You could write a million stories about skid steers and compact track loaders. In fact, it feels like I’ve written a million ...

Trench construction is the perfect amalgamation of all four of OSHA’s top construction hazards: falling, being struck by a vehicle or materials, getting caught in between structures, and electrocution ...

Edwin “Ed” Malzahn, who invented the first compact trenching machine and built his family company into global manufacturer Charles Machine Works on the success of his “Ditch Witch,” died Dec. 11. He ...

Conventional wisdom says a tool designed specifically for a given task is the correct choice. Sure, there are other options that will work, but why use anything but the machine designed for the ...

There have been several new trenching products introduced to the industry over the past several months and we thought we'd get some input from leading manufacturers about the advancements to their ...

White Township supervisors unanimously approved purchasing a trenching machine for the township’s Ventrac tractor. Township manager Chris Anderson said Wednesday the township will likely get the ...

Injuries sustained in trenching operations can be due to unsafe conditions, unsafe acts, or a combination of the two. If the only “solution” to an unsafe condition is to simply “man up” and perform ...

Every time Don Pemberton fires up the Super Witch, people stop what they are doing and pay attention. "I'm the operator, the only operator," says Pemberton, 55, who for years has sat behind the wheel ...