Dealer's heavy equipment helps town after giant tornado

When an F5 tornado wrecked the town of Greensburg, Kansas, a local John Deere and construction equipment dealer pitched in to help clear the debris.

Reed\ACP Construction Data features the story of Murray Tractor and their donation of a loader to help the residents of the demolished Kansas Town.

The loader came equipped with a special attachment that could move a truckload of debris in one scoop.

Innovative dump truck conversion wins award

Suujournal.com features a story on Chris Culp, inventor of the Dump-A-Matic, a device that turns any pick-up truck into a dump truck.

Culp was awarded $100,000 by a panel of investors at the Utah Economic Summit.

The Dump-A-Matic is a large box that sits in the back of a pickup. After the Dump-A-Matic is filled with dirt, the driver backs up and stops suddenly. The device dumps the dirt using gravity, then rolled back by hand.

Yellow Metal TV is television for heavy equipment fans

Yellow Metal TV is an internet based news site that offers heavy equipment related news and information. A "show" of Yellow Metal TV consists of 2 to 3 minute segments that are featured on the website and added during the week. You can view Yellow Metal TV on your computer or download episodes to your Ipod.