Excavators

Cooper Equipment Rentals deploys the first electric JCB mini excavators

By Lori Lovely As Rod Lentino, rental fleet manager at Cooper Equipment Rentals, is an intrepid early adopter, he secured JCB’s first two battery-powered mini...

Bre-Ex Construction purchases Ontario’s first 50-tonne Sany excavator

The first Sany SY500H excavator in Ontario has arrived at its new home. The London, Ontario-based Bre-Ex Construction recently purchased the machine from Canadian...

New X Series excavators from JCB arrive in North America

JCB is introducing two new X Series excavators in North America, the 13-ton 131X and the 15-ton 150X. Like the 220X introduced in 2018, the two new...

Trimble Earthworks extends to tiltrotators

The latest version of the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform offers full support for fully automatic guidance for excavator tiltrotator attachments.  Trimble announced the release...

Canadian Armed Forces recruit 6 JCB excavators

JCB has landed heavy equipment contracts with the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Blanc Sablon Airport. The deal will see...

Here’s 5 photos of Cat’s Next Generation 30-ton excavators

The Next Generation 30-ton excavators from Caterpillar provide an efficiency boost of 45 per cent, a fuel efficiency boost of 20 per cent and...

Cat’s 36-ton Next Generation Excavators expected this fall

Caterpillar will begin manufacturing the 36-ton version of its next generation excavators this fall. Cat CEO Jim Umpleby announced the addition to its lineup of...

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