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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

Trucks
Meyer Products Announces COLD CA$H 2015 Rebate Program

Customers who purchase select Meyer plows and spreaders from authorized dealers between September 15, 2015 and October 31, 2015, could be lo...

September 23, 2015
Compressors
Rus Warner, global product manager for Doosan Portable Power, discusses the HP750 and the XP825 compressors

The videos and the characters behind the Doosan Portable Power brand continue to entertain and educate with footage we shot on a recent trip...

September 10, 2015
Hand Tools
Boilermakers seek experienced welders (is that you?)

The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers recently announced its Construction Division has an increasing need for experienced welders na...

September 8, 2015
Light Towers
Marie Engstrom, Product Manager with Terex, Discusses the RL-4 Light Tower (Video!)

A few weeks ago, we visited Terex AWP (the company’s aerial work platform division) at its Rock Hill facility, just outside of Ch...

September 4, 2015
Light Towers
Deree Bivins, with Doosan Portable Power, discusses the LSC light tower

We have a lot of videos from our trip to Doosan Portable Power. We’ll be posting them over the coming weeks. This particular one is of...

September 3, 2015
Business and Software
Construction employment is up in 37 states and DC

Construction employment expanded in 37 states and the District of Columbia between July 2014 and July 2015 while only 28 states and D.C. add...

September 2, 2015
Compressors
Doosan Portable Power’s Josh Goodman Discusses the P185 Air Compressor

Back in early August, I explored the awesome Statesville, N.C., manufacturing facility of Doosan Portable Power. I toured its manufactu...

August 28, 2015
Light Towers
Editor at Large: Visiting Terex AWP in Rock Hill, S.C.

For the second week in a row, I jetted down to Charlotte for product launches. Last week, it was Doosan Portable Power and its gen sets, com...

August 17, 2015
Business and Software
Case launches ‘Labor of Love Music Festival’ starring Kip Moore

Case Construction Equipment will host the “Labor of Love Music Festival” starring multi-platinum country music star Kip Moore on...

August 10, 2015
Business and Software
Penton’s EquipmentWatch launches first heavy equipment residual value report

Penton’s EquipmentWatch, a world leader in data, software and insights for the heavy equipment industry, has published its first Heavy...

August 10, 2015
Compressors
Editor at Large: Visiting Doosan Portable Power in Statesville, N.C. (a photo blog)

The Doosan name is coming into its own — especially on the portable power side of the business. Doosan bought the famed Ingersoll Rand...

August 7, 2015
Business and Software
Franklin Equipment opens first Indiana location in Indianapolis

Franklin Equipment recently announce the opening of their new location in Indianapolis, Indiana. The store is located at 1921 South Kentucky...

July 31, 2015
Skid Steers
ASV launches new skid steer loader product line

ASV LLC announced yesterday that it had launched a new line of skid steer loaders and has also added a new model to its existing compact tra...

July 29, 2015
Industry Events
Editor at Large: Visiting Caterpillar at Its Tinaja Hills Demonstration & Learning Center

Every time I visit Caterpillar’s massive demonstration and learning center out in the Arizona desert, we end up talking about the futu...

May 15, 2015