Edwin “Ed” Malzahn, who invented the first compact trenching machine and built his family company into global manufacturer Charles Machine Works on the success of his “Ditch Witch,” died Dec. 11. He ...

The Vermeer LM11 is a small, maneuverable plow designed for installations requiring a cover depth of 12 inches or less. The 725-pound unit can be equipped with a cable reel. Burkeen's Model B-16 uses ...

The Ditch Witch trencher product line continues to expand upward. Following the Tier-3 update last year to the 220-horsepower HT220, then the company’s largest hydrostatic trencher offering, Ditch ...

Conventional wisdom says a tool designed specifically for a given task is the correct choice. Sure, there are other options that will work, but why use anything but the machine designed for the ...

Digging requires horsepower. The faster, deeper and wider you want to dig, the more power you actually need. Ideally, you would like to get the job done as quickly as possible at the lowest possible ...

Sometimes when you need to shuffle around some earth, a giant shovel or even an excavator won't do. Sometimes, you need a giant chainsaw. And the Tesmec Trencher 1475 is about as close as you're going ...

Astec Underground, Loudon, Tenn., builds Case and Trencor-brand trencher machines. When the company purchased a former John Deere plant for a new manufacturing facility, it sought a machine that would ...