 148-horsepower, 34,000-pound telescoping boom
excavator that can power itself to work on rails as well as on or off road
surfaces.
The four-wheel-drive unit has a 20-foot, 2-inch
digging depth and a ground level reach of 27 feet, 7 inches. Attachments for
the boom include a mower, a grapple, a grading blade, and a variety of
buckets. The low-profile unit is said to work efficiently under trees,
bridges, and signage.
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Long-reaching compact
 Bobcat
designed its new 323 compact excavator to reach further and dig faster
than competing models.
The 3,655-pound, 13-horsepower machine can dig
7-feet, 6-inches deep and has a maximum reach of 12 feet, 10 inches at
ground level. Its two-speed travel motors propel it to 1.4 miles per hour in
low and up to 2.4 miles per hour in high.
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Compact, affordable recycler
 Morbark
calls its Model 2600 Wood Hog a compact, affordable wood-waste recycler that
fills an important niche in terms of price and application. Designed for
easy transportation, the unit is 7-feet, 11-inches wide, 34-feet long, and
has a height of 11 feet, 6 inches. Morbark says the 24,200-pound recycler is
best suited for green waste and light demolition debris and can reach
production rates up to 14 tons per hour.
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Long-reach boom mower
RockHound Attachments designed its 40EX Excavator
Flail Attachment Mower to make any excavator or backhoe loader into a
long-reach boom mower. The company calls it an affordable unit that can cut
and mulch small trees, grass, and brush. It is 40-inches wide and uses a
direct drive 90-horsepower hydraulic motor that can be powered by as little
as 13-gallons-per-minute hydraulic flow from the host machine.
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Non-marking tires
 Cat
has added non-marking, extreme-duty solid Flexport tires to its
skid-steer-loader offerings. The new tires can be used on concrete, stone,
driveways, and walkways and nearly eliminate the need to clean up tire
marks. They also perform well on dirt, according to the company.
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Laser and GPS controls
 Caterpillar
says its AccuGrade grade control system is the first factory installed,
sensor-independent grade control system that allows users to easily
interchange between laser and GPS.
Its plug-and-play connections allow operators to use
GPS for complex 3D designs, such as roads with intricate elevations, and
then switch to laser for flat, consistent slopes, such as parking lots and
less complex stretches of roads. Cat claims the grade control system
improves operator productivity by 30% or more.
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Steel tracks added
 Bobcat
has added its own brand of over-the-tire steel tracks for skid-steer
loaders. The new Bobcat steel tracks feature induction-hardened pads and
traction bars that are said to wear 3.5 times longer than other brands. They
also feature durable bushings and links, and tire protection.
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New series dozer
Dressta has rolled out the M-series version of its
320-net-horsepower TD-25 dozer. The new model has a new Tier-2 engine that
has the same horsepower as its predecessor, the TD-25H, but engine
displacement has been increased by one liter and torque has jumped from
1,180 to 1,215 pounds-foot. The extra torque produces 44,000 pounds of
drawbar pull at 2 miles per hour, a 10% increase. The TD-25M now features a
single joystick control for all machine motion functions direction, gear
ranges, and steering.
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Advanced truck security
International’s medium and heavy-duty trucks are now
available with an electronic theft-deterrent feature and an integrated
tracking system. The theft-deterrence system requires the entry of an access
code within seven seconds of engine startup or the engine shuts down;
repeated code mistakes trigger an alert sent to an appropriate authority.
International’s
new Aware Vehicle Intelligence system allows authorized individuals to
monitor trucks in real-time via a password-protected Internet connection. It
tracks the truck’s exact location, direction of travel, how fast it’s going,
and the system can set off an alarm if a truck crosses one of the owning
company’s geo-borders.
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220-ton crane debuts
 Liebherr
has introduced its HS 895 HD Hydraulic Crawler Crane to North America,
touting it as a "true" 220-U.S.-ton lift crane that can outlift many 240-ton
machines.
The HS 895 HD can also be used as a 60,000-pound
class clamshell machine and a 40,000-pound class dragline, according to
Liebherr. The 900-horsepower unit can also monitor and hydraulically power
casing oscillators, vibratory hammers, impact hammers, drills, and lead
systems.
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Skid-steer grapple
 Fecon
has introduced the FG58 Front-Mounted Grapple for skid-steer loaders.
The 800-pound attachment has a static load-lifting
weight of 8,990 pounds and a dynamic load-lifting weight of 2,810. It can
open to 58 inches in less than a second with a hydraulic flow of 15 gallons
per minute. The FG58 is recommended for tree removal and landscaping
applications.
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Safety platform added
 Cemen
Tech has added an OSHA-compliant safety platform option for its line of
volumetric mobile concrete mixers. The platform provides access to the
cement bin, adding convenience whether it is being filled from bags, a silo
or even a batch plant.
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Two cold planers
 Trackless
Vehicles offers two cold-planer attachments for its versatile
articulated tool carriers, one for asphalt and the other for concrete. The
asphalt planer is designed for repairs to pavement abutting manhole covers,
curbsides, gutters, and driveways, as well as pothole repair and utility
cuts. The concrete planer has three times as many picks and operates at a
higher speed than the asphalt unit. It is used to mill down irregularities
from frost heaves and to mill wheelchair access ramps.
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Super boom truck
 Elliott
Equipment has introduced a new boom truck with a 32-ton capacity and a
swing cab. The 32117 features a 117-foot, four-section boom and what Elliott
calls the largest swing cab in its class for maximum legroom and comfort.
The cab includes extensive use of glass for
excellent sight lines, and the controls include a patent-pending "thumb
throttle" that allows the operator to control the speed of the load with his
thumb, keeping both feet securely on the floor.
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Reprinted from Better Roads Magazine
August 2005 |
