Shantui has used the BICES exhibition in Beijing, China to unveil its first ever GPS machine controlled dozer, the DH17R. The 19.3 tonne, 127 kW machine was demonstrated using a Leica iCON GPS 60 ...

GPS has been a fantastic tool for us." Basically, the use of GPS on earthmoving sites falls into two categories: "machine-control" and "grade-control." Machine-control systems, as the term implies, ...

Retrofitting Topcon 3D-MCmax to an existing dozer may prove to be more of a challenge than traditional GPS with slope sensors. Due to the necessary machine integration, it is not a generic bolt-on ...

Tiger Contracting is using GPS technology on a new motor grader and a new dozer to complete site work on a 178,000-square-foot Lowes Home Improvement Center project in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. The ...

Sargent Corp. typically lays 2-in. gravel to grade prior to the paving operation. “Say the GPS dozer is off an inch vertically and we put down an extra inch of material over the entire site.