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The new 260B Backhoe is equipped with a dedicated high-back seat, opposed to the swivel tractor seat, a new ROPS-mounted grab handle, and integrated step on the stabilizer arm. While the new 120R Loader attachment offers improved visibility and features a 754-pound lift capacity and 6 foot lift height.

Komatsu America is rolling out the red carpet on their new HD325-8 and HD405-8 off-highway trucks, which replace the HD325-7 and HD405-7 models. The next generation of off-highway trucks feature increased horsepower, reduced fuel consumption, improved access, and all new operator environment.

John Deere has expanded their Worksite Pro attachment lineup with two new heavy-lifting, severe-duty pallet forks, the PF45 and PF60, which are made for John Deere G-Series skid steers as well as G- and E-Series compact track loaders.

There is a legislative movement afoot in states like Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Tennessee, New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina, in which farmers are pushing for the right to repair their equipment. This is similar to the fight already waged and won by independent repair shops and individuals wanting to repair their own automobiles. If you are unfamiliar with the situation, let me explain.

The new MAC Lite Walking Floor Trailers and MAC Lite Tipper Trailers are all aluminum and galvanized steel construction and available in lengths from 42' to 53'.

Add to the versatility of your skid steer loader by adding the new SA-25 hydraulically powered stump grinder attachment by Bandit.

Check out some of the new enhancements to MyLittleSalesman.com including the ability to Save Searches, sort results by Zip/Postal Code, receive Email Alerts when new listings are added, and post Want to Buy listings.

Workers for Bane Machinery were just watching the rain and flooding that was beginning to take place before an unlucky person has their car burst into flames. Thanks to the quick action of a few employees and a trusty wheel loader, the fire was put out almost as quick as it started.

Muncie Power Products has made several enhancements to their heavy duty lines of power take-off (PTO), including the 82 Series, CS40/41 Series and CS10/11 Series power take-offs.

Deere & Company is betting big on infrastructure construction by bolstering their construction equipment portfolio with an acquisition of the privately-held Wirtgen Group. The two product lines complement one another as there is no overlap between their product lines. By adding the product lines, technology, and distribution networks of Wirtgen, VÖGELE, Hamm, Kleemann, Benninghoven, and Ciber, Deere has positioned themselves up as a major player in global road construction and repair, as well as in mining.

John Deere has added four different sizes of 3-point liquid sprayers, dubbed the Frontier LS11 Series Sprayers. The LS11 Series Sprayers are available in 25', 30', 30' Boomless, and 40' working widths, come with 250-gallon (946.3 liters) or 300-gallon (1135.6 liters) teardrop tank sizes, can be powered either hydraulically or by the rear power take-off (PTO), and are Category 2 or Category 3 quick-hitch compatible.

The $9.5 million expansion to Doosan Bobcat's North America headquarters features an open environment to foster movement and collaboration. Other new features include individual workstations with sit/stand capacities, dual monitors and docking stations are spread throughout the facility, a vitality area, collaborative indoor and outdoor dining area, walking path, treadmill and bike workstations.

John Deere has rolled out the red carpet on its new S700 Combine models (S760, S770, S780 and S790) with CommandCenter and Combine Advisor. To compliment the S700 Combines, John Deere has added new 700C/FC (folding corn head) Series Corn Heads with the RowMax row unit and 700D Rigid Draper for small grains.

There's a new vertical tillage tool in town by John Deere--the Frontier VT17 Series. If you are in the market for a new high-speed tillage tool to prepare your fields, you may want to give the VT17 Series a look.

John Deere's 4640 Universal Display features a user-friendly Gen 4 experience and includes more on-screen help and diagnostic information to keep operators running and informed of their display capabilities; simplified Work Setup app with page-by-page navigation; and greater user customization of run pages. The 4640 Universal Display is compatible with John Deere 30-Series to the latest 6R, 7R, 8R and 9R Series Tractors, as well as AutoTrac Universal and AutoTrac Controller compatible competitive tractors.

The new Komatsu PC290LL-11 is worth a good look if you're looking for a new log loader or road builder to enhance your logging operation. The PC290LL-11 touts an improved high capacity cooling system, high drawbar pull, all LED lighting, more comfortable operator controls, additional forestry guarding, narrower transport width, and KOMTRAX 5.0.

John Deere released an upgraded harvester stick boom attachment for all 800MH- and 900MH-Series tracked harvesters. The new stick boom has a narrower design to help minimize damage to harvested trees.

While not as quick as those alien monster worms from Tremors, this giant tunnel boring machine by Herrenknecht is equally impressive and one of the largest earth moving machines.

What's that you (don't) hear? It's the new fully electric EX2 mini excavator by Volvo Construction Equipment. Unfortunately, it is still a concept machine and may never reach production, but the coolness factor is still there and it's a step in the right direction for a sustainable future.

Ditch Witch looks to improve the performance of your horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operation with the release of new backreamers, dubbed Rock Monster HD. Ditch Witch touts increased longevity and performance improvements with the new Rock Monster HD backreamers.