Aerial lift machines are changing dramatically in 2020. We call them MEWPs now, for starters (mobile elevating work platforms). At the heart of these big…
You need backup, and you’ve decided reinforcements will come in the form of a skid steer or track loader rental. Wise choice. Cool machine. Versatile….
At CONEXPO-CON/AGG in March, Trimble announced its Earthworks Grade Control Platform version 2.0 with a slew of groundbreaking new features. I did a CE Conversations…
The first half of 2020 has been dominated by momentous news stories from COVID-19 to CONEXPO-CON/AGG. The always resourceful staff at Compact Equipment has been…
Do you need a brush cutter with extra reach and dexterity? Maybe you want to cut out-of-control brush that’s hanging on the wrong side of…
Welcome back, CE reader, to our new video series called Compact Equipment Conversations. This week, publisher Keith Gribbins has a digital sit-down with Dante Thomas,…
The Benjamin Media and Compact Equipment crews are taking this Friday off to start our holiday weekend a little earlier. We wish you a relaxing…
Welcome to Compact Equipment Conversations. You now have access to not only a new video series from the makers of Compact Equipment, but entry into…
Defined as excavators under 8 metric tons, these are small excavation machines engineered with an undercarriage and tracks, a long digging arm and a cab…
America’s biggest construction tradeshow — CONEXPO-CON/AGG — only happens every three years, so each one you attend is a badge of honor. The 2020 iteration…
Compact Equipment covered CONEXPO-CON/AGG from the ground last week. Would you expect any less? It was a great show in part because of the extremely…
The magic kingdom of Orlando was the destination city for February’s The ARA Show. The rental industry tradeshow is always full of enthusiastic exhibitors who…
Global equipment manufacturers continue to show interest in the American off-highway equipment sector. That is a promising sign. I recently noticed Spanish equipment maker AUSA,…
The Toro Co. is always eyeing the landscape, looking for complementary equipment to add to its portfolio. Almost every year now, the famous red landscape,…
European-style small articulated loaders are not new. Companies like Italy’s MultiOne and Finland’s Avant Tecno have been producing these cool articulating tool-carriers since the 1990s,…
The effective date for the new safety and training standards for aerial lift equipment or MEWPs (mobile elevated work platforms) was once again pushed back…
For us, the beginning of the year is always a good opportunity to reflect on two of the biggest categories in small construction equipment —…
Folks are feeling trepidatious about 2020. I get it. After you’ve been through a few economic cycles — especially the highs and lows of construction…
When we choose which equipment to highlight and honor in our Innovative Iron Awards, inevitably other machines and manufacturers get left out. Out of those…
In the off-highway equipment industry, most of the machine options are already pretty fantastic. Skid steers that boast insane hydraulic power to the attachment, zero-turn…
