Articles covering used equipment trends, market signals, OEM strategy, dealer networks, auction activity, inventory movement, global equipment markets, and fleet decision intelligence.
Heavy equipment telematics can track hours, fault codes, maintenance, and machine performance. But when used equipment changes owners, the buyer may receive access to the connected machine without receiving its complete history. A permanent record could improve buyer confidence, identify reporting gaps, document major damage and repairs, and produce more accurate resale values.
Used equipment market reports provide valuable clues, but broad changes in inventory, asking prices, and auction values rarely tell the whole story. Buyers need to consider platform coverage, seasonality, machine class, auction quality, equipment mix, and export demand before treating a percentage as a market conclusion.
The Volvo EC230 Electric appears capable of matching the diesel EC230 while it is operating. The harder question is whether its seven-to-eight-hour battery window, charging infrastructure, generator fuel use, battery degradation, and uncertain resale value make sense on real North American job sites.
Critical minerals are becoming the new mining race because electric vehicles, batteries, phones, defense systems, data centers, and advanced manufacturing depend on them. But the hard part is not only finding the minerals — it is mining, processing, refining, financing, regulating, and supporting them at industrial scale.
A practical wheel loader buying guide for contractors and fleet managers. Learn how to match a standard construction wheel loader to the material, truck size, bucket, tires, attachments, daily output, travel distance, and ownership cost before choosing new, used, rental-return, auction, or rental.
AI data centers are no longer just technology projects. They are power, water, cooling, grid, construction, and heavy equipment stories that affect communities, contractors, and ordinary electric customers.
A 250-Year Salute to the Americans Who Built the Roads, Railroads, Cities, Factories, Machines, and Infrastructure That Made a Nation This country was not built by speeches alone. It was built by hands that blistered, backs that bent, shoulders that carried, boots that wore out, and families that sacrificed. On July 4, 1776, the United…
This September 2026 Heavy Equipment Auction Calendar tracks upcoming heavy equipment auctions, construction equipment auctions, used equipment auctions, truck and trailer auctions, compact equipment auctions, rental fleet auctions, forestry equipment auctions, agricultural equipment auctions, mining equipment auctions, roadbuilding equipment auctions, and industrial equipment auctions. For the current rolling calendar, visit the main HEPLANET Heavy Equipment…
This August 2026 Heavy Equipment Auction Calendar tracks upcoming heavy equipment auctions, construction equipment auctions, used equipment auctions, truck and trailer auctions, compact equipment auctions, rental fleet auctions, mining equipment auctions, roadbuilding equipment auctions, agricultural equipment auctions, forestry equipment auctions, and industrial equipment auctions. For the current rolling calendar, visit the main HEPLANET Heavy Equipment…
This July 2026 Heavy Equipment Auction Calendar tracks upcoming construction equipment auctions, used equipment auctions, truck and trailer auctions, rental fleet auctions, compact equipment auctions, mining equipment auctions, roadbuilding equipment auctions, forestry equipment auctions, agricultural equipment auctions, and industrial equipment auctions. For the current rolling calendar, visit the main HEPLANET Heavy Equipment Auction Calendar. Auction…