Continental Engines has a cool new showpiece to proudly display at its offices. Yesterday, the Greenville, S.C.-based engine distributor, which also sells pumps and gen…
Last week, I was enjoying some suitably spring Minnesota weather. Rain, fog and mud. It was an ideal setting to operate and inspect compact track…
No one quite pulls together a press event like Caterpillar. They are big. You’re boarding a bus at 7:30 a.m. for all-day discussions with product…
Let’s broadly break down the utility vehicle or side-by-side market into four divisions: sport (like those used in racing); pure recreational (units with high speeds,…
Last week, I was enjoying spectacular views of Lake Lanier (a sprawling resort in Georgia about an hour outside of Atlanta). Most of these vistas…
I need it now. It’s a bratty attitude that is almost customary in our culture. In fact, many companies today have structured businesses around a…
Deep in the heart of lower Bavaria, Hatz has been perfecting small engines for more than a century. Its hometown of Ruhstorf an der Rott…
To start off my summer, I headed down to Kentucky to hang with some industry friends from Perkins Engines (great people like Nick Morgan and…
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),…
