Agricultural Equipment Articles

$12M Job Expands Arlington National Cemetery by 40 Acres →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Our nation’s military burial ground is in the midst of a needed expansion project. A total of 26,000 graves are being added to the current 215,000 graves at the 200-acre Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. The expansion is necessary to accommodate the large number of veterans from World War II. According to John Metzler, cemetery superintendent, this group is currently the largest population of daily burials. Click for more...

’Operator of the Year’ Crowned at Fabick CAT Event →

From Construction Equipment Guide... There was an additional buzz of excitement at the NASCAR Busch Series Race at Gateway International Raceway on July 30 as 30 finalists competed for the right to be called the Fabick CAT Operator of the Year. The crowd was amazed at the speed and skill these operators demonstrated as they maneuvered the Cat skid steer loaders in three separate obstacle courses. When the judges clicked the last stop watch, only seconds separated the top three winners. Click for more...

Ditch Witch Makes Smart Choice for Willey’s Wildscapes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Lewis Willey is doing exactly what he wants to do. The Amarillo, TX, landscape contractor knew at an early age what profession he wanted to enter, but it took him 26 years to reach his original career goal. “After serving in the Air Force, I prepared myself for a career in the landscape business by getting a degree in horticulture from Texas Tech University,” said Willey. “But I graduated during a recessionary period, and there wasn’t much demand for people wanting to get started in the landscaping field.”So Willey worked as a property claims adjustor for a while, then went back to school and got an MBA. Click for more...

Morris Iron & Steel Takes Pride in Scrap Recycling →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Most of us think of recycling as a fairly recent development — and in terms of cans, bottles and paper being recycled by residential households — that may be true. But for heavy metals, the concept of recycling is anything but new. Take the Philadelphia-based Morris Iron & Steel Company for example. Founded by Morris Greller in the early 1920s, it’s now a third-generation family business. Click for more...

Subterranean Atlanta Flooded With Activity For Sewer System →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rocky is back, bigger and more bulked up than ever before, and fighting at approximately 300 ft. (91 m) underneath the city of Atlanta. But don’t start humming that familiar movie theme just yet. Rocky is one of the tunnel boring machines (TBM), owned by Japan-based Obayashi Corp. currently cutting and grinding through the bedrock in one of a series of three connecting sewer tunnels, which will serve to hold more than 177 million gal. Click for more...

L&N Supply Co., Theros Equipment Earn Dealer Awards From Mustang →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Mustang Manufacturing Co. Inc. has honored two dealerships within its network for superior 2004 sales. Dallas, GA-based L&N Supply Co. received Mustang’s annual North American Dealer of the Year award. Founded in 1990, the independent dealer has been a distributor of Mustang skid steers and compact excavators for four years. Awarded Mustang’s North American Track Loader Dealer of the Year award, Theros Equipment Inc. Click for more...

NJ Firm Receives Second of Three Cat Certified Rebuilt 950Fs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Taking out the garbage is a messy job, but somebody’s got to do it. But it’s also a challenging job, one which puts equipment to the test. National Ecology Corporation does it in part with some help from Foley Inc. of Piscataway, NJ, which recently finished its second of three complete Certified Rebuilds of Caterpillar 950F front-end loaders for the Monmouth County, NJ, municipal solid waste processor. Click for more...

Ingersoll-Rand Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Look no further than Ingersoll-Rand (IR) for the keys to success in business. Celebrating its 100th year in 2005, IR has been everywhere, it seems, and done everything, while seizing the moment and diversifying into new fields. It helped dig the Panama Canal, sculpt the faces of presidents on Mount Rushmore, build subways, bridges, highways, tunnels and skyscrapers, and construct the Hoover Dam, the tunnel under the English Channel and China’s Three Gorges Dam. Click for more...

Utility Work Only the Start of A.J. Johns’ Assignment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A bevy of A.J. Johns Inc. underground utility crews coordinated their efforts with dozens more of their colleagues at the 200-acre Sweetwater residential development in Jacksonville diligently completing their tasks before the 19-month contract ends in February. At the peak of construction, approximately 80 workers were on site. “It’s unusual to have five or six pipe crews working simultaneously, but it is necessary if we want to get the job done on time,” said Project Manager Kim Johns. Click for more...

Second-Generation Iannella Masonry Relies on Caterpillar Equipment, Foley →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Although Iannella Masonry Construction, of Hillsborough, NJ, has been in business for 19 years, Sandro Iannella’s, connection with Foley Inc. goes back farther than that. “I have known Foley my whole life. When I was a kid I would pass by Foley and see all the equipment. At Christmas, they even had a Santa Claus,” said Iannella. During his early years, Iannella had no thought that perhaps someday he would be buying one of those machines from Foley for his business. Click for more...

Cleveland Brothers Donates Skid Steer to Penn State →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Caterpillar Inc. Industry Representative Zel Grinnell and Work Tool Representative Pat Cavanaugh, along with Cleveland Brothers General Sales Representative Brian Hoffman presented Penn State University with a 242 skid steer. Accepting the donation from Caterpillar was Kenton Dutrow, supervisor of maintenance and equipment, who oversees Penn State University’s (PSU) landscape, construction and snow removal responsibilities. Click for more...

Kiska Replaces Century-Old Bridge in NYC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For more than a century, the Third Avenue Bridge, which spans the Harlem River, has linked Manhattan and the Bronx. Constant use and weathering led to a call for its replacement. As a result, work began in July 2001 on the $118-million replacement of the Third Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River. The existing 300-ft.-long (91.4 m) swing bridge was in service from 1890 to 2001, with renovations taking place in 1954, noted Mehmet Ayverdi, a project manager of Kiska Construction Corp. Click for more...

Quality Grows From Single ’Tonka’ to Fleet of New Hollands →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When William Hammersmith founded his business, Quality Construction, his friends mocked his small excavator by referring to it as a “Tonka.” Twenty-one years ago, before his son, Tony, and his wife, Lisa, joined the firm, Hammersmith started out humbly with just one employee — himself. Then, he focused on local utility work. Those days are gone. In early May, Hammersmith finished a 220- by 80- by 22 ft. Click for more...

Project Greenshores Gearing Up for Phase II of Pensacola Bay Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Pensacola’s Project Greenshores is the byproduct of an opportunity that exploited industrial rubbish for the purpose of environmental improvement. Through the effort, environmentalists hope to restore marine habitat to the sensitive coastal area of Pensacola Bay. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) capitalized on the situation at site I of the two-phase project — and plans are in place to continue in the same vein with site II. Click for more...

Ransome CAT Donates Backhoe to Boy Scouts of America →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Spring is a time of renewal. Even the construction industry in the Northeast gets into the act with a flurry of activity following a long, cold winter. On Tuesday April 19, Ransome CAT celebrated the onset of spring by donating a Caterpillar 426B backhoe loader to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The company made the donation at its Whitehall, PA, facility and representatives of Ransome CAT, Eastern Industries and the Boy Scouts of American were on hand to witness the exchange. Click for more...

NJ’s Trico Equipment Announces Its New Case ’Light Line’ Sales Team →

From Construction Equipment Guide... New Jersey’s Trico Equipment Inc. recently announced the addition of its new Case Construction Equipment “Light Line” Sales Team. “The focus of this team will be to better service the contractors who use skid steers, compact track loaders, compact excavators and compact wheel loaders,” said Sales Manager David Naab, of Trico. “The salesmen will be equipped with roll-back trucks that are perfectly suited for moving this type of equipment quickly and easily. Click for more...

Relief Coming for Notorious Cape Cod Clog →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When the Sagamore Rotary in Massachusetts was first built approximately 70 years ago, traffic leading to scenic Cape Cod was still light. The region was still a popular getaway, but by 2005 standards, it was an easy drive. Times have changed, though, and so have the traffic patterns throughout metropolitan regions of the United States. The numbers have always ballooned on Cape Cod during the summer months, but today’s numbers have boomed beyond understanding. Click for more...

British Military Invention Strengthens Embankment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Near the Kentucky border on southbound Interstate 75, in Ellico, TN, a displacement of soil has caused a problem that has to be dealt with quickly or it might further jeopardize travel in the area. Time and weather eroded soil under the roadway, creating an unstable surface on which to drive. “This is an embankment that failed,” said Max Morton of the Knoxville-based Philips and Jordan Inc. Click for more...

Hoffman Equipment Lands Major Daewoo Deal in NYC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In sports, dedicated teamwork can result in much success on the playing field. In the equipment industry, teamwork also can breed success. Such was the case with a Piscataway, NJ, equipment dealer when it landed a major contract with the New York City Department of Sanitation (NYCDOS). The contract is a three-year deal, with an option for a fourth year, for Hoffman Equipment Co. to supply NYCDOS with up to 130 Daewoo Mega 200-V wheel loaders. Click for more...

Miami Gardens Drive Job Focal Point of New City →

Just more than a year after it began, three separate but related reconstruction projects in the 2-year-old city of Miami Gardens, FL, are progressing nicely toward completion. They represent the final phase of a comprehensive plan designed to improve traffic flow and safety along Miami Gardens Drive. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) launched the projects in February 2004. The work includes Miami Gardens Drive from NW 28th Place to NW 2nd Avenue, and is expected to last approximately two years at an estimated cost of $20 million. Click for more...

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