Anyone have any ideas on the specific application for this boom? I would say that it is for mine applications.  Looks like it has pivot capabilities that you would find in a Gradall Mine Excavator?

Tags: CAT, Excavator, Gradall, Tunneling

This is one of the many XL3200’s working at the Greek coal mines which
supply coal for 70% of the power in Greece.  If you follow most of the
videos you’ll see this machine work under the big mining machine.  Also the
special attachment was designed by Gradall and PPC for cleaning coal and
debris from under conveyors.

Tags: Gradall, Special Attachment, XL3300

“Svyatovit” Company was founded in 1997. It is situated in Kohanovo (Vytebsk region). The plant became the first Belarusian enterprise producing multipurpose engineering machines. More than 300 units have been produced since the foundation of the plant.
3 models are being offered. Two of them mounted on a truck chassis - ANTEI and ANTEI-RX, and one - track-type machine named HYDRA.

Tags: ANTEI, ANTEI-RX, Badger, Excavator, Gradall, HYDRA, Svyatovit

Prosol a distributer in Chile, South America has some great videos of the Gradall products. I would say they market this product better than anyone else in the world. Great Video editing and transitions. Also very good use of the adobe flash video player.

PROSOL Gradall Video

Machine Videos: XL2210 | XL4210 | XL3300 | XL5110

GRADALL Overview

Special Thanks to Prosol. Great Work

Tags: Alamo, Chile, Gradall, Prosol, Telescopic Boom Excavator

Railroad maintenance equipment is an interesting product set in the world construction equipment. Many manufacturers create variants on equipment that serves one purpose and then with the chassis being retrofitted it then hits this category.

On the other hand there are manufacturers who make products specifically for the industry and do a great job. One example of this is Colmar which is an italian manufacturer who makes railroad cranes specifically designed for railway line maintenance. They were designed to be compact. They can be used for cutting foliage along railway lines, or for ballasting maintenance. Rail wheels come standard on railway cranes, enabling them to move unaided along tracks, as well as being transported via rail cars for long journeys.

Tags: Colmar, Crane, Gradall, Railroad, XL3100

Many construction manufacturers are starting to move down the path to create GPS / Diagnostic services which they are reselling with their equipment.  Currently all the big players seem to offer this but outside of new OEM products there are limited offerings.It would be nice to see other manufacturers provide this. Could it be that not enough organizations have the capability or are there barriers for their entry.

Tags: Caterpillar, Gradall, JDLink, JLG, John Deere, Komatsu, Oshkosh

Gradall Introduces New Excavator in 55,000 lb. Class with Greater Performance and Smaller Footprint. Read more here at Gradall

Tags: Alamo, Gradall, Telescopic Boom Excavator, XL5100