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| 2010-12-06 | Other | Ditch Witch Organization Offers GPS Equipment, Vehicle Trackers
State-of-the-art Ditch Witch® GPS systems offer the fastest update frequencies in the industry, so fleet owners can confidently pinpoint the location of their equipment and/or vehicles at any time from any computer, laptop or mobile device. |
| 2010-09-30 | Other | New Ditch Witch Mobile Website Launched
The Ditch Witch® organization has launched a new mobile website that enables customers to use their mobile device to quickly and easily access detailed information about the Ditch Witch product line, plus interactive features such as a downhole tool selector and drilling fluid formulator. |
| 2010-09-16 | Trenchers & Plows | New Ditch Witch MT12 MicroTrencher Simplifies Fiber Installation
The new Ditch Witch® MT12 MicroTrencher is one of the fastest and most efficient methods for installing fiber-optic cable in urban environments. |
| 2010-08-19 | Other | "Big Texas Road Show" Attracts Hundreds To Ditch Witch Dealerships
A recent tour of Ditch Witch® dealerships around Texas, dubbed "The Big Texas Road Show," showcased a wide range of Ditch Witch equipment and attracted approximately 800 customers at seven locations. |
| 2010-07-29 | Zahn | Zahn Trencher Now Offers Track Option
Two of the Ditch Witch® organization's innovative Zahn® trenchers now offer optional tracks for enhanced traction and maneuverability. All Zahn models will offer this option in the near future. |
| 2010-06-17 | Trenchless | New Ditch Witch JT100 All Terrain Directional Drill Released
The exclusive, patented two-pipe drilling system of the new JT100 All Terrain enables this 268-hp (200 kW) horizontal directional drill to install pipe in most ground formations, including solid rock. |
| 2010-05-26 | Other | Ditch Witch OnGrade System
OnGrade™ is the most advanced, most accurate system for installing new gravity-flow sewer systems using horizontal directional drilling. |
| 2010-05-21 | Other | Honored With Ditch Witch Harold Chestnut Award
For his outstanding service as parts manager of the Ditch Witch of Nebraska dealership, Bob Ellington is the recipient of the 2009 Harold Chestnut Award, one of the Ditch Witch organization's highest honors. |
| 2010-05-19 | Trenchers & Plows | New Ditch Witch RT24 Trencher Released
New RT24 compact trencher offers exceptional trenching power, optional heavy-duty tracks and optional Roto Witch® boring capability. |
| 2010-05-07 | Other | Honored With Ditch Witch® Lowell Highfill Award
Tim Conover of Ditch Witch Midwest in Carol Stream, Illinois, was honored with the Ditch Witch Lowell Highfill Award for 2009. |
| 2010-05-07 | Other | Honored With Ditch Witch® Superior Service Award
Mark Frey of Ditch Witch of Montana in Billings, Montana, was honored with the Ditch Witch Service Manager of the Year for 2009. |
| 2010-05-07 | Other | Honored With Ditch Witch® Top Gold Aces Up Award
During the recent Ditch Witch Annual Business Conference 2010, Thomas Reszkowski was honored with a 2009 Top Gold Aces Up Award and Top Salesperson Worldwide. |
| 2010-04-22 | Trenchers & Plows | New Ditch Witch RT115 Quad Designed For Extreme Conditions
The heavy-duty frame and unique chevron track pattern of the new RT115 Quad help provide unbeatable productivity in rugged, muddy, and/or uneven terrain. |
| 2010-04-21 | Other | Ditch Witch March '10 Equipment Seminar
Ditch Witch organization hosts dealers and customers at equipment seminar. |
| 2010-04-16 | Other | The Charles Machine Works, Inc. Acquires HammerHead Trenchless Equipment
The Charles Machine Works, Inc. acquires Hammerhead Trenchless Equipment. |
| 2010-04-08 | Other | Ditch Witch Renews Partners Program
In our continuing efforts to provide helpful and timely promotions to our customers, The Ditch Witch® organization is pleased to announce the continuation of the Partners Program with John Deere Landscapes (JDL). |
| 2010-03-24 | Electronics | Ditch Witch Organization Releases New Electronic Transmitter
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of the new 910T electronic locating transmitter. |
| 2010-04-16 | Other | Ditch Witch Launches New Safety Program
New safety program increases our customers' ability to work safely on their jobsites. |
| 2010-01-28 | Other | 2009 Top Ten Ditch Witch® Dealerships Announced
Ten Ditch Witch® dealerships were recently honored by The Charles Machine Works, Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch products, as members of the 2009 Crescent Club. From sales and marketing to parts and service, these dealerships exhibited extraordinary service to their customers, to the industry, and to the Ditch Witch organization in 2009. |
| 2009-12-15 | Other | Ditch Witch Equipment Helps ECI Telecom Diversify
Established in 1996, utility contracting company ECI Telecom (ECI) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, spent its first years of operation primarily serving multi-system operator (MSO) cable television companies. This was during the peak of the telecommunications construction boom. |
| 2009-12-15 | Trenchers & Plows | Ditch Witch Organization Restores C99 for Company Museum
Ditch Witch Australia's Stewart Brown and Cliff Lyle presented Kennards, the largest small equipment rental company in Australia, with a restored C99 trencher for the company's museum. Kennards, a family-owned company, has been in business for more than 60 years. |
| 2009-11-18 | Compact Utility | Ditch Witch Organization Unveils New Excavator-Tool Carrier
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of the new XT855 excavator-tool carrier, a compact, multi-function machine that features an excavator with a 260-degree swing plus a tool carrier that can drive as many as 70 compact utility attachments. |
| 2009-11-18 | Trenchless | Most Powerful Ditch Witch® Pipe Bursting System Released
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of the PR100, the company's newest and most powerful pipe bursting system. Each component of the PR100—the bursting unit, power pack, and job box—is designed and manufactured by the Ditch Witch organization. |
| 2009-10-28 | Other | Ditch Witch—The Brand
The evolution of the Ditch Witch logo reflects changing graphic styles and the company's growth in the world marketplace. |
| 2009-10-26 | Trenchers & Plows | Ditch Witch RT45 Trencher Introduced
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of a new ride-on trencher, the RT45, an upgrade of the company's popular RT40. |
| 2009-06-10 | Trenchers & Plows | New Ditch Witch RT80 Designed To Perform Big In Any Situation
The Ditch Witch® organization has released the RT80, a utility-based, fully hydrostatic trencher with a compact footprint and an 83 gross horsepower (62 kW) turbocharged diesel engine. This combination of size and power gives the RT80 the capability to dig trenches in tight spaces that larger trenchers cannot reach. |
| 2009-06-03 | Trenchless | New Ditch Witch JT100 Directional Drill Gives Power Where Power Is Due
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of its most powerful directional drill, the JT100 Mach 1. Equipped with a 268-hp (200 kW) engine, the JT100 is designed so that rotation, thrust, and drilling fluid flow can operate simultaneously at full power, which leads to faster job completion. |
| 2009-05-20 | Electronics | Ditch Witch Organization Unveils 980 Fault System
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of a new and improved system for locating faults in direct-buried, unshielded power and communications cables typically found at streetlight circuits and meter risers, and across driveways, sidewalks, and streets. |
| 2009-04-15 | Trenchers & Plows | Ditch Witch Organization Unveils Two New Compact Trenchers
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of two new walk-behind trenchers: the RT10 and the RT12. Both trenchers feature fully hydrostatic steering and offer a choice of high-flotation tires or heavy-duty, oscillating tracks. |
| 2009-03-18 | Other | Ditch Witch Organization Has New Financial Provider
The Ditch Witch organization has a new financial underwriter for the company's financial services component, Ditch Witch Financial Services (DWFS). Trinity Vendor Finance, a division of Bank of the West, was selected by the Ditch Witch organization on the basis of Trinity's financial strength and its long history of providing financial services for the construction industry. |
| 2009-03-11 | Trenchless | Ditch Witch JT3020 All Terrain Improves HDD Productivity
The Ditch Witch® JT3020 All Terrain features a patented dual-drive pipe system that enables the machine to simultaneously steer and penetrate the soil. |
| 2009-02-18 | Other | New Ditch Witch Beacon Housing Improves HDD Efficiency
The Ditch Witch® organization has developed a beacon housing that is designed to be more durable, versatile, and productive than the tapered-head beacon housings previously offered by the company. |
| 2009-01-15 | Trenchers & Plows | Ditch Witch Organization Unveils 300-hp Rock Trencher
Capable of trenching up to ten feet (3.1 m) deep and 36 inches (914 mm) wide in the most extreme jobsite conditions, the steel-tracked HT300 features a sturdy undercarriage designed to withstand the rigors of rock-laden jobsites, and trencher stabilizers that automatically adjust to terrain changes to isolate vibration in rock and other harsh conditions. |
| 2008-10-30 | Other | Area Executive Takes International Leadership Post
Tiffany Sewell-Howard, Chief Executive Officer of The Charles Machine Works in Perry, Oklahoma, has been elected First Vice Chairman of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). |
| 2008-10-06 | Other | New Ditch Witch Platinum Plus Released
The Ditch Witch® organization, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of underground construction equipment, announces the new Ditch Witch Platinum Plus, which customers can use to finance parts, service, rental, and accessory purchases at participating Ditch Witch dealerships nationwide. Ditch Witch Platinum Plus cardholders can consolidate monthly billing, manage expenses, get detailed account information online, and receive a variety of financing promotions. |
| 2008-10-06 | Other | Ditch Witch of West Texas Named Top Small Business Of The Year
Ditch Witch of West Texas, Inc., has been named Jim Henson Top Small Business of the Year in Amarillo. The award is named for a longtime Chamber employee who devoted much of his time in support of small business in the Amarillo area. |
| 2008-09-03 | Other | Ditch Witch Organization Launches Used Inventory Site DitchWitchUsed.com
The Ditch Witch organization is pleased to announce that they and Equipment Web Services (EWS), a division of Dominion Enterprises, have launched a used equipment website: DitchWitchUsed.com. Internet customers can easily search on DitchWitchUsed.com for used equipment by manufacturer, model, category, year of manufacture, price, and location. |
| 2008-08-07 | Zahn | Ditch Witch Zahn: Dedicated Versatility
The Ditch Witch design philosophy of minimizing compromise in multi-task machines has advanced another step with the company's new Zahn. CE editors recently had the chance to spend a day with the marketing and engineering folks responsible for the Zahn—talking about the machine's unique design, visiting the Zahn assembly line and observing the machine (in various of its configurations) at work in the red clay of Perry, Okla., where the company is headquartered. |
| 2008-06-04 | Vacuum Excavation | Compact, Powerful Ditch Witch FX20 Vacuum Excavator Released
The Ditch Witch® organization, the industry leader in the design and manufacture of underground construction equipment, has released its most portable and affordable vacuum excavation system to date, the FX20. |
| 2008-03-31 | Other | New Ditch Witch Silt Fence Installer Released
The Ditch Witch organization, the industry leader in the design and manufacture of underground construction equipment, has released a silt fence installer designed to be faster and more productive than any similar product on the market. |
| 2008-03-14 | Other | Perry High School Team Wins National Construction Challenge
A team of Perry High School students has been named the winner in the Construction Equipment Challenge competition sponsored by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), an international trade association representing companies that manufacture equipment, products and provide services used worldwide in the construction, agricultural, mining, forestry, and utility fields. The competition was held at the 2008 CONEXPO-CON/AGG show in Las Vegas, the largest construction trade event in North America. |
| 2008-03-13 | Other | Ditch Witch New England Plays Big Role in Northeast Trenchless Association Annual Meeting
With the help of founding member Ditch Witch New England of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, the Northeast Trenchless Association (NTA) conducted its fourth annual business meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham, Massachusetts, on January 14 and 15, 2008. |
| 2008-03-12 | Trenchless | Ditch Witch JT4020 Series Now More Durable
The Ditch Witch organization is pleased to announce a significant upgrade to two of the company's most rugged, dependable and powerful horizontal directional drilling (HDD) machines: the JT4020 Mach 1 and the JT4020 All Terrain. |
| 2008-03-11 | Other | Ditch Witch Merchandise Available Via Website
The Ditch Witch® organization offers an extensive variety of merchandise bearing the Ditch Witch logo. Through the company's online store, dwoutfitters.com, customers can order caps, T-shirts, dress shirts, women's clothing, coats, jackets, and miscellaneous items such as coffee cups, key chains, pocket knives, pens, pencils, and work gloves, as well as the Super Witch V—a die-cast 1:25 scale model of the mega-trencher. Visit dwoutfitters.com for more information or to place an order. |
| 2008-02-28 | Trenchless | Ditch Witch FM25 Fluid Mixing System Released
The Ditch Witch® organization, the industry leader in the design and manufacture of underground construction equipment, announces the release of a new fluid mixing system, the Ditch Witch FM25, which is a reliable, low-maintenance system for mixing the drilling fluid in horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations. |
| 2008-02-19 | Other | Construction Challenge Team Advances to National Finals in Las Vegas
The Ditch Witch® organization is proud to announce that a team of Perry High School students has been selected a regional winner in the Construction Equipment Challenge competition sponsored by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The seven-member team from Perry is sponsored in the event by The Charles Machine Works, Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch equipment, and a member of AEM. The team advances to the finals in Las Vegas March 10-14. For more information on these events, visit www.constructionchallenge.org. |
| 2008-02-07 | Other | New Ditch Witch Platinum Card Plus Released
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the new Ditch Witch Platinum Card Plus, which customers can use to finance parts, service, rental, and accessory purchases at participating Ditch Witch dealerships nationwide. Ditch Witch Platinum Card Plus cardholders can consolidate monthly billing, manage expenses, get detailed account information online, and receive a variety of financing promotions. |
| 2008-01-30 | Electronics | Ditch Witch 250R/T Locating System Released
The Ditch Witch® 250R/T is one of the most efficient and cost-effective methods for locating and avoiding buried telephone, CATV, power, gas, and water lines. Consisting of a 250T transmitter and 250R receiver, this simple, lightweight system features intuitive controls, an easy-to-read display, and depth estimation up to 15 feet (4.6 m). |
| 2008-01-16 | Electronics | Ditch Witch Organization Introduces New Electronic Locating System
The Ditch Witch® 720ML is engineered to be extraordinarily sensitive; it can detect metallic or ferrous objects such as marker stakes, manhole covers, valve boxes and cast-iron pipe around excavation and horizontal directional drilling jobsites. |
| 2007-12-11 | Other | New Look, Design, Better Functionality For New DitchWitch.com
The Ditch Witch® organization, the industry leader in the design and manufacture of underground construction equipment, has re-invented its website;www.DitchWitch.com, to incorporate the latest in interactivity and design elements and bring the user an informative and truly interactive experience. |
| 2007-12-03 | Trenchless | Ditch Witch Aggressive Talon Rock Bit Redesigned For Greater Durability
The Ditch Witch® organization has re-released its popular Aggressive Talon Rock Bit with a design modification that will significantly improve performance. |
| 2007-11-12 | Electronics | The New 8500 Guidance System
The Ditch Witch organization, the industry leader in the design and manufacture of underground construction equipment, announces the release of an advanced, highly accurate electronic guidance system for tracking horizontal directional bores. |
| 2007-10-15 | Zahn | A New Family of Trenchers: Zahn R300 Establishes a New Standard of Power and Versatility
The Ditch Witch® organization introduces a new family of trenchers. The new Zahn™ series consists of three power units and set of compatible front ends that will revolutionize the industry. One of these machines is the Zahn R300, designed to be more powerful, more productive, and faster than any trencher in the 30-hp class. |
| 2007-10-15 | Zahn | The Zahn R150 Promises a New Level of Trenching
The new Zahn® series from the Ditch Witch® organization consists of three power units and set of compatible front ends that will revolutionize the industry. One of those machines is the Zahn R150 trencher, which is designed to be more powerful, more productive, and faster than any trencher in the 15-hp class. |
| 2007-10-15 | Zahn | Meet the Zahn R230: Power and Versatility
The Ditch Witch® organization introduces a new family of trenchers; one of those machines is the Zahn R230, which is designed to be more powerful, more productive, and faster than any trencher in the 23-hp class. |
| 2007-08-22 | Trenchless | New Ditch Witch Tornado Bits Hit Stores
The Ditch Witch® organization now offers nine different sizes of Tornado Bits for use in horizontal directional drilling (HDD) applications. |
| 2007-08-08 | Trenchless | Ditch Witch Drill Pipe Offers Unique Advantages
The Ditch Witch® organization manufactures one of the most extensive selections of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) equipment in the underground construction industry, and Ditch Witch drill pipe is considered by many to be the most durable, dependable and cost-effective pipe ever made for HDD applications. |
| 2007-07-26 | Trenchless | Ditch Witch Downhole Tools Part of Complete Package
The Ditch Witch® directional drilling product line is the only brand on the market that covers all major systems, including drilling unit, electronic guidance tools, vacuum systems, drill pipe, downhole tools (such as drilling bits and backreamers), and drilling fluid systems. |
| 2007-06-18 | Trenchless | New JT3020 Packs More Punch, Creates Less Noise
The Ditch Witch® JT3020 Mach 1 is an extended-range, self-contained machine with 30,000 pounds (133 kN) of pullback controlled from a state-of-the-art operator's station that is a driller's dream. |
| 2007-04-17 | Trenchless | Short in Stature, New JT922 Long on Everything Else
The Ditch Witch® organization has introduced a powerful new horizontal directional drill that is more maneuverable, easier to operate, and easier to maintain than any other machine in its class. |
| 2007-03-26 | Trenchers & Plows | Large-Track Trencher Rolling Out of Perry
The Ditch Witch® organization's largest trencher to date—the Ditch Witch® HT220—is a hydrostatic trencher designed for large installations, and built to provide exceptional digging in both rock and dirt. |
| 2006-12-12 | Electronics | The Small Contractor's New Best Friend
The Ditch Witch® 150R/T/B is a small, easy-to-use, inexpensive pipe- and cable-avoidance system that detects common, active, passive, and beacon frequencies. |
| 2006-10-24 | Trenchers & Plows | Ditch Witch 420sx Released
The Ditch Witch® 420sx vibratory plow features a dual-speed attachment drive, an operator's console that moves with the operator, and a fold-down ROPS (roll-ver protective structure) that enables the unit toe maneuver under tree limbs, eaves and other low-hanging obstacles. |
| 2005-10-26 | Compact Utility | SK650 Mini Skid Steer
New Ditch Witch Skid Steer Defies the Term "Mini" |
| 2005-04-01 | Compact Utility | New Ditch Witch SK350 Introduced
Responding to requests by compact utility equipment customers for greater power and productivity, the Ditch Witch® organization has released the SK350 mini skid steer. |
| 2004-03-31 | Trenchless | JT2020 Mach 1 HDD System
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of its latest horizontal directional drilling system, the JT2020 Mach 1 |
| 2004-03-26 | Trenchless | Quiet, Powerful Ditch Witch JT1220 Mach 1 Released
The Ditch Witch® JT1220 Mach 1 compact directional drilling system is one of the industry's most productive 12,000-pound horizontal directional drilling machines. |
| 2003-04-29 | Trenchers & Plows | 1330 - New Hydrostatic Drive Pedestrian Trencher
A compact hydrostatic trencher has been added to the Ditch Witch pedestrian trencher line. |
