Sat July 01, 2000
Hoss Equipment Whips Cat 944 Loader Into Shape
Hoss Equipment Company has repainted and re-decaled a 1992 Caterpillar 994 wheel loader in its Irving, TX, on-site sandblasting and paint facility.
Cleaning the 994 – the largest current production wheel loader manufactured by Caterpillar – was a piece of cake for Hoss and its sandblasting and paint shop....
Sat June 17, 2000
Smith Rental Hits Jackpot With Yanmar Excavators
Smith Rental, Sulphur Springs, TX, has become the first independent rental house in the state of Texas to purchase a Yanmar mini-excavator model B50-2B.
R. W. Smith, owner and manager of Smith Rental said he purchased the Yanmar to offer a quality product to contractors.
“The machine is easy to operate, and the nature of the hydraulics are not as jerky as other units I’ve tried,” said Smith....
Sat May 20, 2000
Denver Contractor Taps Rockies, Drills Caissons
Denver, CO-based Coggins & Sons combines its experience with the latest in high-capacity, duty-cycle cranes technology to drill caissons in the daunting and beautiful Rocky Mountains. The caisson project the company is working on is the Veterans’ Hospital new parking garage project in downtown Denver....
Sat April 08, 2000
Texas Environmental Recycling Selects Komatsu Unit for Power, Productivity
Texas Environmental Recycling’s (TER) Field Supervisor Mike Malander recently purchased a Komatsu PC220LC-6 excavator from Continental Equipment Co. (CECo), Fort Worth, TX. This is the first new Komatsu machine sold out of the branch, according to CECo salesperson Dick Mulligan.
TER and its parent company CERES Environmental Services Inc....
Sat December 30, 2000
Bobcat 337 Digs Up Rave Reviews for Colorado Company
Eight years ago, Dan Vavrina, Mead, CO, was a heavy equipment operator for a company that rented a compact excavator one day to install sewer lines in a limited access area.
“I was immediately impressed with the power of the small machine,” Vavrina said....
Mon December 04, 2000
OH’s Kirila Contractors, Vienna Township Give AIM Attachments Two ’Thumbs Up’
The Port Authority of Vienna Township, located near Youngstown, OH, recently enlisted the services of Kirila Contractors Inc. of Brookfield, OH, for a large commercial construction project. The $15-million proposal involves building a new 200,000-sq.-ft....
Wed March 01, 2000
Former Community Hub Demolished With Hitachi
What was once the center of the Westbury, NY, community has stood empty for 13 years and is soon to be demolished to make way for new development.
Eastern Resource Service Inc. (ERS) has been contracted to tear down the Roosevelt Raceway, a 30-year legend in the community....
Wed March 01, 2000
Timothy J. Watters Named President of New Jersey’s Hoffman Equipment
Timothy J. Watters has been named president and chief operating officer of Hoffman Equipment, Piscataway, NJ. The appointment was announced by William A. Hoffman Jr., chairman of Hoffman Equipment and its parent company, Hoffman International Inc....
Wed March 01, 2000
New York Family Business Adopts Kobelco Blade Runner
When you run a family-owned business, there are two things you can do to boost the company’s productivity: Have more kids or buy machines that can do more than one job.
When Donald H. Stiriz, president of a small family-owned business, DHS Contracting Inc., went to ConExpo in Las Vegas last year, he saw a machine that he believed could significantly cut costs and boost his company’s productivity: a Kobelco ED180 Blade Runner, which is a combination of an excavator and a bulldozer.
Stiriz said he believed the machine would help DHS eliminate both an extra operator and an extra piece of equipment on site, since the Blade Runner could do the work of an excavator and a bulldozer....
Wed February 16, 2000
Hackling Inc. Gets the Job Done With Samsung, Parker
Hackling Inc., a Connecticut demolition and site construction company has utilized two Samsung SE 210s and a Parker tracked jaw crusher for its two recent projects.
According to Robert Hackling, president of Hackling Inc., the company has been renting the Parker tracked jaw crusher with a radio remote control.
The project that the company is currently working on involved the demolition of the East Hartford Plaza on Main Street in East Hartford, CT.
On this site, a total of five buildings will come down....
