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Issue: March 2008
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CONEXPO Cometh
2008's Biggest Equipment Trade Show Takes Las Vegas
By Keith Gribbins
Mechanized, steel contraptions from around the world are rolling out into the Nevada desert. The magnetic oasis of Las Vegas is attracting iron from all over the globe — everything from giant metal excavators (digging mastodons with longs arms and big teeth) to transforming compact utility loaders (mechanical chameleons evolving into new applications and attachments).
The 2008 CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show is drawing machines, manufacturers and construction industry professionals from Boston to Beijing to view the world of construction equipment at the Las Vegas Convention Center, March 11-15. With over 125,000 attendees expected (it only happens every three years folks), CONEXPO, itself, will be the eighth most populous city in Nevada during that week in March. It will temporarily increase Las Vegas’ population by better than one-fifth.
Not big enough? How about equipment exhibits covering more than 2.28 million net sq ft, taken by nearly 2,000 exhibitors, while sister show IFPE (International Exposition for Power Transmission) exhibits cover 127,000 net sq ft taken by 400 exhibitors? more
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Editors Message
The Epicenter of Equipment
CONEXPO-CON/AGG Creates the American
Construction Industry’s Biggest Iron Attraction
By Keith Gribbins
The dust is just beginning to settle on a brave new world of machinery. After years of preparation, the CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show is primed to be the ultimate global equipment experience in 2008. Machines have been landing in Nevada for months, congregating in groups at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Earthmoving equipment, concrete machines, trucks, drilling rigs, information technology systems, engines, aggregates and ever onward have been separated, set up, polished and pulled into thousands of booths, creating North America’s biggest macrocosm of machines.more
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Talking Shop
Getting Under the Carriage
Ensure Your Compact Track Loader's Long Existence with Keen Undercarriage Maintenance
By David Steger
The tracked, armored versatility of a compact track loader allows it to attack a variety of jobs head-on. These mobile construction vehicles, fitted with a rubber track undercarriage, perform a multitude of tasks on construction sites, farms, landscape jobs, rental lots and even shipyards, utilizing a quick-exchange attachment system just like a skid steer.
Capitalizing on an undercarriage instead of wheels, a rubber track loader provides the extra advantages offered by tracks, such as increased stability, maneuverability, flotation, comfort and all-weather workability. But that undercarriage also means more moving parts and complex systems that need attention when preserving the maintenance and health of your tracked tool-carrier. more
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