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  2. Articles by: Keith Gribbins

Author Archives for Keith Gribbins

Keith Gribbins has been a technical journalist in the construction industry for the past 20 years, and he’s been working on Compact Equipment since day one. He’s also traveled the world operating equipment and interviewing the minds behind them. In the last three years alone, he’s picked up eight different awards. Find him at kgribbins@benjaminmedia.com.

Articles by Keith Gribbins

Backhoes
Innovative Iron Awards 2020: Case’s 580 EV Electric Backhoe Loader

We Honor the Top Equipment of 2020 Even when the world shut down this year, construction equipment continued to roll. Since the beginning of...

December 28, 2020
Attachments
Visionary Implements: Twelve Attachments and Tech That Redefined Tool Carriers in 2020

Wielding hydraulic tools like a breaker, backhoe, bucket or broom, a tool carrier can be the ultimate do-everything machine on a project sit...

December 16, 2020
Backhoes
Watch Machine Heads: Innovative Iron Awards for Snorkel’s SR5719E Tele, Toro’s e-Dingo 500 and Cat’s 420 XE...

Fellow Machine Heads, welcome back to the fifth episode of our new video series. Keith Gribbins, publisher and resident guinea pig at Compac...

December 14, 2020
Telehandlers
Leading the Charge: We Deep Dive into JCB’s Impressive New Electric Telehandler and Electric Mini Ex with...

Euro off-highway equipment brands continue to invest in machines that plug in to power up. Last year, I barely survived the world’s la...

December 2, 2020
Mini Excavators
Electric Ex: Bobcat Turns to Green Machine to Help Build then Sell Alt-Propulsion Excavators

Bobcat Co. had a busy 2020. The famous compact equipment brand has been aggressively revamping product lines (from Next-Generation R-Series ...

November 24, 2020
Compact Track Loaders
Machine Heads Ep. 4: Innovative Iron Awards Go to Deere’s SmartGrade 333G, ASV’s MAX-Series and Mecalac’s MCR...

Fellow Machine Heads, welcome back to the fourth episode of my new video series. This is once again Keith Gribbins, publisher and resident g...

November 19, 2020
Skid Steers
Making Green: For Landscapers, the Right Skid Steer or Track Loader Can Make or Break a Business

Landscapers are great American entrepreneurs. I moonlighted on the turf maintenance side of the green industry for five years, working my wa...

October 26, 2020
Hand Tools
Must Watch: Can We Destroy Caterpillar’s S42 Smartphone? Find Out in Our Latest Machine Heads Video

Fellow Machine Heads, welcome back to the third episode of our new video series. This is once again Keith Gribbins, publisher and resident g...

October 19, 2020
Compact Tool Carriers
Must Watch: We Examine Kubota’s New SCL1000 Stand-On Track Loader In Our New Machine Heads Video Series

Fellow Machine Heads, welcome back the second episode of our new video series. This is Keith Gribbins, publisher and resident guinea pig at ...

October 8, 2020
Publisher's Message
We Are in the Process of Upgrading Your Digital Experience

There’s a lot going on at compactequip.com these days. Clearly, many of you love the print edition of Compact Equipment magazine (sign...

October 6, 2020
Mini Excavators
Machine Heads: Welcome to Our New Video Series (Let’s Talk about Takeuchi’s Two New Mini Exs)

Hello there, Compact Equipment readers. This is Keith Gribbins, publisher and resident guinea pig at Benjamin Media Inc. Welcome to my new v...

September 30, 2020
Compact Track Loaders Case TV270B track loader
Here Are Seven of the Most Popular Compact Track Loader Units that Go into Rental Yards

Case TV370B At 74 hp and with a 3,700-lb rated operating capacity at 50 percent tipping load and vertical-lift design, the TV370B compact tr...

September 29, 2020
Aerial Lifts
This Lifted Our Eyebrows: Avant Tecno Expands North American Product Line with Long-Armed Leguan Spider Lifts

Avant Tecno. We know the brand for its cool Euro-style, attachment-focused loaders, which we are generally calling “small articulated ...

September 25, 2020
Mini Excavators
This Compact Railroad Excavator from Mecalac Looks like It Comes from the Future

Mecalac machines have beautifully edgy designs. Their excavators and loaders look like they could easily fit in the background of some high-...

September 23, 2020
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