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TrakBites Enhances Rubber Track Capabilities on Snowy, Icy Surfaces →

From Construction Equipment Guide... By Shelley HawesSpecial to CEG Short and simple, Dell Anderson saw a need. His son, Erick, was struggling with problems slipping on snow and ice with his skid steer rubber track system. Anderson put his brainpower to work and two days later had developed and created the finished product; a steel clamp-on track device to solve slippage problems called TrakBites. One Friday evening, Dell Anderson drafted a plan to produce steel clamp-on cleats, faxed it overnight to his mechanical engineer in Shanghai, China, and by Sunday the first prototype was built. Click for more...

Bobcat Reps Deliver New Project to Farm-Rite Equipment in Minnesota →

Bobcat representatives delivered the company’s new CT230 compact tractor Oct. 29 to Farm-Rite Equipment in Dassel, Minn. Although Bobcat has announced that the new compact tractor line officially will be unveiled in Las Vegas in January, Farm-Rite Equipment received a tractor early and was the first to sell the CT230 model. The purchaser was Towmaster’s Arlyn Hedtke of Litchfield, Minn. Click for more...

St. Joseph Equipment Hosts Case Rodeo in La Crosse, Wis. →

From Construction Equipment Guide... St. Joseph Equipment hosted a Case Rodeo at its equipment store, located at N1626 Wuench Road in La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 26. Fifty-five contestants competed in the event, with 275 people in attendance. The competition was hot. Guests checked out the demonstration area while keeping track of the current leaders in the backhoe rodeo competition. Nationwide in 2007, Case dealers will be holding more than 80 backhoe rodeo events to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the first factory-integrated tractor loader backhoe — the Case Model 320. Click for more...

Mainline’s Work Allows Honda Jet Engine Plant to Take Flight →

Before Honda Corp. can put Burlington, N.C., on the map as the manufacturing center for a heralded new product, the company needs a facility in which to build it. This fall, Mainline Contracting Co. of Durham, N.C., jump-started the construction that will put the Japanese company in its facility. Over the course of two hectic months that ended the first of October, Mainline prepared a 90-acre (36 ha) tract where Honda will establish its Honda Aero Inc. Click for more...

Cat Clocks 10,000 Hours for Tire Recycler →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Jackson, Ga., native Doug Bernhardt will say that reliability and top-notch equipment are the keys to his successful tire recycling business. He sees the value in investing in the best employees, machines and equipment, from the computer-controlled, touch screen equipment that is used in the plant to the Caterpillar machines that support the recycling process. Bernhardt is the owner and operator of Quality Tire Recycling Inc. Click for more...

Contractor Takes a Peek at John Deere AutoLoad Scraper →

At first, change can be intimidating for some. But Alan Cawthon is glad he made the leap. The owner of Alan Cawthon Inc. — dba Peek Grading — based in Jackson, Ga., Cawthon used to have his crews working with open bowl ejector scrapers pushed by bulldozers. Under the direction of Metrac Sales Representative Wayne Clement, Cawthon upgraded to the John Deere 9520 Scraper Special pull tractor with 1810E and 2112E open bowl ejector scrapers. Click for more...

ESS Holds Case Rodeo Series Event in Euless, Texas →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Equipment Support Services (ESS) hosted a Case Rodeo Series Event near Dallas in Euless, Texas, Oct. 20. The event took place at ESS’s facility located at 2019 Airport Freeway in Euless. Thirty-eight contestants competed in the rodeo in front of more than 250 spectators. The event also received local television coverage. Nationwide in 2007, Case dealers will be holding more than 80 backhoe rodeo events to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the first factory-integrated tractor loader backhoe — the Case Model 320. Click for more...

Traylor Brothers Helps San Diego Prepare for Worst Case Scenerio →

From Construction Equipment Guide... “Be Prepared” is the motto for the Boy Scouts, but it also could be the motto for a huge project currently underway by officials in San Diego, Calif., and John Deere equipment is playing a major part in making it a reality. The city of San Diego’s Water Authority is building an 11-mi. (17 km) and 8.5 ft. (2.6 m) wide pipeline designed to carry water from the San Vicente reservoir to a vital pumping station in San Diego in the event of a major earthquake or other emergency. Click for more...

R.M. Piper Inc. Leads the Call Over Saco River, Conway Scenic Railroad →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Travelers in the “Granite State” will ride in style when they drive over the Saco River and the New Hampshire Railroad bridges when a $12.8 million project to replace the spans and upgrade the roadway is completed. The bridge replacement project is under way in Bartlett, N.H. and includes the replacement of the bridge that carries U.S. Route 302 over the Conway Scenic Rail Road and the bridge over the Saco River; reconstruction on Route 302 on an improved alignment — including 5,000 linear ft. Click for more...

Two New Skid Steers Designed to Save Time, Money →

Two new additions to the John Deere skid steer family — the 313 and 315 — are compact and maneuverable, yet powerful with rated operating capacities of 1,300 and 1,500 lbs. (590 and 680 kg). Features such as 10- by 16.5-in. (25 by 42 cm) tires for traction and flotation, heavy-duty drive chains that never need adjusting, and enhanced visibility provide outstanding safety while operating in tight spaces. Click for more...

New Cat 993K Wheel Loader Designed for Challenging Digging Applications →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Cat 993K wheel loader is a totally new model and offers a new size class in the Caterpillar line. The 25-ton (23 t) loader capacity matches perfectly with the Cat 777 and 785 off-highway trucks. Built on an all-new platform, the new loader features Z-bar linkage, hydraulics and power train that deliver increased penetration into the pile and high breakout forces — 20 percent more than the 992G. Click for more...

Case Unveils Onboard Scale Systems for Wheel Loaders →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Onboard scale systems are now available for Case wheel loaders. The two scale options, Loup Electronics’ Load Log 800 and Load Log 8000, are available for field installation on Case wheel loader models 521, 621, 721, 821 and 921. Onboard scales provide a variety of productivity-enhancing benefits for wheel loader operations. Weighing “on the lift” speeds operation, enabling operators to load more trucks per shift, ensuring that trucks are correctly loaded the first time. Click for more...

JCB Revs Up NASCAR Fans at Lowes Motor Speedway’s Bank of America 500 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The 750 hp Nextel Cup stock cars were not the only machines making noise at the Bank of America 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway Oct. 12 and 13. JCB wowed race fans by displaying a number of exhibits at the Busch Dollar General 300 and Nextel Cup Bank of America 500 races. On display at the event was the JCB GT dragster, which fired up its 1,300 hp engine and shot flames every hour entertaining race fans prior to each day’s race. Click for more...

Case, Hyundai to Launch Wheel Loader at ConExpo →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Case Construction Equipment has formed a strategic alliance with the Construction Equipment Division of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Executives from both companies were on hand for the Oct. 11 signing ceremony at Case headquarters in Racine, Wis., which officially initiated a relationship that will result in the extension of the Case lineup of wheel loaders. “The availability of higher-capacity Case machines is very beneficial for our customers,” said Jim McCullough, president, Case Construction Equipment. Click for more...

Growing Toy Pipeline Maintains Small Business Principles →

From Construction Equipment Guide... "It seems like a different world today from the days of cable excavators and things [being] done manually, yet, I don't regret the time and energy we poured into building our business," said Merle Toy, founder of Merle Toy Jr. & Sons Inc., now Toy Pipeline Contractors Inc. of Worthington, Pa., Merle turned 80 in July 2007. Merle started the business in 1953, after serving two years in the army during the Korean War. Click for more...

Harder Services Seeds Foliage Amid NYC’s Concrete Jungle →

From Construction Equipment Guide... If you find yourself in a Manhattan rooftop garden or feeling grateful for a quiet green spot in the midst of a busy New York City street, there’s a good chance that Harder Services Inc. is responsible. Kenneth Harder founded Harder Services in 1922. He began his work after leaving the Navy at the end of World War I. He joined a Danish import-export business that handled rat poison. The firm went under, but Kenneth decided to try his hand at selling the poison to restaurant owners on Long Island and in Westchester. Click for more...

Sennebogen’s Grapple With Metal at Cinelli Iron’s N.J. Yard →

From Construction Equipment Guide... At the ripe old age of 24, Joe Cinelli Jr. has already learned what most oldtimers know about making a recycling business successful. It’s all about uptime. “We’re not like one of the big port operations. We’ve got no spare equipment in the yard. If a crane goes down, our shear isn’t working; we lose that production,” said Cinelli. He began working in the family business, Cinelli Iron & Metal Co., when he was 18. Click for more...

Jule Swartz and Sons Installs Sanitary Sewer in Michigan →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A new interceptor sewer for the southeast quarter of Mason, Mich., was recently completed by Jule Swartz and Sons Contractors of Jackson, Mich. Swartz installed 1,500 linear ft. (457 m) of new SDR-26, 24 in. (60 cm) pipe in 14 ft. (4.2 m) lengths, plus seven new manhole structures. The new sanitary sewer replaces an existing 10 in. (25.4 cm) sewer that had been running at near full capacity and was in need of an upgrade. Click for more...

Firm Finds Niche With Crushers →

Kids in yellow hats playing with Tonka trucks may be the construction workers of the future. For Chandler Lloyd, owner of Able Contracting, all the toy trucks paid off. “I was a kid that never grew up,” he explained. “I liked Tonka trucks and now I like big trucks. It’s like you get paid to play.”The interest has worked out well for Lloyd, whose Ridgeland, S.C., company now has 28 trucks, one dump truck, three crushers, three excavators, two densifiers, a hammer, three loaders and three screeners. Click for more...

Laser Attachment on Bobcat Skid Steer Makes the Grade →

From Construction Equipment Guide... DayCo Concrete Co. Inc., Chanhassen, Minn., has been using Bobcat loaders with a laser-controlled grader attachment for commercial and industrial concrete flatwork for the past 13 years. Previously, the company used a Bobcat skid-steer loader or a dozer with a bucket and a grade rod and laser or transit to periodically check grade throughout the grading process. Today the company operates two 7-ft.-wide (2.1 m) Bobcat grader attachments, mounted on Bobcat compact track loaders with a laser system. Click for more...

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