Joe Trinacria – CEG Associate Editor - Mon October 07, 2019
Gregory Poole Equipment Celebrates 10 Years in Mebane, N.C.
As the year 2008 was winding down and the country's dire economic crisis was heating up, Greg Poole III had to make one of the toughest decisions of his career as an equipment distributor. Having just broken ground on what was to become the latest outpost of his family business — Gregory Poole Equipment Co....
CEG - Mon September 23, 2019
Gregory Poole Hosts Operator Challenge in Clayton, N.C.
Gregory Poole Equipment Company hosted its 2019 Operator Challenge on Aug. 27 to 29 at the Caterpillar Visitor Center in Clayton, N.C. The three-day event brought out 35 operators from across eastern North Carolina to compete in the four machine challenges....
Gregory Poole - Fri October 19, 2018
Fluid Analysis Helps Protect Investment in Machinery
“We know that customers of Gregory Poole Equipment Company have a large investment in the equipment they use, and Gregory Poole is committed to help our customers protect that investment,” said Joe Bousquet, manager of one such commitment, the S•O•S Fluid Analysis Laboratory located in Gregory Poole's Raleigh, N.C., facility....
Gregory Poole Equipment - Mon October 08, 2018
Simulators Train Wake Students for Earthmoving Jobs
Any person seriously involved with construction equipment ownership or operation will readily tell you that there is a lot more to consider in equipment operation than simply pushing dirt from point A to point B or digging a hole x feet long by y feet wide by z feet deep....
Gregory Poole - Mon September 24, 2018
Gregory Poole Hosts Next Generation Excavator Event
On Aug. 15 and 16, Gregory Poole hosted a Next Generation Excavator Event to showcase the new machines that Cat has to offer and the technology that now comes standard with these machines. The event was held in Clayton, N.C., at Caterpillar's Visitor's Center....
Caterpillar - Mon July 30, 2018
Caterpillar Delivers 50,000th Cat Articulated Truck
In a year of multiple significant milestones for Cat mining and infrastructure trucks, Caterpillar announced delivery of its 50,000th articulated truck from its Peterlee, U.K., manufacturing facility. Since the start of Cat branded articulated truck manufacturing in 1985, Caterpillar has become an industry leader of the articulated truck design....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon April 23, 2018
Wright Brings Youth, Expertise to Stream Restoration
Joe Wright could almost serve as the face of the small-business construction business in 2018. A young, college-educated man who, in a relatively short time, has built an outstanding reputation for himself and his specialized company, Wright Contracting LLC....
Fri September 08, 2017
DSI Relies on Gregory Poole Equipment Company
Directional Services Inc. (DSI), a full service licensed electrical and utility contractor, has been serving customers from Hope Mills, N.C., and the surrounding area since 2005 by performing horizontal directional drilling, power line utility work, commercial electrical work and solar farm construction....
Mon July 31, 2017
UPDATE: Carolina CAT, Gregory Poole Help Outer Banks Residents Get Power Back
Residents and vacationers on Outer Banks islands in North Carolina have been forced to evacuate after a construction company damaged power cables on July 27. The trouble began when PCL Construction accidentally drove a steel casing into an underground transmission line on July 27 while they were working on building the new Herbert C....
Fri June 02, 2017
Work Abounds for Company Named After a Pet Dog
While many contractors in the construction business are known by the family name, it's rare you find one that goes by the family pet's name. Powell Fox of Clero Landscaping Inc. recalls exactly how that happened....
