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Earth-Moving
Compact excavator
The Takeuchi TB153FR zero-swing compact excavator features a patented side-to-side offset boom system to give the operator the ability to slew 360 degrees within inches of the machine width. The STS boom design coupled with a low machine center of gravity provides the digging speed, stability, power and visibility found in Takeuchi's conventional excavators. In addition, an interference prevention system controls the boom's range of motion to prevent the bucket from contacting the operator's station.

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Compact utility loader
Featuring increased horsepower, enhanced ground-to-track contact for maximum ground-engaging power and low ground pressure, the Toro Dingo TX 425 wide-track compact utility loader is designed to handle a variety of landscapes and difficult-to-navigate terrain. Powered by a 25-hp, air-cooled Kohler Command Pro Series engine, the Dingo TX 425 offers more than 35 quick-change attachments including auger, trencher, vibratory plow, hydraulic breaker, backhoe, leveler, tiller, cultivator, tree forks, two-stage snowthrower and several sizes of buckets. A four-pump, independent hydraulic system allows the operator to direct power where and when it is needed.

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Lifting
Telescopic boom
Designed to offer some of the highest load capacities in the industry, the platform on Genie's new S-60 HC telescopic boom is rated for 750 pounds, 50-percent more capacity throughout the entire working envelope. It also supports platform loads up to 1,250 pounds, 25-percent more load capacity in the maximum capacity zone. The S-60 is well suited for mechanical contractors, glazers, brick layers and others looking to move higher loads and up to three people into and out of hard-to-reach areas.

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Telescopic tool carrier
The V723 VersaHandler telescopic tool carrier from Bobcat provides up to 23 feet of lift height and a 7,000-pound maximum load capacity, making it a suitable machine for transporting and lifting building materials, landscaping supplies, placing trusses, handling waste and piling snow.

Lester Sterken, a dairy farmer in Wisconsin, uses the V723 to load silage into trucks with high sides. "I could hardly load them with the end loader, but now I can dump right into them with the V723." He also uses the V723 to stack hay bales higher than he could before.

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For Contractors
Vibratory roller
The Bomag BW100AD-4 tandem ride-on vibratory roller offers large roller performance and productivity in a compact frame. The roller is powered by a 33.7-hp, 3-cylinder water-cooled Kubota diesel engine and has an operating weight of 5,291 pounds with 39.4-inch wide drums. The unit has a frequency of 4,200 vibrations per minute, a 6-percent increase over the previous model. It also offers a performance increase of 15-percent over the model it replaces and produces up to 8,550 pounds of centrifugal force per drum.

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Compressor
DeWalt's gas wheeled portable compressor, the D55273, offers a new pump with increased air delivery and maximum pressure, allowing more users to work from the same compressor. The heavy-duty, 5.5-hp 10.5-gallon compressor also offers a unique cooling system that extends pump life. Additionally, an innovative roll cage/tank/handle design and two non-flat tires that give the unit rugged protection and improved mobility on the jobsite.

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For Homeowners/Light Contractors
Impact drivers
Hitachi Power Tools' WH12DAF2 and WH14DAF2 impact drivers produce no-load speeds of up to 2,500 rpm and impacts per minute of up to 2,900. Equipped with two high-capacity 1.4 Ah batteries each, the tools can run longer with fewer charges. A new quick charger recharges the batteries in 30 minutes. The electronic feedback power control switch saves time and effort by providing equal torque and rpm in both forward and reverse.

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Street sweeper
The Allianz MS/MT350 truck-mounted mechanical street sweeper is available in single or twin engine and has a 60-gallon fuel system. The sweeper features a direct hydraulic broom drive and a variable height debris dumping system. The hopper has a capacity of 4.5 cubic yards.

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Circular saw
Makita's 8 1/4-inch circular saw has a 2-7/8-inch cutting capacity for larger wood-cutting applications. Two LED lights illuminate the line of cut for increased accuracy. The light is built into the tool housing so it doesn't obstruct vision or interfere with the line of cut. A separate on/off switch for the light is located on the tool body for easy activation.

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Product Spotlight
Tower Crane Assists Chernobyl Wall Reinforcement
A Potain MD 3200 tower crane is the key lifting apparatus in use for the reinforcement of a collapsing wall at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the town of Pripyat, Ukraine. The special application crane is being used to reinforce the existing wall and roof of Nuclear Reactor Number 4, the location of a major accident 20 years ago. Two large beams have been supporting the roof of the building but are resting on the structurally unsound west wall of Reactor 4. The MD 3200 lifts steel elements to reinforce the wall.

On-site contractor and owner of the MD 3200 is UTEM, based in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The company's crane operators are located 328 feet from the reactor and operate the crane by remote control from an anti-radiation shelter. A number of cameras attached to the crane allow the operators to monitor all lifting operations, while feedback screens show the precise position of the load. The MD 3200 can travel to and from the power plant wall on a 49-foot-wide, 328-foot-long track.

The MD 3200 can handle a maximum load of 88 U.S. tons when rigged with six falls of wire rope. The MD 3200 is fitted with 230 feet of jib and it can handle 43 tons at its jib end. It has a height under hook of 236 feet and is equipped with a 250 LCC 133 hoisting winch.

Gerard Vezant, sales director for special application cranes at MCG, said Potain's special application cranes were the perfect choice for this sensitive project.

"To operate a tower crane of this size, from a remote location, and on such a sensitive project requires incredibly close control, both on the part of the operator and the crane," he says. "The planning on this job has been particularly involved, which is understandable given the location. However, the MD 3200, together with the highly skilled team from UTEM, has performed brilliantly. This project is a real showcase for the engineering excellence of Potain and the talents of the UTEM engineers."

Work began at the plant in June and will finish in December 2006. The Chernobyl Power Station is 68 miles north of Kiev. The present concrete containment covering, called a sarcophagus, is not an effective permanent enclosure for the destroyed Reactor 4. Eventually, the plant will be covered with a new sarcophagus.

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