Agricultural Equipment Articles

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...

Gopher Tortoises Don’t Slow Morganti’s Stuart School Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With golden shovels in hand, “designer” hardhats and the Stuart Middle School band playing “Taking Care of Business,” the Martin County School Board broke ground on its new Jensen Beach High School May 5. A tent shielded the invited audience. Those in attendance included Parent Teacher Association members, kids’ sports teams, members of the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce, schools superintendent Sara Wilcox, other dignitaries from the School Board and county commissioners representing the City of Stuart. A construction management firm, The Morganti Group, presented the Martin County Education Foundation with a $5,000 check and the board with a plaque that will be placed inside the new building. Click for more...

Mercedes Plant Expansion Brings Vance 2,000 Jobs →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Construction crews in Vance, AL, are shifting into high gear to complete a $600-million expansion of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class (MBUSI) plant near Tuscaloosa, AL. The project, when completed later this year, will create approximately 2,000 new jobs and make small-town Vance home to one of the largest buildings in the state. “It will add 1.9 million square feet, roughly doubling the size of the plant,” explained Andy George, Rust Constructors Inc. Click for more...

Skid Steers are Staple for NV’s Sun City Landscapes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Sun City Landscapes is using its Cat equipment to make Southern Nevada beautiful. The company’s custom-designed landscapes, streetscapes and parks are seen in some of Las Vegas’ most exclusive developments. The company, which has been in business since 1988 and has 300 employees, used other brands of compact construction equipment before switching to Caterpillar skid steer loaders two years ago. Click for more...

LB Smith Offers Backhoe Safety Primer in Deptford, NJ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Welcomed by a breakfast of doughnuts and coffee, South Jersey municipal crews commenced on the grounds of LB Smith in Deptford, NJ, for an annual safety training event on Sept. 17. Despite the pending arrival of Hurricane Isabel, more than 80 crew members, of the Public Works Association of New Jersey (PWANJ) Districts 6, 7 and 8, spent the morning learning about backhoe loader safety. The certified safety course — followed by a test — is a requirement for New Jersey municipal workers who use backhoe loaders on the job. Joel Powell, Volvo compact college equipment marketing manager, discussed the safety concerns of backhoe loaders and answered a wide variety of questions from those in attendance, many of whom were impressed with the new features on Volvo’s BL70. By holding the safety training event, “We are making a commitment to service the municipalities in South Jersey,” said Sean Collins, LB Smith general manager, who noted that LB Smith’s success in the municipal market hinges on two employees: Anne Schroeder, LB Smith Deptford office manager, and Gary MacGuigan, regional sales manager. Following the morning’s safety seminar, hands-on training lured workers out into the brilliant sunshine, where many tested out controls, inspected engines and asked Volvo and LB Smith representatives a variety of questions. With backhoe safety in mind, workers later indulged in a lunch spread including chicken, meatballs, sausage, peppers, stuffed shells and salad. Click for more...

Travcon’s Sold on New Holland →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Joseph Travaglini taught his sons the value of hard work and the importance of reliable equipment. Brothers James, Lawrence and Michael Travaglini worked with their father doing site and utility projects until Joseph died in 1979. It was then that the brothers founded their own company, Travcon Inc., in Valley Cottage, NY. In the early years of the company, the brothers primarily focused on site excavation and sewer work. Click for more...

Maybank Drawbridge Days Numbered as Crews Raise New Bridge Over Stono →

The days when drawbridge openings meant traffic delays for motorists on Maybank Highway between James Island and Johns Island will soon become chapters in history books alongside others in Charleston’s rich and colorful history. By the summer of 2004, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) expects HDR Construction Control Corporation and Republic Contracting Corporation to complete work on a new $41.5-million structure that soars high above the river channel. Click for more...

Drive Against Diabetes Reaches OH →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Sgt. Craig M. Schultz stopped in at the Ohio Cat headquarters in Broadview Heights, OH, recently on his Drive Against Diabetes, which will take him from New York City to Los Angeles. Schultz is headed cross-country to raise awareness of Juvenile Onset (type 1) diabetes, which compromised the health of his late father. Schultz is driving a Caterpillar 236 skid steer donated by Cat and Syracuse Supply Company, a Syracuse, NY-based Cat dealer. Click for more...

MD’s Folcomer Equipment Caters to Both Large and Small Contractors →

From Construction Equipment Guide... At first glance, Folcomer Equipment of Aberdeen, MD, may not look like a catering business, but it is. It caters to the needs of its customers by supplying construction equipment that they need to get the job done. Surveying its customers about which type of equipment they need and then providing it is just one way that Folcomer caters to its clientele. “We have recently increased our rental fleet to make sure customers are happy,” said Dave Folcomer, president of Folcomer Equipment. Click for more...

UT Construction Uplifts Athletic Program’s Goals →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When the University of Tennessee (UT) at Knoxville decided that its 20 men’s and women’s intercollegiate teams needed a first-class facility, alumni donors answered the call with the “Step Up” initiative. Toby and Brenda McKenzie were the first to come forward with a significant gift. Such a tribute to inspire excellence was the funding foundation of the new athletics center that will bear their name. Click for more...

U.S. 41 Project Modernizes Venice’s Infrastructure →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Surrounded by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Venice, FL, is modernizing its sleepy, tropical island image through road and bridge construction and much-needed rehabilitation. The $68-million U.S. 41 project, which began in April 2001, is progressing ahead of schedule, said Mary Ellen Norton, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) public information officer, and should be complete by January 2005. Click for more...

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