Skid Steer Loaders

U.S. Aluminum Processor Enhances Productivity With Mustang Skid Steers →

Operating some of the largest aluminum-processing facilities in the mid-southern United States, Tennessee Aluminum Processors Inc., has found the key to productivity—skid steer loaders. According to Larry Wayne Henson, Tennessee Aluminum’s general manager, the use of skid steers is a major contributor to the company’s reputation as “number one” in aluminum recoveries. “Because Tennessee Aluminum is dedicated to continuous improvement, we have experimented with various types of equipment in our facilities,” said Henson. Click for more...

Cleveland Brothers Signs Deal With McCarthy to Sell Cat Skid Steer Tires →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Cleveland Brothers, the Caterpillar heavy-equipment and power systems dealership in central Pennsylvania, has signed an agreement with McCarthy Tire. In the agreement, Cleveland Brothers will help McCarthy Tire to sell Caterpillar skid steer tires to end users in the dealer’s 32-county area. McCarthy Tire will begin selling and servicing Cat-brand skid steer tires immediately. “The agreement was created to provide tire service expertise to Cleveland Brothers customers,” said Dennis Stromberg, marketing manger of Cleveland Brothers Equipment. “We are proud of our general service capabilities, but we do not have a core competency in tire service. Click for more...

Strathmeyer Keeps Tradition Alive With Cat 262 Skid Steer →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For four generations the Strathmeyer family has been supplying evergreen trees from its headquarters in Dover, PA. The family tradition began in the early 1900s, when Charles H. Strathmeyer sold trees from his grocery store in downtown York, PA. That tradition continues today, as the family sells trees from its 2,400 acres of growing fields in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Schuylkill and York counties. Click for more...

East Coast Green Grows With Caterpillar Equipment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In 1993, brothers Chauncey and Hunter Webster started an excavating company with two old pickup trucks, a $5,000 loan and a dream. Today, that dream is a reality called East Coast Green Inc., of St. Thomas, PA. The brothers knew when they began their excavating business where it might lead them in the future. “We always knew that eventually we wanted to be in landscaping,” said Hunter, president of East Coast Green. Click for more...

NV’s Cashman Tops in Skids →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Cashman Equipment Company, Nevada’s exclusive Caterpillar dealership, finished 2001 at the top of the dirt pile. With approximately one-third of the Nevada market, the company was named tops in skid steer loaders sales among all North American Caterpillar Dealerships (NACD). “This is an incredible achievement for our dealership, with double the market share we had in 2000,” said Dave Damboise, rental and compact equipment manager. Click for more...

Thousands Flock to Las Vegas for ConExpo/ConAGG Extravaganza →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With more than 100,000 visitors and registered guests, ConExpo/ConAGG 2002 started and closed with a bang. Major manufacturers launched scores of machines with much fanfare and a quality crowd to usher it all in. The enormous trade show was also a chance for many industry-wide associations to hold annual meetings and other hospitality events. A multitude of seminars, running throughout all five days, kept contractors and other visitors up to date on the latest technology, law changes and industry news. Two exciting portions of the week included the United States Skeleton Olympic team, which graced the New Holland equipment exhibit on Wednesday, March 20. Click for more...

Nittany Lions Add Five Cat Skid Steers to Equipment Litter →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) is using five Caterpillar skid steers this winter to help with snow removal around the University Park campus. Penn State is renting one Cat 228, two Cat 216s, and two Cat 226s from its local Cleveland Brothers branch in State College, PA. Snow removal is a large project, especially outside the Nittany Lions’ newly renovated Beaver Stadium where one Cat 226 was stationed during a recent winter storm. Click for more...

C.W. Matthews Molds Atlanta’s $2B Atlantic Station →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The $2-billion Atlantic Station project continues to take shape north of 14th Street in Atlanta, at the site of the old Atlantic Steel mill. When completed in three years, the 140-acre (57 ha) mixed-use enclave will include hotels, condos, apartments, restaurants, retail establishments, office space and entertainment venues. “I have worked on many cutting-edge, mixed-use projects and communities all over the world,” said John B. Click for more...

Batson-Cook Nears Completion of 18-Story, $80M Galleria 600 Tower →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A prestigious new business address has taken shape on the horizon of the Cumberland area north of Atlanta, where Batson-Cook is nearing the completion of the glittering new Galleria 600 building near the intersection of Interstates 75 and 285. “We have done really well on this project,” said Larry Turner, project superintendent of Batson-Cook Company. “You always face a variety of challenges on a job such as this, but for the most part, everything here has seemed to click.” In fact, the work has gone so well that the construction team now expects to finish the $80-million project well ahead of the original projection of April 2002. Click for more...

Grove City Man Wins Bobcat 773 After Building Log Cabin →

From Construction Equipment Guide... John Scheafnocker of Grove City, PA, recently was named the grand-prize winner of the Bobcat 500K Skid Steer Loader Contest, winning a Bobcat 773 Limited Edition skid steer loader. Scheafnocker was chosen from more than 30,000 entries, which included contractors, farmers, landscapers and other users, who described their toughest jobs that tested their personal endurance and their compact equipment. Click for more...

Martin Equipment Struts Its Stuff at Illinois State Fair →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rather than the dog days central Illinois usually suffers the last part of August, this year the balmy weather brought a banner crowd to Springfield’s north end for the Illinois State Fair. The crowds were up and ticket sales were booming as construction and agricultural equipment was on display. Sloan Equipment, a John Deere dealer in Virden, IL, was the primary exhibitor of agricultural equipment and lawn and garden items. Click for more...

Rochester Awaits New $63.9M Bascule Bridge Over Genesee →

A few years ago, a single lane bridge in upstate New York was replaced. It was affectionately known to local residents as the Thunder Bridge, from the loud banging that ensued when cars drove over its loose timber decking. “Shortly after the new bridge went in I had a call from the adjacent neighbor, right on top of the bridge, complaining that he could not sleep at night any more,” recalled Bo Mansouri of Monroe County Department of Transportation (DOT) in New York state. Click for more...

Millions of Pounds of Concrete Barge Up the Monongahela River →

History was made in Pennsylvania on July 26 as people gathered along the Ohio and Monongahela (Mon) rivers to see for themselves that concrete really could float. The spectacle was definitely something to see as 22 million lbs. (9.9 million kg) of reinforced concrete slowly made a 27.5-mi. (44 km) journey up the river. The football-field sized chunk was one of the segments of a new navigation dam under construction near Braddock, PA. Click for more...

Contractors ’Shoulder’ Georgia Interstate-16 Widening Project →

Rogers Bridge Company Inc. and Mitchell Construction Co. Inc. of Atlanta, GA, have teamed up to complete a $27.9-million bridge and shoulder widening project along Interstate 16 in Laurens and Treutlen counties. Reeves Construction of East Dublin, GA, also plays a key role in the effort as the project’s paving contractor. Other key figures in the project include Heath & Lineback, which serves as the consulting engineering firm to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Click for more...

Security Equipment Rescues Trench Safety Seminar →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Recognizing the importance of using real-life construction equipment to aid rescue education efforts, a Baltimore construction equipment distributor freely donates its time, equipment and services, all in the name of safety. Recently, Security Equipment Co. donated the use a brand new backhoe – a New Holland LB75, logging more than 25 hours on it – at a Baltimore County Fire Department trench rescue training demonstration. In the event of a construction accident or other disaster involving trench rescue efforts, it’s the fire departments’ rescue teams that are called, explained Security Equipment’s Tim Kamberger, also a volunteer with the Baltimore City Fire Dept. Click for more...

John Deere Skid Steers Roll Out of Desert Greens →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Desert Greens Equipment Inc., with stores in Albuquerque and Belen, NM, was recently appointed the John Deere skid steer dealer for the state of New Mexico. Founded in 1988, Desert Greens Equipment has experienced substantial growth, according to Ken Hildreth, president of the company. With the addition of the John Deere skid steers, Desert Greens Equipment now offers a range of equipment from small diesel tractor/loaders to industrial skid steers for the contractor. Manufactured by the Work Site Division of John Deere in a state-of-the-art facility in Tennessee the skid steer line includes the 240, 250, 260 and 270. Click for more...

Bobcat 337 Digs Up Rave Reviews for Colorado Company →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Eight years ago, Dan Vavrina, Mead, CO, was a heavy equipment operator for a company that rented a compact excavator one day to install sewer lines in a limited access area. “I was immediately impressed with the power of the small machine,” Vavrina said. “I saw what you could accomplish with it, and I began to rent one for my own use in the evening and weekends. I’d do a job and immediately get calls for more work.” Before long, Vavrina started his own company — Colorado Mini Excavating. Click for more...

Paper Recycling Plant Swaps Skid Steers for Swingers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s a well-known fact. Manhattan generates a lot of waste paper. The recycling company that handles the majority of that waste paper obviously has some specific equipment needs to cope with the 130.5 metric tons (145 tons) of office paper it processes daily. The equipment fleet at Filco Carting Corporation, Brooklyn, NY, consists mainly of skid steer loaders and small wheel loaders. Filco used to depend mainly on its skid steers to move the large volumes of paper from the floor of the recycling facility to a hopper. Click for more...

Chenango St. Viaduct Makes Comeback →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It will soon be easier to travel to downtown Binghamton from Interstate 81 in Broome County, NY. The New York State Department of Transportation and the city of Binghamton are working together to fund the rehabilitation of the Chenango Street viaduct, which crosses over Conrail’s railroad tracks. They’ve awarded the $1.6-million project to Slate Hill Construction of Warners, NY. Work began in May. The viaduct structure is 436 ft. Click for more...

Caterpillar, ASV, Complete Stock Purchase Transaction →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Caterpillar Inc. and A.S.V., Inc. have completed a Securities Purchase Agreement in which Caterpillar has purchased 500,000 newly issued shares of ASV common stock at $18 per share for a total of $9 million. Caterpillar has increased its ownership in ASV to about 15 percent. The two companies also announced the signing of an alliance agreement in which they plan to jointly develop and manufacture a revolutionary new product line of Caterpillar rubber track skid steer loaders called Multi-Terrain Loaders. Click for more...

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