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Howell Tractor Packs Iron Horse With Hitachi Muscle
West Dundee, IL-based Iron Horse Grading and Excavating’s production is up 40 percent. The company manages this task with the help of a Hitachi EX1200 excavator with a 12-cu.-yd. (9.2 cu m) bucket and five Hitachi AH400 haulers purchased from Howell Tractor, as well as a Hitachi ex550 with a 6-cu.-yd backhoe. On any given day, with both backhoes and 13 articulated trucks working, Iron Horse can move as much as 27,000 yds....
Earthmovers Combines Philosophies From At Home, Abroad
Earthmovers Equipment Sales and Leasing is a local distributor in Charlotte, NC, with a worldwide perspective. This spring, the company will move to its new headquarters on I-485 in Charlotte, but the company’s existence is rooted in the emergence of the global market for heavy equipment. This global perspective is nowhere more evident than in the 44-year-old company founder and president, Rick Stidham....
Grandville Tractor Joins Schaeff Roster in Michigan
Udo Boersch, vice president of sales and marketing of Schaeff of North America, recently announced its newest dealer, Grandville Tractor and Equipment in Grandville, MI. The company’s marketing efforts will be directed to the commercial, agricultural and industrial markets in the state....
Dig America Gets a Hand From Swaney With PWCE’s Paw
Tom Wieneke, a foreman for Dig America, felt that “…excavators never have enough reach to them.” The extra reach was needed for a Takeuchi TB175 to build conduit mounds. Dig America went to Swaney Equipment looking for a solution....
Case’s Indianapolis Event Showcases Spectrum of Construction Equipment
Case Construction held its Partnership ShowCase event on July 18-19. The event highlighted the release of new equipment such as CX Series excavators, seven XT skid steer models, the 570M XT loader/tool carrier, the 621D wheel loader and the 960 ride-on trencher. Guests were taken to MacDonald Machinery, a local Case dealer, for a tour of the dealership, product presentations and walkarounds and hands-on product operation. The Case CX Series excavators include four models – the CX130, CX160, CX210 and CX240....
Contractors ’Shoulder’ Georgia Interstate-16 Widening Project
Rogers Bridge Company Inc. and Mitchell Construction Co. Inc. of Atlanta, GA, have teamed up to complete a $27.9-million bridge and shoulder widening project along Interstate 16 in Laurens and Treutlen counties....
Link-Belt Crushes, Conquers Two North Carolina Bridges
Rea Construction Co., with headquarters in Charlotte, NC, is one of the largest contractors in the Southeast United States. Specializing in highway construction and asphalt paving, Rea Construction recently put its experience and skills to the test with the demolition and reconstruction of two bridges in two North Carolina cities using new Link-Belt LS-108H II 50-ton (45 t) capacity lattice boom crawler cranes....
Shaw Brothers Makes Quick Work of Maine Project
What was once considered an engineering marvel when it was completed in 1947, the Maine Turnpike has turned into an accident-ridden, congested roadway. With an accident rate 72 percent higher on the two-lane section of the turnpike than on the three-lane section, widening and modernization was a must....
Nittany Lions Roar for I-99 Corridor
Commercial growth in and around State College, PA, has brought increased traffic and accompanying safety concerns. However, help is at hand with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) I-99 corridor project, now well under way. When completed, the Route 26 portion to the east of State College will connect the Mount Nittany Expressway (U.S....
Texas Dealer Gets Nod From Schaeff
During the recent Schaeff Dealer Meeting in Las Vegas, NV, Udo Boersch, vice president of sales and marketing, presented Skid Loaders Plus of Austin, TX, with a Top Dealer Sales Award for 2000. Perry Carson, president of Skid Steer Loaders Plus started the company in 1995 and now has 10 employees....
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