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Fleet managers can now pull Motive vehicle and equipment data directly into @hcss Fleet. Hours, mileage, fuel use, location, and maintenance triggers flow automatically—cutting manual entry and giving shops fresher data for service and utilization decisions. 🔧

Fleets have another disposal option for damaged, aging, surplus, or end-of-life equipment. CAS Automotive’s Damaged Equipment service provides on-demand quotes, guaranteed offers, and access to a global buyer network. Check it: bit.ly/4gMFShg

Before hydraulic loaders, there was this. 👇 The Trackson High Loader used cables, a belt-driven winch, and a trip-release bucket to turn Cat crawler tractors into digging machines. By 1953, Caterpillar had moved to its first purpose-built, all-hydraulic crawler loader.

Dozer machine control isn’t one-size-fits-all. 2D handles slope work and simpler grades, while 3D adds elevation for complex sites. Mastless systems now dominate, and GNSS can also capture as-built records, material movement, passes, and project changes.

What happens when Baja racing suspension tech meets a service truck? 🛻 Acela DuraLink system brings more wheel travel, ground clearance, and damping control to Class 3-5 Ford and Ram 4x4 chassis — with tires up to 42 inches.

🔧 Undercarriage life often comes down to the basics: • Keep tracks properly tensioned • Clean out packed debris • Limit high-speed travel • Avoid unnecessary counter-rotation • Inspect tracks and components daily • Watch for uneven wear

Construction equipment is getting smarter. Are you keeping up? 🤖 Grade control. AI cameras. Telematics. Fuel-saving tech. Autonomy. Our Smart Machines eBook breaks down the technology changing today’s equipment — and how fleets can actually use it. bit.ly/47RSI9Y

3D grade control is getting a lower-cost entry point. @TrimbleCorpNews new Earthworks configuration uses dual DA2 GNSS receivers to bring 3D machine control to cost-conscious excavator owners, with subscription pricing designed to reduce upfront costs.

KOBELCO’s new SK650DLC-11 demolition excavator weighs up to 178,100 pounds, reaches nearly 93 feet, and handles tools up to 13,450 pounds. Four front configurations, a tilting cab, and a retractable undercarriage help it tear through big demo jobs. #baddass

🚛 Volvo is going heavy with its all-new VNX vocational truck. The VNX delivers up to 540 hp, 1,950 lb.-ft. of torque, an 86,000-lb. GVWR, and a 200,000-lb. GCWR for construction, heavy haul, logging, and other severe-duty work.

Switching attachments changes more than the job your machine can do. It can change visibility, stability, hydraulics, and the machine’s operating footprint. Before you go to work: 🔧 Verify the connection 👀 Check sight lines 💧 Inspect hoses ⚠️ Know the attachment’s limits

Sage Mfg. is betting big on growth: • New 20-acre headquarters in Amarillo • $21 million investment • Sage Oil Vac + Amarillo Tanks under one parent company • New Amarillo Upfitters venture targeting custom vocational trucks That’s a pretty serious expansion.

Motor grader maintenance is about more than fluids and filters. ⚙️ Watch tire pressure, cutting-edge wear, circle play, machine balance, hydraulic lines, and service intervals. And don’t skip the daily walkaround — small problems have a habit of becoming expensive ones.

High equipment costs are often a symptom. Attack the causes. Fleet managers should focus on three big ones: • Utilization • Reliability • Fleet age Get those right, and you can control owning and operating costs before they become problems.

Construction equipment rental keeps growing: • U.S. rental revenue to hit $83.5 billion in 2026 • Specialty rental is outpacing traditional equipment rental • United, Sunbelt, and Herc could spend about $9.5 billion combined on rental iron • Mega projects are driving demand

Mini track loaders! Cat, Deere, Case, New Holland, Wacker Neuson — and now Manitou and Gehl are piling into one of equipment’s hottest categories. The new 1,050-pound ROC machines bring: ⚙️ Automatic track tensioning 💪 23.2 horsepower 🐌 Creep mode 🧰 Lots of attachment options

Yanmar spent years expanding its compact equipment lineup. Now it’s focusing on what happens after the sale. 🛠️ 📍 Upgraded SmartAssist Remote telematics ⏱️ 5 years included on eligible new machines 🔧 Maintenance + diagnostic data 🛡️ Ycare extended warranties

Before wheel loaders bent in the middle, they were built a little differently. 👀 In the 1950s, rigid-frame loaders ruled — and a handful of manufacturers built some seriously big machines. Then articulation changed everything. Let’s check out the giants that came before it. 👇

Kwest Group put AI to work finding hidden costs, improving invoice coding, and giving field crews faster access to fleet information. Add benchmarking and 21,000 hours of craft training, and you can see why the contractor is a three-time Fleet Masters winner.

Volvo Construction Equipment just gave its L30 and L35 compact wheel loaders their biggest frame redesign since the machines debuted in 1998. 👀 A redesigned rear frame, easier mounting for rear equipment, high-flow hydraulics, improved service access, and an updated cab. 👇