The silver lot at Conexpo is loud, busy, and full of awesome yellow iron. I know this because the Construction Equipment crew spent serious time exploring the massive John Deere booth this week — the ...

Excavators provide an ideal platform for working on slopes when they are properly equipped and run by skilled operators. But this type of work requires a greater attention to detail than working on ...

The driving skill contest aims to increase excavator operators' awareness of environmental protection. Photo: Courtesy of the event organizer After getting through 32 city-level and four regional ...

An excavator operator escaped serious injury Tuesday morning after his machine tumbled down the side of an eroded embankment while clearing debris along storm-damaged railroad tracks in Santa Barbara ...

After claiming the world title in Las Vegas, Wells’ Brian Hayden said he’s still “speechless” at being named the best ...

The finals of the Caterpillar Global Operator Challenge are taking place on Tuesday at CONEXPO in Las Vegas.

The latest OEM technology available in what is a market sweet spot for hydraulic excavators (27 to 36 metric tons) focuses on features geared to help operators do their jobs easier and with more ...

Heavy floodwaters took an excavator operator in Indonesia by surprise. He was just able to climb onto the excavator arm and get to safety.