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Power Curber 8700 Keeps Watchful Eye on Stringlines

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CEG - The Power Curber 8700 pours flat surfaces up to 16 ft. (4.9 m) wide. The paver is designed for V-ditches for irrigation; monolithic curbs, gutters, and sidewalks; roller-compacted concrete dams; barrier and bridge/parapet up to almost 6 ft. (1.8 m) high; and glare screens. The 8700 has the...

Power Curbers Run Smooth as Silk for Oklahoma Contractor

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CEG - An 18-year-old Power Curber 6700, belonging to Larry Chitwood of Chitwood Construction wowed his dealer, Sam Howard of Delta Equipment Service, during a recent visit. “He couldn’t believe it,” said Chitwood. “He said it was the cleanest one he had ever seen.” ...

Power Curbers 8700 Saves Massachusetts Contractor

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CEG - Phil Capolupo of SPS in Boston, MA, was beginning to feel boxed into a corner on a highway interchange project in Woburn, MA. The company had made a decision six months before the completion date to slipform 5,000 linear ft. (1,525 m) of bridge parapet and had planned to use a subcontract...

Crews Reduces Hand Work With Power Curber Unit

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CEG - A general contractor in Pennsylvania with lots of tight radius curb work estimated that he has taken care of 85 percent of his handwork with the purchase of a Power Curber 5700-B. “Our goal was to get rid of the hand-set work,” said Kem Vaught, who handles curb crews for Kinsl...

Power Curber 5700-B Keeps Crews Ahead of Schedule

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CEG - State specs that called for hand forming a section of 52-in. (132 cm) Jersey barrier every 300 ft. (91.5 m) threatened to slow slipform production on an interstate project. The hand-formed sections were to be used for drainage and electrical poles and components along the interstate. ...

Power Curbers’ Network Control System Thinks on the Fly

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CEG - Power Curbers’ Network Control System makes its 5700-B curb machine even easier to operate, particularly when changing the curb-and-gutter cross-slope on the fly. Manual functions are now automatic, and the machine operator can react quickly. The Network Control System is not offere...

Contractor Takes Deep Breath, Heads Underwater With Power Curber Unit

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CEG - Randy Pentoney of East Coast Builders, Seaford, DE, faced a great challenge when general contractor J. M. Bryan & Sons, St. Michael’s, MD, approached him. The challenge was to take a slipform machine down a 3.7-meter (12 ft.) incline and pour a 1.2-meter (4 ft.) wide V-ditch with a m...

Power Curbers Unit Works Efficiently in Small, Tight Areas

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CEG - Power Curbers Inc.’s newest addition to its product line is the 5500-B slipform paver for concrete curb-and-gutter, 81-centimeter (32 in.) barrier and sidewalk up to 1.5-meter (5 ft.) wide applications. The 5500-B, the second machine in Power Curbers’ B series, is a high produ...

Crown Paving Applies Final Touches to Tenn.'s Southall Resort

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Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - In the bucolic rolling hills of Middle Tennessee lies a 325-acre development that uniquely combines a luxury resort and spa with a working farm. Southall is located on the southside of Franklin, easily accessible from Nashville to the north but far enough from the big city bustle to give ...

Through the Lens: Equipment Manufacturers Make America Tells Story of Equipment Manufacturing in United States

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AEM - The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), the North American based trade group representing off-road equipment manufacturers and suppliers, unveiled its Through the Lens: Equipment Manufacturers Make America photo series by documentary photographer Brad Romano....