President Trump's trade war is heating up. In Trump's crosshairs - China - but consumers are going to obviously feel the effects here at home. When it comes to the construction parts industry, some top aftermarket companies that manufacture and import high quality parts from China will be getting hit with a hefty 25% tariff. This will obviously increase costs of
aftermarket parts
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Posted: July 12, 2018Categories: News
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Posted: July 05, 2018
Cougar Excavation in Oregon needed a final drive for their CAT 312CL and they gave us a call here at ConEquip. Adam Bailey took the call and set Cougar Excavation up with a new replacement Dyco drive with motor for $4850 delivered.
"We're the only authorized Dyco dealer in the country right now, allowing us to provide high quality replacement final drives,
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Posted: July 02, 2018
One of our top Parts Specialists Bryan Branch has been working hard for Marvirose Contracting Ltd. up in Canada for the past few months. Marvirose does a great job digging foundations and other excavation work in and around Bradford, Ontario. Bryan has been working with Rocco on parts for their many machines which include Link-belt and CAT excavators, Kubota m
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Posted: July 02, 2018
Have you ever been a long road trip and just want to cruise down the highway but are forced to keep the steering wheel slightly to the left or right to keep from drifting into the guardrail or into oncoming traffic? It's kind of annoying, right? Also, it wears your tires unevenly. As you know, your car needs an alignment. Your track machine isn't
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Posted: June 26, 2018
If you own a Caterpillar bulldozer, excavator, wheel loader, backhoe
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Posted: June 26, 2018Categories: Success Stories
Our Parts Specialist Ben received a call recently from a company needing angle cylinders for their Komatsu D51PX with part number 707-00-0G851. According to the customer named Carl, they popped the nut
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Posted: December 20, 2017Categories: ConEquip 101 - Learning
When buying used construction parts from salvage yards the general thought is you get what you pay for. Although on many levels this is a true statement, that isn't necessarily the rule. In fact, there are federal and state laws in place to help protect customers who want to return damaged or unwanted merchandise.
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Posted: December 18, 2017
Keeping up a Caterpillar 950H is no small deal. The cost of replacement parts from the CAT dealer can get pretty expensive. That's why Brayden Sears got a call from a company
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Posted: December 12, 2017Categories: Success Stories
Garrett Hart received a call from a machine owner needing rollers for his Klemm KR806-3D drill rig. Apparently, no one had the rollers for this machine putting the customer in a real bind. While ConEquip Parts doesn't specifically sell parts for that type of machine,
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Posted: December 11, 2017Categories: Success Stories
Garrett Hart here at ConEquip Parts got a call from a rental company in Waverly, New York needing a final drive for a Caterpillar 350 excavator.
"The receptionist called me saying the machine was down on the job and needed the final