We’re getting our boots muddy operating a lot of equipment this spring. One of our big goals for 2018 was to get the Compact Equipment…
Kids and construction. The love affair begins as soon as little ones are just tall enough to peek out the car window and see a…
Charlotte has become a global city-state over the last few decades — the second-largest metro area in the southeastern United States — just behind…
Always love the demos @CaterpillarInc press events. Edwards demo area #FTW pic.twitter.com/FQVV9NvbhW — Compact Equipment (@CompactEquip) November 2, 2016 Every autumn we pilgrimage to Peoria,…
Connect is the theme of the 2016 Kubota dealer meeting. We’re making myriad connections at the Gaylord in Grapevine. @KubotaCanadaLtd pic.twitter.com/RFXaPs2pHh — Compact Equipment (@CompactEquip)…
When I arrived in Peoria last week for Caterpillar‘s spring press event, I was not anticipating the release of a completely new category of construction…
We love attending Cat press events. Why? Because there’s always a (metric) ton of equipment unveiled. This week, Cat revealed 14 new machines to the…
Champions must constantly train, and in the high-velocity sport of professional Motocross the champions train with Aldon Baker (to the right above) at his recently…
Under the pure blue skies above suburban Milwaukee, a man in a bright orange safety vest seemed to bounce between dumpers, excavators, telehandlers and wheel…
We’ve been in Atlanta the last three days, exploring Kubota’s expansive annual dealer meeting. Dealers and their employees and families came from all over the…
The videos and the characters behind the Doosan Portable Power brand continue to entertain and educate with footage we shot on a recent trip to…
Back in early August, I explored the awesome Statesville, N.C., manufacturing facility of Doosan Portable Power. I toured its manufacturing lines (especially its new airend operations),…
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…
Every time I visit Caterpillar’s massive demonstration and learning center out in the Arizona desert, we end up talking about the future of technology in…
Last month, John Deere Construction and Forestry invited editors out to its training facility in Sacaton, Ariz. There we were treated to an awesome equipment…
If there’s a Caterpillar facility, we intend to visit it — whether it’s in Peoria, Ill., Tucson, Ariz., or (this week) Athens, Ga. Opened about…
Last week, the earth-moving equipment experts at JCB invited Compact Equipment, along with the U.S. trade press, down to its North American headquarters in Savannah…
Two weeks ago, associate publisher Keith Gribbins earned his telehandler operator’s license at a Genie press event out in Washington. There will be a full…
You don’t have to twist my arm to visit Savannah, and it doesn’t take much convincing to spend a day operating equipment with a global…
Caterpillar has invited us out to Peoria and its nearby Edwards facility to discuss and operate its newest equipment. Over the next few days we’ll…
