A massive 700-ton Demag all terrain crane —the largest all terrain crane ever sold at a Ritchie Bros. auction—will be sold in Spain in June 2013. Which made us think: when were all terrain cranes first built–and when did they get so big? ...

Combine harvesters – more commonly referred to as simply “combines” – are able to perform the incredibly delicate task of harvesting and separating grain from the plant stalk, while covering hundreds of acres of farmland in a single day....

From fine grading to pushing material Motor graders are used for a variety of construction, mining and road building applications, in particular for applications requiring precision to within a fraction of an inch. Removing a surface...

Rock trucks —also known as haul trucks, heavy haulers, rigid trucks and mining trucks—are massive off-highway trucks used to transport hundreds of tons of material at construction and mine sites. Even empty, rock trucks are too heavy for public...

In our 50 plus years in business, Ritchie Bros. has sold a lot of cranes at our unreserved public equipment auctions around the world – from conventional truck cranes to crawler cranes and all terrain cranes . But what we have yet to...

Front shovels are primarily used in surface mining excavations. Members of the hydraulic excavator family, front shovels are distinguished from their cousins by a couple of key features: relatively short booms and sticks, and...

The Caterpillar 994 is the largest-ever wheel loader built by Caterpillar. At 427,209 lbs the giant Caterpillar 994 dwarfs the 992, nearly doubling the already massive wheel loader in terms of weight, power, and bucket capacity. ...

When it comes to heavy equipment, the goliaths used in mining dwarf even some of the biggest machines seen on the average construction site. Here’s a look at four of the biggest earthmoving machines and what they’re used for: Rock Trucks:...

The Largest Operational Crawler Tractor in the World With its gigantic size and capacity, it’s easy to understand how the Komatsu D575A crawler tractor has earned the bragging rights as “the largest operational crawler tractor in the...

Cranes have played an important part in constructing houses, buildings, cities, and nations throughout history. What would take hundreds of people and hours to accomplish, one of these cranes can do in just minutes. Here are some of the most...