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Crawler Dozers are large-tracked machines with a blade mounted to the front used to push soil, sand, rubble, and other material on a job site. Sometimes referred to as a bulldozer, or crawler tractor, these machines can weigh as little as 10,000 lbs, while the largest dozers come in at over 300,000 lbs. These machines are commonly found in the mining and road building industries. You can find new and used crawler dozers for sale from the leading equipment manufacturers right here.

George Graham - Wed March 22, 2000

Polk Parkway Paving Slips on Mining Slime

Road building contractors are all too familiar with the problems encountered in Florida — shallow, sandy soil, igneous limestone, environmental restrictions and water, water everywhere. But problems facing the state Department of Transportation in constructing the recently completed Polk Parkway were different. Before they could begin construction of the 40.2-kilometer (25 mi.) toll road circling the city of Lakeland, engineers had to figure out how to overcome soil conditions resulting from decades of phosphate mining. “It was a very special challenge,” said Turnpike District Construction Engineer Charles Wegman....

Rita Howe Schweiss - Wed April 05, 2000

Wet Weather Bogs Down Smith Gap Landfill Crew

Branch Highways of Roanoke, VA, has begun work on a $1.42-million project expanding the Smith Gap Regional Landfill (Phase III/ IV, liner system and sediment basin No. 3) located in Roanoke County in southwestern Virginia....

Sheila Irvine - Wed August 23, 2000

Fifi, Fergie & Big Red Head Hackney’s Team

Andy Hackney has one of the first clasping four-in-one buckets in Cherokee County, AL, on his front end loader, which he calls Fifi. “We call her Fifi because she was made in France,” said Deanna Hackney, Andy’s wife and partner in Hackney Dirtworks Inc....

Sheila Irvine - Wed July 12, 2000

Pernas Eliminates Blasting Problem With Help From Deere’s Iron Giant

In Dade County, FL, contractors cannot blast in order to form the man-made lakes needed for drainage in every new development, “unless it’s two miles away from residential areas, and that never happens,” according to Delfin Pernas, owner, with his brother Carlos Pernas, of Persant Construction Co....

Cindy Riley - Wed May 03, 2000

Birmingham Tees Off for 2001 Senior PGA Tour at Legacy

It promises to be a premier attraction for Birmingham, AL: a championship 18-hole, par-72 golf course designed by world renowned architect Rees Jones. The Legacy at Greystone (the site of next year’s Senior PGA tour) will be ready for play this summer after more than a year of construction....

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