Hot Line Guides, Fort Dodge, Iowa, has released its 2007 volume “brown book” for construction equipment. The Hot Line Construction Equipment Guide was released in December. Used nationwide by dealers, contractors, heavy haulers, financial businesses, auctioneers and other related businesses, it is a key provider of serial numbers, specifications, retail, loan and auction pricing and transport dimensions on more than 200 manufacturers of construction equipment.
In its 20th year of publication, Hot Line Construction Equipment Guide is a reliable source for information on construction equipment manufactured from the 1960s through the current 2006 models. Specific equipment covered includes aerial lifts; compactors; cranes; crawler tractors; crawler loaders; excavators; forklifts; loader backhoes; forestry equipment; motor graders; off-road haulers; paving equipment; scrapers; skid-steer loaders; trenchers; wheel dozers; wheel loaders; and wheel tractors. The information provided includes serial numbers, specifications, transport dimensions, pricing, loan value and actual auctioning pricing.