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Dealer Data 56 Construction Equipment Distribution www.cedmag.com October 2009 July Construction Jumps 8 Percent Leveling-off process may be underway. Year-To-Date Construction Starts Unadjusted Totals, In Millions $ Since March there's been an up-and-down pattern for construction starts, supporting the belief that a leveling-off process is now underway, stated Robert A. Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction. This follows the steep decline during the latter half of 2008 that carried over into early 2009. Single family housing, while still at an extremely low volume, has now shown improvement in five out of the past six months. Public works construction is beginning to reveal a faster pace for transportation-related projects, helped by the federal stimulus funding. For nonresidential building, the broad downward trend is still in progress, but occasionally there are upticks... See full story at www.cedmag.com Source: McGraw-Hill Construction Monthly Construction Starts Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates, In Millions $ $0 $100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 July 2009 June 2009 Total construction Nonbuilding construction Residential building Nonresidential building +13% +10% +1% +8% New York, N.Y. Aug. 18, 2009 The value of new construction starts climbed 8 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $420.3 billion, it was reported by McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Nonresidential building strengthened after a very weak June, while residential building continued to edge upward from its depressed performance at the outset of 2009. The nonbuilding construction sector, comprised of public works and electric utilities, was essentially flat in July with the previous month. The July statistics lifted the Dodge Index to 89 (2000=100), up from 82 in June. Source: McGraw-Hill Construction The Dirty Dozen UCC filings on 12 earthmoving units. $0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 7 Mos. 2009 7 Mos. 2008 Total construction Nonbuilding construction Residential building Nonresidential building -38% -43% -20% -35% Equipment Description JUL 08 AUG 08 SEP 08 OCT 08 NOV 08 DEC 08 JAN 09 FEB 09 MAR 09 APR 09 MAY 09 JUN 09 Grand Total Articulated Dump Trucks 74 58 49 52 44 91 19 42 27 24 46 23 549 Crawler Dozers 545 408 404 478 309 365 258 127 133 156 144 125 3452 Crawlers Loaders 27 18 12 20 10 7 3 5 3 4 2 2 113 Excavators Crawler, Hydraulic 774 598 575 697 431 443 352 145 181 206 187 229 4818 Excavators Wheeled, Hydraulic 43 24 46 27 17 27 14 17 31 17 23 10 296 Mini Excavators 710 621 608 648 447 516 390 198 239 270 254 330 5231 Motor Graders 112 116 102 168 96 110 69 54 71 46 52 79 1075 Scrapers Conventional 3 4 4 9 2 5 2 1 1 2 5 38 Skid-Steer Loaders 1434 1195 1250 1344 1123 1387 1102 454 489 655 628 616 11677 Tractor Loader Backhoes 599 441 387 481 309 358 254 148 221 177 157 171 3703 Wheel Loaders < 80 HP 56 38 54 49 48 50 54 33 27 28 27 31 495 Wheel Loaders > 80 HP 473 450 424 613 396 486 326 178 226 224 235 196 4227 Grand Total 4850 3971 3915 4586 3232 3845 2843 1401 1649 1808 1757 1817 35674 Supplied by Equipment Data Associates, Charlotte, N.C.