Penton’s EquipmentWatch announced the winners of the first Highest Retained Value Awards. The awards recognize manufacturers in 26 different heavy equipment categories across the construction, agriculture and lift/access industries for products that showed the highest retained value over the last five years.

“Retained value is one of the most powerful measures of quality, performance and longevity for a piece of heavy equipment,” said Garrett Schemmel, vice president and market leader for EquipmentWatch. “A high retained value generally shows that a machine has been successful at the work demanded of it, has presented minimal maintenance issues over its service life, and still presents a high value to buyers on the resale market. Each of these machines represents quality and gives buyers confidence in their investment on both the new equipment and equipment resale/auction markets.”

Winners

Backhoe Loaders: CASE Construction Equipment 580
Balers: John Deere 569
Boom Lift, Articulating: JLG E300 Series
Boom Lift, Telescopic: Genie S-40
Combines: New Holland CR9000
Dozers, Track, Large (>190 HP): Komatsu D65 Series
Dozers, Track, Small (1 – 189 HP): Caterpillar D5 Series
Drum Compactors: Volvo/IR SD45 Series
Excavators, Crawler, Large (>50 metric tons): Komatsu PC600 Series
Excavators, Crawler, Medium (21-50 metric tons): Caterpillar 330 Series LN
Excavators, Crawler, Small (6.1-21 metric tons): Caterpillar 312 Series
Lift Trucks/Telehandlers: Sky Trak Telehandlers
Lift Trucks – Warehouse/Narrow Aisle: Toyota 8F Series
Loaders, Compact Track: Bobcat T550 Series
Loaders, Skid Steer, Large (>1,351 pounds): Bobcat S600 Series
Loaders, Skid Steer, Small (1-1,350 pounds): Gehl 4240 Series
Loaders, Wheel, Large (>350 HP): Volvo L220 Series
Loaders, Wheel, Medium (135-349 HP): Volvo L90 Series
Loaders, Wheel, Small (1-134 HP): Deere 444 Series
Motor Graders: Caterpillar 160 Series
Rear Dumps: Caterpillar 725 Series
Scissor Lift: Skyjack 4600 Series
Sprayers, Self-Propelled: Apache AS1000 Series
Tractors, Track: Deere 8RT Series
Tractors, Wheel, Large (>175 HP): Deere 8R Series
Tractors, Wheel, Small: CASE IH MX135 Series

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