August 2025

John Deere Operations Center™ PRO Service offers their most expansive, innovative, and economical self-repair capabilities yet.

John Deere announced the launch and availability of a new digital tool designed to enhance how equipment owners use, maintain, diagnose, repair, and protect their equipment. Operations Center PRO Service delivers new, industry-leading support capabilities for both connected and non-connected machines across John Deere's agriculture, turf, construction, and forestry equipment portfolio. New and enhanced features include the ability to install software when replacing electronic components or controllers, also known as reprogramming.

Operations Center PRO Service adds to the suite of existing digital support tools available to John Deere equipment owners today – including the John Deere Operations Center,  Equipment Mobile, and Shop.Deere.com – providing customers even more control over how they use, maintain, diagnose, repair, and protect their machines. The increased functionality of Operations Center PRO Service also replaces John Deere Customer Service ADVISOR™, which will be phased out over the next year.

In addition to equipment owners, a local service provider can also use Operations Center PRO Service. With a John Deere equipment owner's permission, independent providers can gain access to diagnostic and repair information to support the equipment owner's needs.

Operations Center PRO Service is based on foundational capabilities that are available at no additional cost upon purchase of John Deere equipment through Operations Center Service Overview and Equipment Mobile, including:

• Operator's manuals
• Active and stored diagnostic trouble codes
• Secure software updates
• JDLink™ information
• Warranty information
• What's New

The new Operations Center PRO Service delivers digital repair content filtered by year and model number, providing users with additional relevant machine information to help efficiently and accurately troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair their equipment. It's designed to be intuitive and deliver actionable support in real-time.

The service capabilities of Operations Center PRO Service are available through an annual license starting at just $195 USD per machine for customers. Specific features now brought together in a single customer interface include:

• Machine health insights and diagnostic trouble codes
• PIN-specific machine content, including manuals
• Software reprogramming for John Deere controllers
• Diagnostic Readings
• Diagnostic Recordings
• Interactive diagnostic tests
• Calibrations

Equipment owners can access Operations Center PRO Service through the John Deere Operations Center. Once connected to the platform, owners will add their equipment into their account using the machine's serial number. Use of an electronic data link may be required for more advanced features within Operations Center PRO Service, including software reprogramming. Certain interactive tests, calibrations, and reprogramming limitations will exist at initial release. John Deere will deliver additional capabilities in future updates. See JohnDeere.com/PROService for further details. Operations Center PRO Service is available to John Deere customers in the U.S. and Canada. Source

The new UMM/S/EX is designed for vehicles up to 40 tons.

FAE is expanding its range of top-of-the-line forestry mulchers for excavators with the introduction of the new UMM/S/EX model for excavators up to 40 tons; particularly for feller bunchers. The new UMM/S/EX can be used for mulching trees and vegetation with a diameter of up to 16 in (41 cm) and is compatible with excavators from 25 to 40 tons. Its hydraulic capacity ranges from 66 to 119 gal/min (300 to 540 l/min). This mulcher model is recommended for use anywhere a large mulching capacity is required, including in wooded areas or green spaces.

The UMM/S/EX has been designed with a number of specific features to provide top performance. Its VT automatic variable displacement motor allows for increased torque, and its double Poly Chain belt transmission ensures optimum power transfer and reliability over time. Spike PRO bolted counter blades produce very fine mulch and make maintenance easy, while the mulching chamber features bolted protections made of an anti-wear material. The sturdy type-C rotor makes it possible to use different tooth models for different applications and comes with side teeth, which help always keep the crushing chamber clean. Finally, with a sturdy steel frame, the UMM/S/EX is built to last. This head is available in UMM/S/EX/VT-150 size.

With the introduction of the UMM/S/EX, FAE forestry mulchers can now be used with even more powerful vehicles, which have only been used in a limited capacity for this application up to now. Source

The new SC7620 and SC6220 models crush rock on site so operators can turn rugged terrain into usable ground without extra hauling or equipment.

Fecon introduced its Stone Crusher Series for skid steer and compact track loaders, giving landowners and contractors a faster way to reclaim rocky, unusable property. The new attachments crush stones where they lie and leave a finer aggregate that improves soil structure, water retention, and access for light-duty vehicles. The key features are as follows:

• SC7620 working width: 76 in (193 cm) — the rotor width extends beyond a compact track loader’s tracks, crushing rocks before the tracks reach them and reducing track wear.
• SC6220 working width: 62 in (157 cm) — a compact option that shares the same crushing chamber, rotor, and tooling as its larger sibling.
• Fusion smart control gives operators instant pressure feedback through an LED panel and app, making it easy to adjust settings on the fly for peak productivity.
• Heavy-duty build —high-strength steel, segmented wear liners, and single-bolt carbide tooling stand up to demanding jobs and simplify maintenance.
• 8 in (20 cm) material capacity and a 20 in (51 cm) diameter rotor let both models crush larger stones in a single pass, eliminating haul-off and extra processing.

Production units started coming off the line in June. Source

Volvo Trucks launches a new service which enables the activation of automatic speed limitation in predefined geographical areas.

Safer truck traffic in busy city areas, less damage within the truck depot and less stress for drivers who will know they will not accidentally exceed the speed limit. These are the main benefits of Safety Zones, Volvo Trucks’ new digital service. Volvo is one of the first truck manufacturers to launch a service of this kind.

Using Safety Zones, transport companies can set speed limits for each truck as it enters a predefined geographical area, a technology often referred to as "geofencing". When the truck is operated within the area, acceleration above the zone speed limit is restricted by the engine. The truck actively brakes to reach the zone speed limit if it enters the zone with a higher speed.

The fleet manager defines the geographical zones on a digital map, configures the allowed speed limit and has full control of which zone should be used for each truck. The driver will see in the instrument display that he or she is in a speed-limited zone and what the maximum speed is.

Safety Zones is a subscription service and part of Volvo Connect, Volvo Trucks’ interface for digital services for all customers. In the Volvo Connect portal, the fleet manager will receive an event notification whenever the truck enters or leaves the zone, and if the driver violates the maximum speed.

The new service is available on Volvo’s heavy-duty trucks Volvo FH, FM and FMX Euro 6 and with electric drivelines. This includes the new Volvo FM Low Entry, a truck that comes with electric drive only and which is especially suitable for traffic in city areas.

Some of the safety zones facts are as follows:

• A service in Volvo Connect, Volvo’s digital service platform, that combines vehicle positioning with rules set for specific zones on a map.
• The telematic unit onboard the truck transmits its GPS position and receives instructions set by fleet management.
• Customized speed limits can be set from 20 km/h (12 mi/h) and above. Up to 300 zones can be active in a truck.
• The service automatically sets and limits the cruise control to the maximum set speed in the zone.
• Volvo Connect Positioning service is a prerequisite for Safety Zones.

When entering a zone, the truck will automatically brake to meet the set speed limit. The driver is notified in the instrument display. For safety purposes, the driver can override the speed limit by doing a kick-down on the accelerator pedal. If the driver uses cruise control, the speed cannot be set to a speed higher than the zone limit. Entering, leaving, override and speed violation events are shown to the fleet manager in Volvo Connect.  Source