Gradall® Unveils Unique Virtual Walkarounds For Hydraulic Excavator Models

Aug. 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Gradall® is pleased to introduce a new series of virtual walkarounds for its most popular collections of hydraulic excavators. The programs are designed with exclusive features unlike any other virtual walkaround in the equipment industry.

"The walkarounds can familiarize operators and owners of current Gradall excavator models with the unique collection of components that combine to deliver exceptional versatility and productivity on a greater range of jobs," said Michael Norman, director of sales and marketing for Gradall Industries, Inc.

The virtual walkarounds are accessible from the Gradall excavators Internet home page – http://www.gradall.com

"By offering a convenient process to familiarize operators, service personnel and equipment fleet managers, we believe we are encouraging them to benefit from the greater productivity and versatility designed into each model," said Norman.

"Knowledge of the machine, its various components and the performance benefits they deliver also can help maximize the working life of the equipment and encourage safe operation and maintenance."

Norman added that the walkarounds also serve as an excellent training tool for both new and veteran Gradall distributor personnel. "New sales people can easily learn about the difference between Gradall excavators and other models, and experienced sales people can brush up on new refinements and advantages in our Series 3 excavators."

Individual walkarounds were created for families of machines with highway speed wheeled undercarriages, rough terrain wheeled undercarriages and crawlers. Each of the programs has an audio track, text and detailed photos that provide a guide to the machines’ components. For those who have access to an actual machine, the site offers the option of downloading the audio track to an MP3 player and printing out guides for walkarounds in person.

Gradall excavators are distinguished by their full tilting, telescoping booms, which can now compete with conventional excavator power and cycle speed, while also offering exceptional versatility to do the jobs of many different machines on many job sites.

The only hydraulic excavators made only in America, Gradall has been a pioneer in excavator mobility, inventing the concept of mounting a productive machine on a truck undercarriage. Even today, Gradall leads the industry in wheeled excavator mobility both on and off road, making them preferred machines for governments and contractors for road repair, grading, demolition, mass excavation, loading and spreading material, storm cleanup, guardrail installation and other tasks.

All Gradall excavators are designed, built and supported by Gradall Industries, Inc., with processes that meet ISO 9001-2008 standards. Gradall Industries is wholly owned by the Alamo Group.

Alamo Group, Inc.: For 40 years, Alamo has been a world leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of high quality equipment for right-of-way maintenance and agriculture. Our products include tractor and truck mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, excavators, street sweepers, vacuum trucks, snow removal equipment, pothole patchers, agricultural attachments and related aftermarket parts and services. We currently produce and assemble products in 16 principal facilities worldwide. Our products are sold through Alamo Group's marketing organizations and our extensive independent worldwide dealer networks under various trademarks and trade names. These include Alamo Industrial, Tiger, Schwarze, Gradall, Vacall, Nite-Hawk, Henke Manufacturing, Schulte, Rhino, M & W, SMC, Herschel, Valu-Bilt, Bomford, Spearhead, McConnel, Twose, SMA, Forges Gorce, Faucheux, Rousseau, Rivard, and others. Alamo Group went public in 1993 and since 1995 has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ALG. Visit our website at www.http://alamo-group.com

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Since the 1940s, the Gradall name has been known world-wide for quality, innovation and versatility, producing exceptional excavators and machines for governments and private contractors as well as for mines, metal mills and even the firefighting industry