Photo by Tudor Van Hampton for ENR For an extra $9,500, GM offers bifuel versions of the Chevy Silverado (shown) and GMC Sierra. Related Links: Chrysler, Ford, GM Introduce Natural-Gas Pickup Trucks Test Drive: Life On the Road With Natural Gas As chance would have it, I was planning to drive to a baseball game in Milwaukee last month when General Motors called to send over a Chevrolet pickup that runs on gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG). The road trip became a good opportunity to test a bifuel truck over long distances.Equipped with a 6.0-liter V-8 engine, six-speed automatic
Neff Corp. Company executives believe that Neff's focus on earthmoving equipment positions it to capitalize upon future growth. Related Links: Why Contractors Are Renting More and Buying Less Are Equipment Rentals Cyclical or Secular? Neff Corp. has filed an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission for a target goal of raising $100 million. The 25-year-old, Miami-based company, which rents, leases and sells construction equipment through 64 branches across 15 states, filed the IPO on Sept. 3.Company executives believe that Neff's focus on earthmoving equipment positions it to capitalize upon future growth, says the IPO prospectus, which also says an industry
Photo courtesy of Ford Motor Co. If pulled to the upper limit, Ford's max tow capacities now require a commercial driver's license. Related Links: Test Drive: Ford's Natural Gas F-150 Pickup Has Dual Personality Ford To Bring F-650/750 Production Back to U.S. For years, automotive brands competing in the heavy-duty pickup category have engaged in a game of one-upmanship over their respective trucks' tow capacities.After Ram raised the bar two years ago with the introduction of heavy-duty models able to tow up to 30,000 lb, it was only a matter of time before rival manufacturers pushed that already impressive number
Photo Courtesy of Mi-Jack Mi-Jack supplied two massive gantry cranes for the Caloosahatchee River bridge project. In early August, the cranes performed a tandem pick using machine-guidance controls. Photo by Scott Judy for ENR Related Links: How Gantry Cranes Carry Global Commerce Through Ports, Precast Yards and the Panama Canal Ports, Rail Expansions Key To Growing Transshipments Contractors widening a 1.6-mile-long section of Interstate 75 in southwest Florida elected to build outside the box by using global-positioning technology to control two of the largest rubber-tired gantry cranes ever to work on a U.S. highway project.Using GPS to guide a gantry,
This week we look at a deep-cut cordless band saw from Milwaukee Tool and a crawler excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment. Click to begin the slide show.
This week we look at a wheeled excavator from Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas and an auto-loading folding knife from DeWalt. Click to begin the slide show.
Related Links: Hot Commodities: Counterfeit Construction Goods Post Huge Safety Threat Read the CII Report (PDF) Counterfeit construction goods can lurk on construction projects at home or abroad, as safety officials at Fluor recently discovered during a routine audit in Mozambique.While conducting the review last August, auditors found an inventory of fraudulent respirators, according to David Taylor, director of health, safety and environmental for Fluor's procurement unit, AMECO, during a phone interview.Clever labeling on the box evaded purchasers. "On the box is 3N—not 3M," he said, referring to the St. Paul, Minn.-based supplier. The packaging otherwise appeared authentic—it even displayed
This week ENR looks at a Diesel-powered dewatering pump, a cordless 18-volt multi-tasking tool by Makita, new anti-vibration hammers by Stanley Fatmax and T-5 Toeboard links designed to protect pipe penetrations in grating and deck plate. Click here to start the slideshow.
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