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The Hot Markets and Popular Equipment of the 2016 Rental Industry
Press Release
February 18, 2016
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Features
Photos from around World of Concrete 2016
February 3, 2016
Business and Software
Editor’s Message: Benjamin Media Participates in Akron Children’s Hospital’s Holiday Tree Festival
January 11, 2016
Trenchers
Ride-On Trenchers Offer Efficiency and Precision When Placing Utilities
October 27, 2015
Industry Events
Greenies Gather: Compact Equipment’s GIE+EXPO Preview (which happens this week!)
October 20, 2015
Features
Utility Contractors Raise ICUEE: The Ultimate Utility Construction Trade Show Returns to Louisville Sept. 29-Oct. 1

ICUEE is dubbed the Demo Expo. Why? Because the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., is maybe the best convention center in the Un...

September 29, 2015
Trenchers
We Interview Three Big Players in the Walk-Behind Trencher Market

Some 70 years ago, laborers dropped their picks and spades and celebrated the arrival of the first compact trenching machine. The little cup...

September 28, 2015
Business and Software
New web-based HDD Advisor helps simplify tooling configuration

The Ditch Witch organization, a Charles Machine Works Co., has released the industry’s first Web-based Horizontal Directional Drilling...

August 18, 2015
Industry Events
Compact Equipment and Benjamin Media to Host ICUEE Demo Stage

You read right. Compact Equipment and its mother ship company Benjamin Media Inc. (BMI) will have a huge presence at the upcoming ICUEE show...

August 3, 2015
Attachments Volvo EW60 Wheeled Excavator
Industry Experts Give Advice and Highlight Their Tiltrotators

Tiltrotators on mini excavators are gaining popularity in North America thanks to the flexibility they provide. Operators appreciate that a...

March 24, 2026
Compact Track Loaders JCB 4TS Teleckid track loader holding up a piece of concrete pipe
Innovative Iron Award: JCB’s 4TS-8T Teleskid Lifts Track Loaders to New Heights

Compact Equipment’s annual Innovative Iron Awards spotlight the year’s most game-changing compact machines, attachment...

December 17, 2025
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Video: JCB’s 400T and 4TS-8T Are Looking to Redefine Compact Track Loader Capability

In our latest Machine Heads episode, Wayne Grayson dives into the details behind the 400T compact track loader and the 4TS-8T Teleskid, show...

November 5, 2025
Backhoes John Deere 20 P-Tier Backhoe working in the dirt
John Deere Updates Backhoe Loader Lineup with Visibility, Comfort and Control Upgrades

Camera Tech, Climate Comfort and Smart Controls Bring New Capabilities to Deere’s Backhoes John Deere has introduced a wave of updates...

June 30, 2025
Mini Excavators Cat Mini Hex Trio
Compact Excavator Terminology Explained: Your Essential Guide to Mini Digger Lingo

Decoding Key Terms Every Contractor Should Know Compact excavators have become indispensable on jobsites — from residential landscapin...

April 25, 2025
Backhoes JCB ICXT compact backhoe loader on tracks digging ditch
The Vanishing Act of Compact Backhoe Loaders: Where Did They Go and What’s Left?

Compact backhoe loaders — those units below 14 ft of maximum digging depth — used to be quite popular. Ten years ago, Kubota off...

February 11, 2025
Attachments
Iowa’s Muscatine County Highway Department Capitalizes on Road Widener’s FH-R Material Placement Attachment

All images courtesy of the Muscatine County Highway Department. There are a few things that come to mind when thinking about summer in the M...

August 6, 2024