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Sat May 22, 2004

McAllister Expands Volvo Offerings With Compact Line

McAllister Equipment Co. announced it has expanded its product offering to include the Volvo compact equipment product line. For years, McAllister has represented Volvo’s heavy product line, including wheel loaders, articulated haulers, excavators and motorgraders....

Wed May 19, 2004

NY Contractor Breaks Open Tight Spaces With Kobelco’s Gate Keeper

Pete DeRosa works in such tight spaces that he and his crews have to wheelbarrow out materials. And if it weren’t for his Kobelco SR13 Gate Keeper zero tail-swing excavator, he’d be doing that a lot more....

Mary Reed - Tue May 18, 2004

PA Job Surmounts Difficulties, Wins Archaeological Award

During the past 10 years, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has invested more than $160 million in its modernization of U.S. Route 15 in Tioga County. It also has committed itself to an investment of approximately $200 million to complete the job of upgrading this highway between Williamsport, PA, and the New York State border....

Tue May 11, 2004

Daewoo Opens Doors to Asian Facilities

From April 17 to 23, Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corporation provided a tour of its production facilities in Incheon, Korea and Yantai, China, as well as its parts warehouse in Ansan, Korea, for a select group of representatives from its North American dealer network....

Thu May 06, 2004

Volvo Pulls W.D. Excavation Through Rocky Job Sites

William Dubray won’t find himself or his company caught between a rock and a hard place as long he has his Volvo excavators. Dubray founded W.D. Excavation and Contracting Inc. with his father, William, in 1978....

Darryl Seland - Tue April 27, 2004

Hyundai Bridges Theory, Practice With Interactive Training

It could be argued that service is the most important facet of the heavy-equipment business. For this reason, many manufacturers greatly invest time and money into technician training. For Hyundai Inc....

Wed April 14, 2004

JCB Marches in Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

JCB Inc. was presented the Thomas J. Beytagh trophy for its entry in the 2004 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, held on March 17 in Savannah, GA. The trophy honors the late Thomas J. Beytagh, 1976 grand marshal of the annual parade, the second largest St....

Fri April 16, 2004

Chuck Mason Equipment Expands With New Lines

For more than 30 years, Chuck Mason Equipment Sales Inc. has been offering contractors in Tennessee and beyond quality used equipment, from backhoes and excavators to buckets and trailers. Over the past four years, the Johnson City, TN-based company has expanded into the new equipment market, and the lines –– which include JCB, Hyundai, New Holland and Kobelco –– have spawned new growth and mounting awards....

Gwenyth Laird Pernie - Mon April 12, 2004

Triangle Grading Squares Off on Durham County, NC, Bridge Replacement Project

Triangle Grading and Paving, based in Burlington, NC, recently began on-site preparations on a new $1.5- million, three-lane bridge and road project that will cross over the Northeast Creek, on Alston Ave., in western Durham County, NC....

Mon April 12, 2004

Hitachi Makes Earth Move on MODOT Job

In Missouri, rigid-frame trucks are usually associated with rock work, not dirt work. Rain turns dirt to mud and clay, and conventional thinking says, “Use articulated trucks” if there’s any possibility of moisture....