Pipelaying contractors must choose between crawler dozer bodies with sidebooms or excavator-style pipelayers, where the excavator arm is essentially replaced with a boom and the upper structure can ...

Volvo Construction Equipment offers an attachment kit that allows 14-ton excavators to be converted into rotating pipelayers, providing a simple solution for users who don’t want to buy a dedicated ...

The 1050K pipelayer-ready crawler tractor is available in two maximum-lift-capacity configurations: the 170,000-pound-capacity PL170 and the PL220 rated at 220,000 pounds. The 350-horsepower 1050K, ...

The Elizabeth River is tidal estuary, forming an arm of Hampton Roads harbor in southeast VA. The river is also a gateway to the south for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway – a sheltered waterway to ...

Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has unveiled its new PL3005D pipelayer, with a 50 tonne lifting capacity. Volvo pipelayers are based on the hydraulic excavator platform, allowing the superstructure ...

Authorities in Pittsylvania County say that a piece of heavy-duty pipelayer equipment was set on fire, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Deputies say on February 2, around 11 p.m., a ...