Equipment

How to use existing construction equipment for commercial snow removal applications

Bergkamp Inc., Salina, Kansas, has launched the SP5E spray injection pothole patcher to replace the company’s SP5 spray patcher. Using Bergkamp’s smart patching equipment control system (SPECS) with material mix control technology, the units are equipped with a joystick and touchscreen display to provide full operator control. The SPECS system is designed to control material […]

Fontaine Heavy-Haul, Springville, Alabama, has introduced the new Fontaine Workhorse 55PVR for the road construction industry. The trailer features a low front approach angle of 9 degrees and a removable center bogie section to accommodate excavators. Todd Anderson, vice president sales and marketing, said: “It boasts 55 tons in 16 feet or 50 tons in […]

Kubota Tractor Corporation, Grapevine, Texas, announced two new compact excavators and a new hydraulic quick coupler available at dealerships this quarter and plans for another excavator this summer. The introduction of the new KX057-5 and the U55-5 lead the company’s construction equipment product introductions in 2021, both models offer various upgrades from their previous (-4) […]

Businesses just starting out have always had the same problem: how to make money once the snow begins to fly and it is too cold to do most pavement repair work. The challenge is a tough one: work dries up and the money does too. Asphalt Kingdom set out to solve this problem by coming […]

The American Rental Association (ARA) has rescheduled The ARA Show™ for Oct. 18-20, 2021, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

More than 3,000 U.S. rental stores participate in the American Rental Association’s COVID-19 initiative: “Clean. Safe. Essential.”