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Spring Cleaning & Site Updates

Spring is always especially busy for us in the technology group.  While we deal with increasing amounts of website traffic, we also work to upgrade critical systems while building new products for our future.  Our Architecture group has moved our … Continue reading

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John Deere Displaying World’s First Walking Forest Machine Prototype

We are fans of robots here at MetalMiner. From the nimble small ones to the sizeable giants, we appreciate the skill – and metal – it takes to create these sci-fi creatures. That being said, when we stumbled upon this … Continue reading

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From Our Perspective

Congress’s passage last week of a 90-day extension to the funding of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will allow for the continuing operations of existing projects; however, it will keep the construction industry in limbo. Without a long-term funding plan … Continue reading

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From Our Perspective…

Equipment The end of stimulus funding for transportation and the overall malaise of the economy are taking their toll on construction equipment sales. When you add to that the pull-back of construction spending by state governments, the short-term sales outlook … Continue reading

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Nothing Like Word of Concrete…

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The 37th Annual World of Concrete Show happened in Las Vegas in January 23rd- 27th.  Since 1975, this show has been the industry’s ONLY annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete … Continue reading

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Nothing Like Word of Concrete…

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The 37th Annual World of Concrete Show happened in Las Vegas in January 23rd- 27th.  Since 1975, this show has been the industry’s ONLY annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete … Continue reading

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More Site Updates

Hello again, everyone.  It’s another week and we’ve launched more updates to the sites, CommercialTruckTrader and EquipmentTraderOnline.  Some of these updates were directly related to feedback we’ve received from the site, so I’m sure there’s a few people out there … Continue reading

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Press Release from Our Friends at IronPlanet

IronPlanet to host February 2012 auction in FloridaLeader in online auctions brings global marketplace to winter Florida auctions    PLEASANTON, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2011) – IronPlanet® (www.ironplanet.com), a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, will host its first onsite … Continue reading

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Press Release from Our Friends at IronPlanet

IronPlanet to host February 2012 auction in FloridaLeader in online auctions brings global marketplace to winter Florida auctions    PLEASANTON, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2011) – IronPlanet® (www.ironplanet.com), a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, will host its first onsite … Continue reading

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Mahindra Max is Coming Out

Moments ago we received an exciting email from one of our manufacturers, Mahindra, about their newest product launch.  After looking into it, we decided it was a “must-share”… Mahindra is coming out with a line that is called Mahindra Max.  … Continue reading

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