Capital Equipment News November 2022

Road Widener now offers a spray bar system on its patented offset vibratory roller, thus increasing the versatility of the attachment.

by 50%, while coming at a fifth of the cost of traditional self-propelled equipment. The FH-R is a versatile solution for material placement, precisely dispensing topsoil, gravel, asphalt, limestone and more – all with an attachment compatible with common machines already on the jobsite. “The FH-R allows contractors to get the job done more quickly and efficiently. Our two-step process eliminates the need for grading and sweeping by placing the ma terial right where it needs to go the first time,” explains Lynn Marsh, president of Road Widener. The remote-controlled design of the attachment allows the operator of the car rier to control the attachment via remote control – enhancing safety by eliminating the danger of additional workers standing along the jobsite. The remote-controlled attachment eas ily connects to most skid-steers, compact track loaders, graders and wheel loaders, operating off the host machine’s engine and hydraulics. It is available in left, right or dual dispensing configurations to take on any roadway around the world. The attachment streamlines a variety of tasks including backfilling, road widening, road shoulder repairs, remediation and

Attachments by their nature help to transform tool carriers from one-dimensional pieces of equipment into multipurpose and adaptable machines

Road Widener’s patented FH-R material placement attachment reduces labour by 50%, while coming at a fifth of the cost of traditional self-propelled equipment

Latest from Caterpillar is a five-model range of attachments for nursery and landscaping applications

Simex used bauma 2022 to unveil its PL 2000, said to be the widest asphalt cold planer attachment on the market

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