Agricultural Equipment Articles

Baltimore Modernizes Loch Raven Dam →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A $29-million rehabilitation project is well under way at the Loch Raven Dam at Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore, MD. The structure is a gravity dam, meaning that it relies on its own weight for stability. The rehabilitation project will add significant mass to the existing dam as a public safety improvement. According to Baltimore’s Department of Public Works (DPW), state and federal regulations require that the dam be rehabilitated and modified to withstand future significant storm events — 31 in. Click for more...

JCB Marches in Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade →

From Construction Equipment Guide... JCB Inc. was presented the Thomas J. Beytagh trophy for its entry in the 2004 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, held on March 17 in Savannah, GA. The trophy honors the late Thomas J. Beytagh, 1976 grand marshal of the annual parade, the second largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the world. Dermot Ahern, Irish minister of communications, marine and natural resources, said, “I have been to St. Click for more...

Fort Myers Dealer Proves Rock Solid at Youngquist Quarry →

From Construction Equipment Guide... If there are two men in Florida who know equipment, those two men are Harvey and Tim Youngquist, the founders of Youngquist Brothers Inc. In 1971, straight out of high school, the brothers established their own drilling business. Working alone, they did it all –– including performing the work and repairing the equipment. Youngquist Brothers was incorporated in 1977, and Harvey and Tim expanded their work from home water wells to large agricultural water supplies, from several hundred feet deep to thousands of feet deep. Click for more...

Westchester Tractor Helps Silver Lake Get Into ’High Gear’ →

“Neither snow nor sleet nor gloom of night stop these men from their appointed rounds” is a revised version of the words by Herodotus in the fifth century B.C. that aptly describe the dedication of John Amodeo and his crew. Whenever there is a forecast of snow, John Amodeo, president of Silver Lake Contracting, of East White Plains, NY, prepares the company to get into “high gear” for its most stressful time of year. Click for more...

Philly Expo Serves Up Full Plate of Iron →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The word, “Sold,” emblazoned across a placard placed on a piece of equipment in one of more than 100 exhibit booths really says it all. It’s why exhibitors and iron shoppers flock to the Philadelphia Construction Expo — dealers know that they’ll get one-on-one contact with thousands of potential customers and contractors and township, county and borough highway department officials know that they’ll find whatever make and model of equipment they’re looking for. Click for more...

Aquatic Resource Reclaims 300-Acre Sand, Gravel Mine →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Aquatic Resource Restoration Company (ARRC), of Seven Valleys, PA, is changing the landscape in Maryland — literally. Founded in 2001, the company performs restoration design and construction for many different types of water resource projects. And it’s very good at it. In just two years the company has grown from four to 17 employees. Lee Irwin and Bill Weihbrecht started ARRC and quickly added Josh Lincoln, Amanda Bronick, Chris Tenant and Rebecca Wargo. Click for more...

Eagles Cheerleaders Sign On for Philly Expo →

Negotiations almost broke down at the last minute. Just as our prospective guests were about to sign the contract to appear at the Philadelphia Construction Expo V, their attorneys requested lavish personal dressing rooms at the Fort Washington Expo Center. We, at Construction Equipment Guide, responded by saying that we would only agree to this demand if the Philadelphia Eagles promised to either draft or sign some talent at the wide receiver position. Click for more...

Bumper-to-Bumper Traffic Demands Route 28 Solution →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rapid growth has led to a major road project that involves improvements to a busy corridor through Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. The area includes Dulles International Airport, AOL Time Warner headquarters and the Smithsonian’s new Air and Space Museum. Spearheaded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the full contract amount is slightly under $200 million. An agreement was made with The Clark Construction Group Inc., Bethesda, MD, and its road and bridge construction subsidiary, Shirley Contracting Company, LLC, Lorton, VA, to develop, design and build six high-capacity interchanges on Route 28. Click for more...

Backhoe Bragging Rights Up For Grabs at Cleveland Expo →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s backhoe rodeo time again as CEG Productions holds its Third Annual Cleveland Construction Expo on April 14 to 15, 2004, at the Cuyahoga Fairgrounds in Berea, OH. Conveniently located on a 10-acre site one half-mile west of I-71 at the Bagley Road exit, this year’s all-outdoor show will allow exhibitors to stay close to the center of the action. The all-outdoor concept means contractors can move easily between the heated tents housing the smaller displays, and the outdoor display, demonstration and rodeo areas. Click for more...

Japan-U.S. Partnership to Relieve Atlanta’s Sewer Woes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Atlanta’s explosive population growth is most obvious in its notorious traffic. But underneath the bustling city there’s a less-visible congestion problem that threatens residents’ health and the environment. The aging infrastructure that carries sewage to treatment facilities is growth-stressed, resulting in backups into backyards and basements as well as flows into creeks during heavy rains. Click for more...

Massive I-95 Bridgeport Corridor Speeds Forward →

A major reconstruction is currently under way on Interstate 95 at Bridgeport, CT. Known as the I-95 Bridgeport Corridor, the project has an estimated total cost of $422.7 million. Notice to proceed was given on Aug. 29, 1996, and the final completion is set for June 30, 2005. According to Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), the program consists of the modification of the I-95 roadway cross section and the realignment of I-95 as required in Bridgeport. Click for more...

Caterpillar 246 “Steer” Now Runs With the Bulls →

From Construction Equipment Guide... What’s one of the fastest growing indoor sports in North America — one that requires a unique machine to smooth out the arena’s playing surface during a break in the action? Thinking hockey? Thinking Zamboni? Think again. The sport is bull riding, and what better equipment is there to push dirt at intermission than a state-of-the-art Caterpillar machine, particularly the 246 skid steer loader? That’s what Caterpillar Building Construction Products Division Marketing Representative Jason Becker thought in 2002 as he sat through his first Professional Bull Riders (PBR) event, courtesy of fellow Cat employees Brad Van De Veer and Marty Dains. Becker said, “All during the event there was a machine parked outside the ring, and during intermission it came in to rake the dirt — much like a Zamboni cleans up the ice during a hockey game. Click for more...

Athletic Services Rounds Third On Phillies’ Clearwater Ballpark Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When Ray Kinsella heard the words “If you build it, they will come,” the Iowa farmer plowed through his corn to construct a baseball field. The 1989 movie Field of Dreams and Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, left to the imagination what Athletic Services is making a reality at the new spring training facility of the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, FL. The company is transforming 12,000 tons (10,900 t) of rock, stone, clay, greens mix, sand and sod into a modern playing field that will begin hosting training games this upcoming spring. Contracted by the Phillies organization, Athletic Services started the fieldwork on Aug. Click for more...

A-1’s ’Green Thumb’ Grows With Westchester Tractor Iron →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As a landscaper, Anthony Iazzetti has a “green thumb.” As president of A-1 Landscaping and Excavating, Iazzetti has a keen business sense. The company was founded by Ronald Iazzetti, Anthony’s father, primarily as a landscaping enterprise that included mowing lawns, designing landscapes, snow plowing, building retaining walls, patios, pond construction, black topping and tree work. Click for more...

Contractors Tie Up Eight Interchanges Along I-20 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... By the end of the year, eight heavily-traveled interchanges on Interstate 20 east of Atlanta will be much safer. Contractors are expected to complete the majority of two major interchange reconstruction contracts for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) later this month. GDOT let the contracts in 2001. Rogers Bridge Company, Shepherd Construction and E.R. Snell Construction won the $16.5-million contract covering the demolition and replacement of bridges and interchanges at Almon Road and Georgia state Roads 11 and 12 in Newton and Walton counties. Click for more...

Bobcat A300 Slims SC Site Management Firm’s Monthly Costs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Construction site cleanup contractor Henry Evans is putting an extra $300 to $400 in his pocket every month. That’s what he was spending to replace tires on his previous skid steer loader, which was doing work that required a lot of quick tread-wearing turns on paved surfaces. He’s still completing the same type of jobs but is now using a Bobcat A300 all-wheel steer (AWS) loader. For Evans, that means four to five times more life from the tires on his Bobcat loader. “My skid-steer loader was burning through a set of tires in about 200 to 250 hours,” he said. Click for more...

Volvo Makes Tracks in Hilton Head Soil →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In the wet soil of Hilton Head, SC, the arms of Volvo excavators reach high up into the blue skies. Beyond them, articulated trucks cut through mud in preparation for new development. And in what is becoming the highly-developed Lowcountry of South Carolina, P.B.G. of Hilton Head, based in Bluffton, SC, is developing an approximately 6,000 acre (2,428 ha) residential development that will include a total of 5,000 new homes. P.B.G. Click for more...

Kawasaki Introduces 95ZV Wheel Loader at Atlanta Show →

From Construction Equipment Guide... At the North American Quarry and Recycling show in Atlanta, GA, Kawasaki demonstrated its newest wheel loader, the 95ZV. From Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, those attending the show were able to test out the first of the manufacturer’s new ZV generation of wheel loaders. Equipped with Kawasaki standard features –– a Cummins 340-hp (253 kW) QSX15 engine, an integrated ROPS cab, automatic transmission, dual-Z linkage and Kawasaki hydraulics –– the 95ZV is the foundation for the new ZV line. Upgrades Increase Productivity The new Cummins QSX15, 15-L diesel provides a 15-percent increase over the previous generation in rated horsepower. Click for more...

Pennsylvania Gas Center Improvement Project Under Way →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Spades sank deep into Pennsylvania earth when local, state and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) officials participated in the official groundbreaking to inaugurate the Route 22 Gas Center Improvement project. Held late last year at the intersection of Route 22 and the evocatively named S-Curve Road in East Wheatfield Township in Indiana County, the $24.4-million project will update a stretch of Route 22 from its intersection with Route 403 to the Cambria County border and thereby improve drivers’ mobility and safety. Click for more...

Bobcat Brushcat Key in Growing South Carolina Business →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A Brushcat rotary cutter has proven to be a good investment for Brian Ashley. Five years ago, he purchased the 60-in. (152.4 cm) model to clear 12 acres (4.9 ha) of pine seedlings on his farm near Donalds, SC. “After I started using the Brushcat unit, I saw how beneficial it might be for other people,” said Ashley. Ashley decided to take it into town where undergrowth was taking over large lots that sat behind nine homes. Click for more...

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