2014 Contractors' Top 50 New Products: 50 Ways to Build the Bottom Line

A unique awards program where those who own and utilize the equipment select the winners.

September 15, 2014

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Your equipment fleet represents both the lifeblood of your business and your largest capital expense. It’s critical that the units you acquire and use in your operation make sense for your applications and can deliver the greatest return on investment.

The 2014 Contractors’ Top 50 New Products represent a broad cross section of equipment types, all with one common denominator — they offer the potential to deliver the value you need to complete jobs more quickly, reduce owning and operating costs and ultimately put more money to the bottom line. Hosted by Equipment Today and ForConstructionPros.com, this awards program lets you be the judges in selecting the recipients. Nominees were determined based on reader inquiries on new products featured in the magazine over a 12-month period, along with page views and inquiries on ForConstructionPros.com. Manufacturers are able to receive only one award, so the winning product represents the single highest ranking product for the company for the specified time frame.

To learn more about this year's recipients, click on the links below. Be sure to share your input in the comments area or on Facebook (Facebook.com/EquipmentToday) or Twitter (@EquipmentToday). We look forward to your feedback!

Congratulations to the 2014 Contractors’ Top 50 New Products recipients:

Aluma 7712H Tilt Utility Trailer

Argo Extreme Terrain Vehicles

Atlas Copco BC Hydraulic Bucket Crusher

Bandit 3750 Track Carrier

Bobcat Asphalt Preservation Tools System

Bosch PSJ120 12V Max Heated Jacket

Brokk 60 Demolition Machine

Brown Bear R31 Series Auger Backfiller

Carlson CP-100 Commercial Asphalt Paver

Case M Series Crawler Dozers

Caterpillar D Series Compact Track Loaders and Multi Terrain Loaders

Chevy Colorado Pickup Truck (2015)

Chicago Pneumatic Compact Tandem Rollers

Ditch Witch Utiliguard Locating System

Doosan DX63-3 & DX85R-3 Excavators

FAE PrimeTech PT-175

Falcon MINI Asphalt Recycler & Hot Box

Fecon FTX128L Compact Mulching Tractor

Felling Redesigned Compact Loader Trailer

Ford F-150 Tremor Pickup Truck

Freightliner 122SD Vocational Truck

General Pipe Cleaners Gen-Eye Hot Spot Locator

Haulotte HTL 4017 Telehandlers

Hilti TE 30-A36 Combihammer Drill

Hitek Pavijet MG7 Mini Paver

Hoelscher Cross-cut Grader Attachment

Honda EB2000i Generator

Hyundai R145LCR-9A and R235LCR-9A Excavators

Illumagear Halo Light

Innovative Products Grease Joint Rejuvenator

John Deere 204K and 304K Loaders

Kawasaki 115Z7 Loader

Kenworth T880 Vocational Truck

Kobelco SK350LC Excavator

Komatsu D61i-23 Dozer

Liebherr HS 8300 HD Hybrid Crawler Crane

Lowell 8C Ratcheting Socket Wrench

Manitowoc MLC165 Crawler Crane

Milwaukee Electric M18 Cordless Grease Gun

ProBuilt Nightsearcher WorkStar Floodlight

Ram 1500 Pickup Truck (2014)

Roadrunner Super C Grader-Spreader-Maintainer

Sidney Land Shark Power Rotating Saw

Takeuchi TB1140 Series 2 Excavator

Terex/Genie GTH-5519 Tier 4 Telehandler

Trimble Spectra Precision RD20 Remote Display

Volvo ECR25D Mini Excavator

Wacker Neuson HDR 155 Radiant Heater

WD-40 Expanded Specialist Line

Zonar V3R Telematics Platform

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