With the introduction of the 1050K crawler dozer earlier this year, Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. moves further upmarket into production-size machinery and brings an end to a decades-long relationship with Liebherr.
"Being able to offer production-class equipment, trucks, dozers and excavators now, it kind of completes the package," says Todd Perrine, vice president of Deere dealer Leslie Equipment, Cowen, W.Va. "It's the last piece of the puzzle that we've been waiting to get completed."