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Recent content by Matt McGowan

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    Rates for LTM 1160 or Grove GMK 6250.

    Hello, Does anybody have an idea on what the base rental rates would be for either a Liebherr LTM 1160 or Grove GMK 6250? I know it's widely dependent on which part of the country your in but I'm just looking for a ball park idea. Don't include trucking or permits. Thanks Matt
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    What is it? crane?

    Here's the picture from HCEA's Equipment Echoes, Summer 2011.
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    What is it? crane?

    Okay found the article. Made by Austin-Western Road Machinery Company of Aurora, Illinois. Built during WWII as a bomb and material handler. Mounted on I-H crawler. The next evolution of the hydraulic crane was the Milwaukee Hydraulic Truck Crane in 1946. Much more similar to todays...
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    What is it? crane?

    This piece of equipment was known as the "ant eater". Its a significant piece of construction equipment history because it was the first hydraulic crane. Approximately 2 -3 years ago the HCEA magazine had an excellent article on the evolution of cranes. The "ant eater" was considered a...
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    Western Star 40 ton dump at conexpo.

    Okay, here are the pics. Lets try this.
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    Western Star 40 ton dump at conexpo.

    Here's a Western Star 6900 I saw at Conexpo. The Western Star rep I talked to said it was going to a diamond mine in south Africa. It was even a right hand drive unit.
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    KW C500 at Conexpo.

    More KW C500 pics. These are pictures of pictures they had their.
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    KW C500 at Conexpo.

    More KW C500 pics. More pics.
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    KW C500 at Conexpo.

    Here some pics I took of a sweet KW C500 decked out for oil filed work. Name on the door of the truck is West Roc and they are located somewhere in Utah.
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    Pics of the Deere High Speed Dozer from Conexpo.

    More pics. More pics.
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    Pics of the Deere High Speed Dozer from Conexpo.

    Here are some pics of the high speed dozer from Conexpo. One Deere representative told me that you could grade up to 6MPH when using GPS based automated machine control.
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    Custom KW at Conexpo

    More KW pics. More pics.
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    Custom KW at Conexpo

    Here are some pics of a tricked out KW that I saw at Conexpo. It was owned by a small fabricating company that made side dump trailers. Talk about too much time and too much money.
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    Pics of new Cat D7E.

    More pics. More pics.
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    Pics of new Cat D7E.

    More pics of D7E. v2.0 Okay, let's try this again. Here are some more pics of the D7E. These are mostly of the engine, generator, drive motors and switch gear.
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