Excavators

N.J.’s JESCO Expands Fleet With Specialty Equipment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... JESCO recently expanded its equipment fleet through the addition of several product lines including water trucks, pavers and a variety of specialty attachments including extended reach booms, side booms and rotating crushers. JESCO made the commitment to stock these types of equipment as a way to further service its existing customer base. “We found that our customers were asking for these types of equipment more and more,” said Jonathan Robustelli, president of JESCO. Click for more...

Volvo Construction Makes Significant Upgrades to Its Wheeled Excavators With New C-Series →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Changes in Volvo’s wheeled excavators can be seen in almost every element of the EW160C and EW180C: new engine, new cab, hydraulics, substructure, boom/arm, controls, servicing and environmental impact. The C-Series offers more powerful Volvo Tier III compliant engines with V-ACT (Volvo Advanced Combustion Technology). The engine management’s anti-stall system balances maximum available power to hydraulic output, preventing the engine from becoming overloaded (regardless of engine speed or pump demand). Click for more...

Demo Crews Knock Out Bridge in SmartFIX40 Job →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As if it were a practical joke on a grand scale, Ray Bell Construction crews kicked the piers from underneath the James White Parkway Bridge in Knoxville, Tenn. Early Jan. 7, demolition crews ignited explosives placed underground and inside the piers underneath the 800-ft. (244 m) bridge. With a series of bangs and flashes at ground level the bridge structure fell straight to the ground, minimizing the amount of debris that flew skyward to avoid damage to structures in the neighboring Old City Knoxville. Click for more...

Confusion Hill Remains a Mystery; Caltrans Elects to Bypass Notoriously Soupy Slope →

From Construction Equipment Guide... At Confusion Hill, located in far northern California, state of California engineers fought a soupy, slippery mountain for a decade trying to build Highway 101 through 200-ft. tall redwood trees. The mountain won. Highway 101 had closures each winter for the past 10 years. However, a decision was made to move the highway to the other side of Eel River’s South Fork and allow the soupy mountain have its way. Click for more...

Terex Increases Excavator Productivity With TXC300 LC-2 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Terex TXC300 LC-2 excavator, which replaces the TXC300 LC-1 unit, includes upgrades and advanced features designed to increase operator comfort, productivity and fuel efficiency. Bob Wickwire, Terex product manager, said the rental industry in particular will benefit from the upgrades on the new LC-2 machine, beginning with the new pattern change control, “This new feature allows the operator to change the control pattern. Click for more...

Ohio Firm Strives to Be State’s Leader in Recycling →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Kurtz Brothers Inc. has explored ways to increase productivity in the material sorting phase of its recycling operations while ensuring the safety of the workers on site. Tim Lee, supervisor of the company’s 25-acre construction/demolition landfill and recycling facility, heads Kurtz Brothers’ operations in recovering materials such as metal, wood, and block for re-use. The landfill has been in operation for approximately 15 years. Click for more...

Demo on ’Aggressive’ Schedule to Stay Well Ahead of Construction →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With the downfall of the North Carolina textile industry, it was only a matter of time before the structures that housed one of its major players soon followed. LaBounty UP 20 universal processors mounted to excavators tore down the brick walls and pulverized the concrete of the massive Fieldcrest Cannon/Pillowtex Plant in Kannapolis, N.C. Current owner of the Pillowtex property, David Murdock, hired D.H. Click for more...

Scrap Business Has ’Crush’ on Volvo Machinery →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Larry Danielle doesn’t own a “run-of-the-mill junkyard.”What’s likely the only large independent company of its type in the country, U-Pull-It is more like a self service used auto and truck parts supermarket located on 40 acres with eight buildings. The Davie, Fla., company buys cars from organizations such as United Way and the Salvation Army and also picks up wrecked and old vehicles throughout Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Click for more...

Crews Ensuring Smoother, Deer-Free Ride Along I-10 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Motorists traveling along Interstate 10 in northwest Florida near Marianna will soon enjoy a smoother ride with one less road hazard — deer. Covering 9.2 mi. (14.8 km) on Interstate 10 from State Road 276 to State Road 71 in Jackson County, the $16.4 million road project includes milling and resurfacing, pavement markings, new guide signs, an upgraded guardrail, new edge draining and a 10-ft. Click for more...

Harms Construction Undaunted by Major Civil Projects →

From Construction Equipment Guide... George Harms was just a teenager when he founded George Harms Construction Company Inc. more than four decades ago. “My first job was for $40,” Harms recalled. “I was 16 years old, in high school and working construction jobs part time. I started with just myself as a full-time employee, then added an employee and later went from one employee to three or four.”That was 1960. Click for more...

V3 Companies Builds Tollway Through Illinois →

Winter won’t stop work on the Illinois Tollway’s construction of a 12.5-mi. (20 km), three-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80. In fact, Pete Stuckas, senior project manager for V3 Companies of Illinois, is looking for ways to gain time over the winter to build a cushion in the schedule just in case spring weather or other issues arise next year. Click for more...

Excavator Moves Scrap Yard’s 20-Ton ’Lawn Ornament’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For what seemed like forever, a 20-ton (18 t) interior rotor part salvaged from a hydroelectric dam sat in the scrap yard at Thompson Metal Services. “Nothing we owned could move it, we couldn’t even budge it,” said Vice President Bradley Thompson. “It was simply easier to just work around it.”It was not long after Thompson Metals took delivery of its new Volvo EC360B excavator in April 2006 that someone decided to put the machine to the test on the rusting lawn ornament. Click for more...

Bair Uses On-Site Crushing to Stay Ahead of Competition →

Greg Bair, president of Greg Bair Track Hoe Service Inc. of Overland Park, KS, is always looking to stay one step ahead of the competition. When he first started out in the excavation business he didn’t want to be just another excavator on a low-boy, so he chose to specialize in demolition and rock breaking. At first, his demolition practice included using a track-hoe with a breaker attachment to reduce the foundation or rock and trucking to a landfill. Click for more...

Komatsu’s PC2000-8 Excavator Offers Two Economy Modes →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s new PC2000-8 hydraulic excavator boasts 956 net hp (713 kW), an operating weight between 440,920 to 450,000 lbs. (199,998 and 204,117 kg) and has a bucket range of 15.7 cu. yd. (12 cu m). A standard Vehicle Health Monitoring System (VHMS) with Orbcomm monitors the health conditions of major machine components and enables remote analysis of the machine and its operation, contributing to reduced repair costs and maximum availability. Click for more...

John Deere Adds to C-Series With New 75C Excavator →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The newest member of Deere’s C-Series excavator line — the zero-tail swing 75C — is now available for purchase from all John Deere dealers. “Like all of our C-Series excavators, the 75C is a productive, cost-saving machine that delivers value and performance,” said Mark Wall, product marketing manager, John Deere Construction & Forestry Company. “It is perfectly suited for light residential and other work in confined job sites, like urban renewal projects in big cities and landscaping applications.”The 75C’s 54-net-hp (40.3 kW) engine features Deere’s Powerwize II engine/hydraulic system, which senses when additional power is needed and delivers it, as well as balancing hydraulic pressure and flow. Click for more...

Nye Provides Stump Solution for Denbesten Enterprises →

When President Todd Denbesten of Denbesten Enterprises in Valatie, N.Y., was in the market for a new excavator for his stump removal and recycling outfit, he turned to a sales representative he knew he could trust: Russ Pugh of Nortrax, a John Deere dealer in Clifton Park, N.Y. Over the years Pugh helped beef up Denbesten's fleet with a number of machines, including a John Deere 450J dozer and a John Deere 700J dozer, so he knew he was in good hands when he inquired about a new piece of iron. Click for more...

Mass. Building Firm Lays Foundation for Solid Reputation →

From Construction Equipment Guide... There are busy sites. And then there are G&R sites. Busy, yes. But carefully scheduled, tightly run and completely integrated, which often means that the crew will switch hard hats several times along the way. “Our people are very good at what they do, and, they are cross trained; for example our carpenters can dig foundations, run a jackhammer and install finished millwork, so by the time the job’s done, there’s a sense of personal connection and ownership that goes pretty deep,” said Dennis Morel, field manager and partner. Click for more...

NYC Unwraps Three Bridges for Holidays →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The “Reconstruction of Three Bridges in the Bronx,” a $42.7-million project, is nearing completion, according to Mike McCotter, the engineer-in-charge of the project of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Region 11, Long Island City, N.Y. The three bridges included in the project are Interstate 95 (the Bruckner Expressway) over I-695 (the Throgs Neck Expressway); East Tremont Avenue over I-295 (the Cross Bronx Expressway); and I-295 over Randall Avenue. Click for more...

Golf Course to Help Owner Maintain Open Space →

From Construction Equipment Guide... As metropolitan Atlanta’s commercial and residential growth rapidly spreads into historically rural areas, the demand for vital services among the growing population has increased along with a corresponding jump in property tax values. The phenomenon has sent owners of large agricultural tracts of land scrambling to find creative ways to keep their once-rural property, while at the same time trying to figure out how to pay the higher taxes associated with skyrocketing land values. Click for more...

L. W. Landclearing Beefs Up Its Volvo Excavator Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For Lutz Lundschock, owner of L. W. Landclearing in Telford, Pa., replacing older equipment is like a breath of fresh air. Lundschock recently purchased three new Volvo excavators from Penn-Jersey Machinery in Lionville, Pa., for several upcoming projects. (Due to the nature of his business, he declined to offer details related to upcoming project specs). He had originally purchased three Volvo excavators in 2003 for his small landclearing company, but traded them in Oct. Click for more...

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