Excavators

Mobile Crusher Adds Versatility for Geary Construction →

Russell Dean Geary formed Geary Construction in 1947 in Coalville, UT. A marine who had just returned from World War II, Geary started out with a backhoe and a dump truck as a means to simply make a living for himself. He quickly earned a reputation for his work and began to take on employees to expand the business. A man with a deep respect for anyone willing to put in a hard day’s work, Geary ran his business with a couple of goals in mind: to create job security for his employees and to expand his equipment fleet to make his first goal possible. Click for more...

Lang Powers Attachments With 210-LTC Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Lang Tool Co. is an industry leader in the development of attachments that utilize hydraulic motor drives. These attachments include stump grinders, brush mowers and tree mulchers. To furnish the hydraulics to power these attachments, Lang Tool developed the 210-LTC –– a 350-hp, 59,000-lb. excavator equipped with an auxiliary attachment hydraulic system capable of producing 100 gpm at 5,200 psi, continuously. Click for more...

Athletic Field Services and Ehrbar Tear Up Some Turf →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Years ago, Jon Sweeney, president of Athletic Field Services, turned his love for sports into a career when he constructed his first ballpark for St. Luke’s High School in New Canaan, CT. By the completion of that first job, he knew that he had found his niche. KickoffRecently, Sweeney returned to the field where his dream job began when he was named to build St. Luke’s new football field. Click for more...

Excavator a ’Gneiss’ Addition to White Water Quarry Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBM Industries Inc., owner of White Water Quarry in Sapphire, NC, has been using a new Hitachi EX1200 front shovel since October to mine toxaway gneiss from the quarry. Toxaway gneiss is the only material produced from the quarry, which has been in business since 1976. It is used as roadbed material with asphalt and concrete. LBM President Bill McNeely Jr. describes it as “pretty much a granite.” Kenny Queen, quarry superintendent, has been with the company for 20 years and is impressed with the new machine’s capabilities. Click for more...

Safe-T-Shore Assists With Shaw Air Force Base Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Understanding and implementing strict federal accounting and management procedures on government utility projects can be a challenge for some contractors. But Chandler Construction Services Inc., headquartered in Ninety Six, SC, has answered the challenge for more than three decades. With an extensive history of providing United States taxpayers with quality construction services, Bob Gettys, construction supervisor of Chandler Construction Services, is proud of the company’s work. Click for more...

Interstate 95 Improvements Part of $400 Million ’Mobility 2000’ Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As with most of the Interstate 95 corridor in Florida, changes and upgrades need to take place periodically in order to keep up with the steady population growth, the growing traffic flow, the damage from tropical storms and hurricanes and general heat and moisture damage that plague all Florida roadways. Florida is one of the fastest growing states in the country. The population has doubled since 1970 to more than 15 million today. Click for more...

$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...

BTI Lends Versatility to Interstate 74 Rehab →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Each year more than 24 million vehicles travel on Interstate 74, inching their way through Peoria, IL, and the surrounding tri-county area, on a highway designed to handle only a fraction of today's traffic. Built in the late 1950s, prior to the formation of the interstate highway system, I-74 is no different than so many other urban routes. Growing congestion and the wear and tear of time has led to fighting for federal funding and meeting the challenges of major infrastructure improvements. Click for more...

S. F. Lutzky Turns to Caterpillar, Foley Inc. for Earthmoving Equipment, Service →

S. F. Lutzky Contracting Inc., located in Hillsborough, NJ, specializes in earthmoving and digging. This company works on projects of various magnitudes, including septic, utility, drainage, and excavation work. To accomplish the myriad tasks involved in his business, Scott Lutzky, owner of S.F. Lutzky, chose Foley Inc. as his dealer and Caterpillar as his manufacturer of choice. “I chose the Caterpillars because of their reputation and the 420 backhoe because of its pilot control,” said Lutzky. Click for more...

Schmidt Equipment Provides Excavators for Giant Flag →

From Construction Equipment Guide... If only Betsy Ross were alive today, surely she would be proud of artist Dave Cole’s patriotic creation. It took two 30-ft. (9.1 m) long John Deere excavators and a team of Cole’s assistants to hold up his 20-ft. (6.1 m) by 11-ft. (3.4 m) wide American flag in the courtyard of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) in North Adams. The excavators, provided by Schmidt Equipment, held two 25-ft. Click for more...

Power Crush: NYE Stump Harvester ’Fits Like a Glove’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When Toby Carlson purchased the Power Crush Company in 2000, he only had three pieces of equipment – a tub grinder, a screener and a small jaw crusher. With only 4 acres of space to utilize initially, Power Crush had to expand as business volume increased significantly. Currently, the company operates on approximately 25 acres. Power Crush is a recycling facility for wood waste, concrete and asphalt located in Kings Park, NY, on Long Island. 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...

APAC Warranties Mississippi Road Project for Seven Years →

From Construction Equipment Guide... An Interstate 55 overlaying project near the Montgomery/Carroll county line on Mississippi’s Highway 8 may look like routine work, but it will have a unique feature. It will be warrantied by the contractor for seven years after completion as part of a maintained pavement project. The $9.7-million project spans 15 mi. and was awarded to APAC of Mississippi in March by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). Click for more...

KY Contractor Tackles First Sunshine State Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Elmo Greer and Son’s first project in Florida should improve safety for the state’s residents when Mother Nature rears her ugly head. The London, KY-based contractor is widening 27 miles of Route 60 in Indian River County from Interstate 95 to the Florida Turnpike in three separate contracts. The roadway continues west all the way to Clearwater on the Gulf coast. Barbara Kelleher, public information director for Florida Department of Transportation’s district four, said people along both coasts use Route 60 to evacuate to the opposite side of the state when a hurricane is about to hit. Click for more...

TDOT’s Largest Highway Contract Starts in Knoxville →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Bruce Nicely is stressing the importance of Ray Bell Construction Co.’s deadline to his crew members like never before. The Brentwood, TN, company started work this spring on an $85-million SmartFIX40 project in downtown Knoxville. It’s not only the largest contract amount in Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) history, but it also brings promise of the largest incentive —$6 million if crews complete the two phases of work in the contract by Sept. Click for more...

Airy’s Inc. Flexes Its Staying Power With Volvo Equipment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In highly competitive industries, successful companies find ways to stay busy. Thanks to Airy’s Inc.’s “unparalleled service and quality work” motto, the company has enjoyed success and staying power for the past 40 years. Based in Tinley Park, IL, Airy’s Inc. is an underground contractor specializing in heavy highway construction, sanitary/storm sewer installation and repair, and water main installation and repair. Click for more...

McAninch Makes Over Missouri’s Route 60 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Since February of 2002, Iowa-based McAninch Corporation has worked on three consecutive contracts involving the reconstruction of Route 60 in southern Missouri. The dollar amount for the entire project totals more than $48.5 million with funding coming from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and federal sources. Since McAninch Corporation was the successful bidder on all three sections, the projects were unified and constructed as one job. Click for more...

John Deere Machines Keep Laser Construction on Target →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Fifteen years ago, Gary Klein and Mark Ellickson initially struggled to find work as they began their own construction company, Laser Construction Inc., in Lemont, IL. The two had been working in large construction together since the 1970s. They went their separate ways in the 1980s, but decided to reunite after nearly a decade of working separately. “We were both unhappy with our situation and wanted to do something different,” said Ellickson. Click for more...

Delaney Rebuilds After Fort Ann Dam Fails →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Failure of the new Fort Ann Dam in upstate New York is under investigation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the New York State Department of Conservation (NYSDEC), the new dam’s contractor and by its design engineer, according to a source familiar with the situation. Failure of the new dam, which was completed in May, resulted in flooding that destroyed parts of State Route 149 between State Route 91 and U.S. Click for more...

Trumbull Leads $93M Rehab of ’Burgh’s I-79 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Remember lava lamps and Archie Bunker? After more than 30 years, these pop icons have become outdated, just as the 5.8-mi. (9.3 km) stretch of Interstate 79 North near Pittsburgh has. Original construction of this highway began in the late ’60s and was completed in 1972. Today, the length of roadway between exits 54 and 60 in Allegheny County is in desperate need of repair. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) let the project on Dec. Click for more...

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