Agricultural Equipment Articles

Prison Guard Drives Skid Steer Cross-Country for Diabetes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Drive Against Diabetes recently announced its debut and fund-raising campaign to raise awareness of juvenile diabetes, an autoimmune disease also known as Type 1 diabetes. The campaign includes a cross-country tour featuring Sgt. Craig Schultz, a New York State corrections officer, driving a Cat skid steer loader more than 4,000 mi. from New York to Los Angeles. Proceeds from the Drive Against Diabetes campaign will be awarded to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF). Click for more...

Cat 980G Proves to Be a Real Workhorse for Edison Quarry →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Joe Bucciarelli knows stone. He is the third generation of family ownership to operate Edison Quarry, a Doylestown, PA, producer of crushed and broken stone. Bucciarelli’s grandfather opened Edison Quarry in 1929. Joe took over from his father in 1985 and has been operating the quarry ever since. The Bucciarelli’s had an idea that has allowed them to operate in a niche market for many successful years. Most quarries typically conjure images of enormous holes in the ground. Click for more...

Machine Operators Test Their Mettle From Grading to Gravedigging →

From Construction Equipment Guide... GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) With a buddy’s hearty ”hi yo Silver’ send-off, Kord Raley lurches out of the chute and bounces into the arena on Bobcat S250. The Mesa County Road Department worker’s jaw is set, his shoulders hunched and his focus intent. As the clock ticks down, he maneuvers between and around orange barrels in dust-raising fits and starts, turns and crowd-pleasing wheelies. Click for more...

MAC’s WA380-5 Keeps Asphalt Flowing in Shallotte, NC →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Carrying aggregate from stockpiles to a bin for asphalt processing, Komatsu’s WA380-5 wheel loader is an integral part of MAC Construction Company’s operations. Based in Shallotte, NC, MAC’s plant churns out the asphalt for its grading and paving projects for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and other commercial and residential customers. Current MAC jobs in Brunswick County, its main operational area, include a bridge approach and NCDOT road resurfacing. Click for more...

Wilson Breaks Ground on Atlanta’s Glenwood Park →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Preparation for the “footprint” of Glenwood Park, a project that has been deemed a “city within a city,” is currently under development by Green Street Properties LLC in east Atlanta. John W. Wilson Grading Inc., based in Fayetteville, GA, won the contract to provide the site preparation and infrastructure for the project, which at total buildout could reach a value between $150 and $200 million. Click for more...

Delaware Valley Bobcat Holds Open House, Safety Training →

From Construction Equipment Guide... On July 30, Delaware Valley Bobcat held an open house and operator training course at its 210 Jacksonville Rd. location in Warminster, PA. During the morning, Delaware Valley Bobcat offered its customers and competitive skid steer owners a skid steer operator training course, free of charge. According to the company, the course “provided employers peace of mind that they were offering their operators every opportunity for safe operation and basic maintenance knowledge of the equipment. Click for more...

Clearwater Phils Build New Home, Training Facility →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Philadelphia Phillies and the City of Clearwater are working together on the construction of a new Clearwater community sports complex and Phillies spring training facility that is scheduled to open in 2004. In October 2002, construction began on the park, which will seat approximately 7,000 fans and accommodate another 1,500 on sloping berm grass seating. The $30-million project is being paid for by the state of Florida, the Pinellas Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City of Clearwater and the Phillies, who have agreed to be responsible for any cost overruns. Click for more...

Blythe Construction Speeds Up NC I-85 Widening Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Design-build, a method of construction used by the ancient Greeks on buildings such as the Parthenon, is relatively new in American construction practices. Abandoned by modern architects and builders, the process is resurfacing in projects throughout the county. The design-build process is playing an important role in the widening of I-85 in North Carolina. As an extremely efficient process, in which engineers prepare the design while construction is under way, design-build eliminates bidding periods and redesign. Click for more...

Bay Bridge Facelift Keeps Drivers Ashore →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The gateway to the popular beach resorts of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey is in the middle of a $60-million facelift. The renovation project involves the 30-year-old westbound span of the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Bay Bridge because it crosses the Chesapeake Bay. The Maryland Transportation Authority is funding the project as part of its preservation efforts for the bridge. Click for more...

Capital Reopens Collapsed I-80 Span in 24 Hours →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Holidays wreak havoc on the highways of Nebraska. Just ask Les O’Donnell, spokesman for District 6 of the Cornhuskers’ State Department of Roads. Last Fourth of July, torrential rains washed out the approaches to two bridges on Interstate 80, closing the nation’s busiest highway for a week while repairs were made. Last week, a bridge over Interstate 80 near Big Springs collapsed when a semi-trailer slammed into it, killing the driver. Click for more...

Komatsu Fleet Turns Compost Into Gold for NY Firm →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Long Island Compost, a recycler of yard waste, puts wheel loaders to heavy use in a large-scale operation. We all have “compost piles” in our backyards but it’s a safe bet that Ed Warner’s is slightly bigger than yours. Warner is operations manager of Long Island Compost Corp., of Yaphank, NY, a Vigliotti family company. He oversees an operation that supplies compost to Home Depots, Frank’s Garden Centers, countless privately-owned wholesale landscape companies and golf courses throughout New York and the northeast. Click for more...

Takeuchi Names Eagle Power as Its DelVal Skid Steer Dealer →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Eagle Power & Equipment, Montgomeryville, PA, has been named the authorized Delaware Valley distributor for Takeuchi skid steers. According to Dean R. Leonetti, Eagle Power’s sales manager, the company already has pre-sold four of the first six skid steers in its inventory. “These are very versatile machines and, based on the interest they’ve generated, should prove very popular with our customers,” he said. Eagle Power & Equipment is a full service dealer. Click for more...

CEG Rocks Cleveland Contractors With 2003 ’Greatest Show in Dirt’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The first really beautiful spring weekend in Cleveland proved to be a good one for Construction Equipment Guide’s Cleveland Construction Expo II. Held at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, with more than 50 indoor and outdoor static displays plus almost 20 acres of outdoor demonstration areas, the Cleveland Expo provided something for everyone looking to enhance their equipment inventory or find out more information on a new technology. Click for more...

L.B. Smith Delivers First Volvo BL 70 to Renda Roads →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ernesto Renda, owner and president of Renda Roads, said that he always likes to try new things. Recently he was spotted trying something new again. During ConExpo/ConAGG 2002, Renda Roads, a paving and milling contractor based in Whitehouse, NJ, placed the first signed order for the new Volvo BL 70 backhoe loader. And on April 9, it arrived at L.B. Smith, in Somerville, NJ, marking the first retail sale of this machine in North America. Click for more...

Realty Landscaping Grows ’Green Thumb’ With G&R →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The landscape business is not what it used to be. The construction and housing boom has created an increasingly competitive business environment where companies must find ways to differentiate their work from that of competitors. Realty Landscaping Corp., located in Newtown, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, is a landscape contractor that has successfully distinguished itself. Realty Landscaping started in business in September 1985 with five employees. Click for more...

Crews Transform Birmingham Mall Into Vestavia Center →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Developers with AIG Baker have recently transformed an outdated Birmingham, AL, mall into an open-air shopping center that includes a new theater, a Publix supermarket and space for numerous retail shops and restaurants. Construction on Vestavia Hills City Center began in 2001 and was recently completed on schedule. Described as having an updated “main street” feel, the new mall features plenty of glass, fountains, meticulous landscaping and a light color palette. Click for more...

Longer Maintenance Intervals Simplify Skid Steer Upkeep →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Manufacturers are improving the productivity of skid steers – keeping them on the job site by reducing the time and effort of maintenance – through education, improved design for serviceability and innovations that increase maintenance intervals. All skid steer loader manufacturers offer their owners an operator’s manual that contains information not only on the unit’s operation, but its proper maintenance as well. For instance, Gehl’s manual has what the company calls an extensive section on service so that customers can follow appropriate procedures for maintenance checks, adjustments and lubrication. Click for more...

JCB Names Farm-Rite as Full-Line Dealer for Southern NJ →

JCB Inc. has announced the appointment of Farm-Rite Inc. as a full-line JCB dealer for southern New Jersey. The JCB line of construction and material handling equipment is available for sale, rent or lease at Farm-Rite’s Shiloh, NJ, location at 122 Old Cohansey Rd., in Cumberland County. In addition, Farm-Rite’s product support professionals are ready to serve existing JCB owners with many parts in inventory and factory-trained service personnel. Click for more...

Countdown to Cleveland Expo Begins →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The time is drawing near for CEG Productions “Greatest Show in Dirt,” set to hit the Cleveland area in a few weeks, offering contractors the latest in products and services as well as an extensive demonstration area and the ever-popular backhoe and skid steer rodeos. After the huge success of CEG’s recent Philadelphia Construction Expo, which drew record crowds, the Cleveland Construction Expo will be held Friday April 11 and Saturday April 12 at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea. Click for more...

Noad Makes Room for New Shaw’s in New Fairfield →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The rundown corner of Route 37 and 39 in New Fairfield, CT, is getting a completely new facelift with the help of R.V. Noad Construction Inc., of the neighboring town of Litchfield. This busy intersection used to be the location of the nationally recognized Candlewood Playhouse, Grand Union and approximately six small retail and service establishments. As the businesses and cultural center faltered and closed, the buildings were boarded up and marked for “no trespassing.” With the continued expansion of Fairfield County, the position of this vacant land became all the more viable for a prosperous retail center. Click for more...

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