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PCCA Journal|2 nd Quarter 2011 52

Member News

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Ripley Introduces AJS Adjustable Jacket Slitter R

ipley’s Utility Tool division recently intro-duced the new AJS Adjustable Jacket Slitter, a professional-grade cable slitter designed for longitudinal, circumferential (ringing), and mid-span slitting of corrugated aluminum or copper shield cables, medium-density polyethylene, and high-density polyethylene conduits. The AJS has precision-ground tool steel blade with adjustable blade depth allowing slitting of coverings of up to 1 /

4 -inch thick. The blade fully retracts inside body for storage.

The AJS’s cam-adjustable lever allows blade dig-in in mid-span application, and lever teeth are designed for soft and hard jacket/cover-ing applications. It will do longitudinal

slitting of cable/duct ranging from 1 /

2 inch to larger sizes, and circumferential slitting of cable/duct ranging from 1- 1 /

2 inches to larger sizes. It allows window cutout to access fibers inside ducts ranging from 1- 1 /

2 inches to larger sizes.

Machinefnder.com Gives Customers Better Access to Used John Deere Equipment J

ohn Deere Construction & Forestry has joined www.machinefinder.com, a one-stop source for used Deere equipment online. With the addition of construction equipment, the entire John Deere enterprise is now represented on www.machine-finder.com, as the site also houses used Ag & Turf equipment. The site offers customers a faster, more intuitive browsing experience than the previous site and features used con-struction, forestry, and commercial worksite products from Deere’s dedicated Construction & Forestry dealers. “Users have told us they want to view more machines in an easier-to-navigate environment,” said Graham Hinch, manager, equipment remarketing, for John Deere Construc-tion & Forestry. “Machinefinder.com is our response. It has the customized search options equipment buyers need to navigate more inventory from more dealers.”

Customers can search for used machines in a variety of ways and can also view the inventory at a specific dealer. Users can then easily make contact with the dealer directly through the site.

Other options include the ability to customize the online experience through a feature that saves user equipment searches and distributes targeted “equipment wanted” posts to a bulletin board. Users can follow complete dealer invento-ries on Google, My Yahoo, XML, or RSS feeds.

New Elliott 36127F BoomTruck Features More Crane F

urther expanding its BoomTruck line of truck-mounted cranes, Elliott Equipment Company un-veiled a new 36127F Front Mounted BoomTruck this spring. The 36127F’s design provides 72,000 pounds of lifting capacity at a 5-foot radius and a maximum tip height of 137 feet. It features Elliott’s exclu-sive and popular ride-around control console and smooth thumb throttle to provide smooth operation.

The standard 36127F boom truck will carry an aluminum bed with wings, a 34-foot, 5-inch retracted to 127 inches

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