NEW JOHN DEERE 75D EXCAVATOR GREAT FOR LIGHT SITE AND UNDERGROUND WORK, LANDSCAPING

John Deere introduces the 75D mid-sized hydraulic excavator. This conventional boom, reduced tail swing unit weighs in at 17, 637 pounds, has a 15-foot, 1-inch dig depth and is perfect for light residential, site development, underground and landscaping duties. “This excavator’s reduced tail swing and 360-degree rotation enable it to get into tight spaces, ” said Mark Wall, excavator product marketing manager for John Deere. “Once... 

BOMAG’s New BPR35/60 Series Plate Compactors Offer Improved Performance and Productivity

BOMAG introduces two compact-size reversible plate compactors that offer contractors and rental customers faster working speeds and greater compaction forces and well as fully enclosed engine protection hoods. Ideal for work on granular, cohesive and mixed soils, the new BPR35/60 series includes two models: the BPR35/60 features a 5.4-horsepower Honda air-cooled gasoline engine, while the BPR35/60D offers a 4.16-horsepower Hatz air-cooled diesel... 

BOMAG Paver Offers Power and Capacity for Larger Commercial Paving Projects

The new BF6615 self-propelled asphalt paver from BOMAG offers the power and capacity that commercial paving contractors need for larger, high-production paving projects. Weighing in at 20, 500 pounds, the BF6615 features a 99-horsepower Cummins water-cooled diesel engine that is turbocharged for consistent power at all altitudes. The engine’s ECO-mode feature saves fuel and reduces noise by automatically lowering rpm’s during stops and... 

First portable MCERTS landfill gas analysers

MCERTS, the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme has its first portable landfill gas analysers. Geotech reveals the first MCERTS portable landfill gas analysers to meet Environment Agency (EA) ‘Performance Standards for Portable Emission Monitoring Systems’ are the Geotech GA2000+ and GEM2000+. They are available from July 2008. With MCERTS set to become the instrument performance standard for Environmental Permitting Regulation... 

COLUMN: Avoiding collisions with farm machinery

In Niagara County in the last five years, there have been three near-fatal car-tractor collisions on the highway. Farm tractors on the highway with a top speed of 25 mph can be annoying to non-farm drivers who often drive dangerously in approaching and passing slow moving vehicles. As build out occurs in Niagara County and Western New York in general, the rural character of communities is changing and with it, conflict between farm users of the highway...