Excavators

Komatsu Excavator Wows Determann, Aging Iowa Crane Enjoys Retirement →

When Tom Determann, owner of Determann Terminals, Camanche, IA, went on a mission to replace an aging cable crane for his barge loading and unloading operations, he had a short list of needs — capacity and versatility. He met those needs — and realized a 50 percent increase in production — after purchasing a Komatsu PC1100LC-6 excavator with a customized material handling package. Click for more...

Gilleland Moves Mountains of Soaked Soil for $138M Project →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Despite frequent delays caused by inclement weather, contractors have made significant progress in preparing a 75-acre (30.4 ha) site for the latest phase of the Village at Weatherstone in eastern Cherokee County, GA. When completed, the live-work-play community now under development by The Landon Group will have a total retail value of $138 million, which will make it the largest development of its kind in the county. Click for more...

Pennsylvania Driver Discover Missing Link Highway →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s taken years to get it on the road but construction of a “missing link” highway in Armstrong County, PA, is at long last under way. “Not only that, but it’s the biggest project ever let in PennDOT’s District l0,” said Jim Struzzi, community relations coordinator, PennDOT District l0. When completed at the end of 200l, the 2.2 mi. (3.5 km) A-l5 Kittanning Bypass will allow access to U.S. Click for more...

Newell Kicks Volvo, Hitachi Fleet Into Overdrive to Meet Deadline →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Keith Newell knows that the best way to stay successful is to surround himself with the best people and the best equipment. When his company, W.S. Newell Inc., took on a site prep job in Montgomery, AL, he armed himself with a little of both, including some of the newest offerings from Hitachi and Volvo. The arsenal of 25 machines that Newell is using on the Wal-Mart development project includes eight Volvo articulated haulers and three Hitachi excavators the 50-year-old business just bought from Trax Inc.’s operation in Montgomery. Click for more...

Bar Construction Holds Court on North Carolina Campus →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When Bar Construction Co. of Greensboro, NC, won the job of clearing away and then reconstructing some tennis courts on the campus of University of North Carolina-Greensboro, the task was clear enough to Charles O’Bryant, project manager. It was simply a matter, he said, “of making the water go away and making the courts flat.” Sounds simple enough, and the project indeed is on schedule for completion a few days before Thanksgiving. Click for more...

JCB, Crescent Machinery Do ’Dam’ Good Job in Texas →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Texas’ Lake Tucker, the city of Strawn’s domestic water supply is undergoing several drastic changes to increase its current water capacity. The lake’s dam and spillway are being modified to increase the current level of the 30-acre lake by 5 ft. The dam, in particular, presented the contractor, M. A. Vinson Construction Company Inc. of Fort Worth, TX, with the need for some specialized equipment. Click for more...

$1.39M Overhaul Rejuvenates Aging Pennsylvania Span →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Drivers in Butler County, PA, faced slight delays this summer caused by occasional single-lane alternating traffic on the bridge carrying SR l08 over I-79 in Worth Township. In addition, traffic on I-79 itself also was restricted at times to single lanes, but the public’s patience has been well rewarded with the recent reopening of the newly refurbished bridge. Begun in April 2000, the bridge superstructure replacement involved rehabilitation of a multi-span steel-beam bridge 238-ft. Click for more...

Route 63 Opens Wide for Missouri Drivers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is widening Route 63 to four lanes for a 14.4-mi. (23 km) stretch that links Moberly and Columbia, Missouri. Area motorists, including thousands of students who returned to Columbia for another school year at the University of Missouri eagerly anticipate this improvement. Work is divided into two distinct projects. The northern segment includes two interchanges in a more urban setting. Click for more...

Link-Belt Loads Into Wee Hours →

Houston, TX-based M-I L.L.C. is all too familiar with the rigors of loading and offloading offshore supply boats, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the stresses it places on the cranes that do the work. That’s the reason M-I recently purchased three new Link-Belt hydraulic crawler cranes from Con-Equip Inc. for their operations in Cameron and Fourchon Dock, LA. When M-I L.L.C called Con-Equip Inc., based in Houston, TX, Area Sales Manager Rod Dundas told them how the Link-Belt LS-208II 80-ton (72 t) hydraulic crawler cranes are specifically designed for severe duty-cycle applications. Click for more...

Hoss Equipment Whips Cat 944 Loader Into Shape →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hoss Equipment Company has repainted and re-decaled a 1992 Caterpillar 994 wheel loader in its Irving, TX, on-site sandblasting and paint facility. Cleaning the 994 – the largest current production wheel loader manufactured by Caterpillar – was a piece of cake for Hoss and its sandblasting and paint shop. The shop, according to Hoss, is one of the largest and most modern facilities of its kind. Click for more...

Smith Rental Hits Jackpot With Yanmar Excavators →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Smith Rental, Sulphur Springs, TX, has become the first independent rental house in the state of Texas to purchase a Yanmar mini-excavator model B50-2B. R. W. Smith, owner and manager of Smith Rental said he purchased the Yanmar to offer a quality product to contractors. “The machine is easy to operate, and the nature of the hydraulics are not as jerky as other units I’ve tried,” said Smith. Click for more...

Denver Contractor Taps Rockies, Drills Caissons →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Denver, CO-based Coggins & Sons combines its experience with the latest in high-capacity, duty-cycle cranes technology to drill caissons in the daunting and beautiful Rocky Mountains. The caisson project the company is working on is the Veterans’ Hospital new parking garage project in downtown Denver. Coggins drilled 100 shafts for the installation of the deep-foundation piers. The multitude of piers is necessary because of the load that will be incurred on the ground from the new multi-level parking garage. Click for more...

Texas Environmental Recycling Selects Komatsu Unit for Power, Productivity →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Texas Environmental Recycling’s (TER) Field Supervisor Mike Malander recently purchased a Komatsu PC220LC-6 excavator from Continental Equipment Co. (CECo), Fort Worth, TX. This is the first new Komatsu machine sold out of the branch, according to CECo salesperson Dick Mulligan. TER and its parent company CERES Environmental Services Inc. have about twice as many Komatsu excavators as other machines, according to Malander. Click for more...

Bobcat 337 Digs Up Rave Reviews for Colorado Company →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Eight years ago, Dan Vavrina, Mead, CO, was a heavy equipment operator for a company that rented a compact excavator one day to install sewer lines in a limited access area. “I was immediately impressed with the power of the small machine,” Vavrina said. “I saw what you could accomplish with it, and I began to rent one for my own use in the evening and weekends. I’d do a job and immediately get calls for more work.” Before long, Vavrina started his own company — Colorado Mini Excavating. Click for more...

OH’s Kirila Contractors, Vienna Township Give AIM Attachments Two ’Thumbs Up’ →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Port Authority of Vienna Township, located near Youngstown, OH, recently enlisted the services of Kirila Contractors Inc. of Brookfield, OH, for a large commercial construction project. The $15-million proposal involves building a new 200,000-sq.-ft. (18,581 sq m) facility within the township. A major occupant of this facility will be The Timken Company, a leader in bearings and steel, whose corporate offices are located in nearby Akron. Click for more...

Former Community Hub Demolished With Hitachi →

From Construction Equipment Guide... What was once the center of the Westbury, NY, community has stood empty for 13 years and is soon to be demolished to make way for new development. Eastern Resource Service Inc. (ERS) has been contracted to tear down the Roosevelt Raceway, a 30-year legend in the community. The Roosevelt Raceway was built in 1941 and closed in 1987. During much of that time, the raceway was the town’s main attraction. Click for more...

Timothy J. Watters Named President of New Jersey’s Hoffman Equipment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Timothy J. Watters has been named president and chief operating officer of Hoffman Equipment, Piscataway, NJ. The appointment was announced by William A. Hoffman Jr., chairman of Hoffman Equipment and its parent company, Hoffman International Inc. Hoffman is a domestic and international heavy equipment sales, service and rental organization focusing domestically, the market for which Watters will be responsible, in the New Jersey/southern New York area. Click for more...

New York Family Business Adopts Kobelco Blade Runner →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When you run a family-owned business, there are two things you can do to boost the company’s productivity: Have more kids or buy machines that can do more than one job. When Donald H. Stiriz, president of a small family-owned business, DHS Contracting Inc., went to ConExpo in Las Vegas last year, he saw a machine that he believed could significantly cut costs and boost his company’s productivity: a Kobelco ED180 Blade Runner, which is a combination of an excavator and a bulldozer. Stiriz said he believed the machine would help DHS eliminate both an extra operator and an extra piece of equipment on site, since the Blade Runner could do the work of an excavator and a bulldozer. Click for more...

Hackling Inc. Gets the Job Done With Samsung, Parker →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hackling Inc., a Connecticut demolition and site construction company has utilized two Samsung SE 210s and a Parker tracked jaw crusher for its two recent projects. According to Robert Hackling, president of Hackling Inc., the company has been renting the Parker tracked jaw crusher with a radio remote control. The project that the company is currently working on involved the demolition of the East Hartford Plaza on Main Street in East Hartford, CT. On this site, a total of five buildings will come down. Click for more...

Oldest Maryland Contractor Breaks Ground With JCB →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Angelozzi Bros. Inc, one of the area’s oldest and most respected contractors, last year became the first Maryland business to take delivery of a JCB tracked excavator — a move it has not regretted. That’s not to say, however, that they did it without reservations. Frank and Nick Angelozzi summed up their previous experience with JCB in one word: “None.” “JCB to me was just a little ’scratcher’ company,” Frank said, referring to the backhoe loader operation that JCB has developed into one of the world’s largest. Click for more...

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