Marc Rapport - Wed February 21, 2001
Newell Kicks Volvo, Hitachi Fleet Into Overdrive to Meet Deadline
Keith Newell knows that the best way to stay successful is to surround himself with the best people and the best equipment. When his company, W.S. Newell Inc., took on a site prep job in Montgomery, AL, he armed himself with a little of both, including some of the newest offerings from Hitachi and Volvo....
Mon January 22, 2001
RDO Sees Q4 Loss, Exits Truck Operation
Construction equipment retailer RDO Equipment Co. said it expects to incur a fiscal fourth-quarter loss from operations of about $6.5 million and a one-time charges of about $7.5 million.
The company said the losses reflect a decrease in demand and inventory value for trucks and construction equipment and said it had an agreement to sell its truck operations.
The Fargo, ND-based company said the losses include those on its truck operations....
Wed January 03, 2001
Terex Trucks Travel Worldwide to Serve as Coal Mine Workhorses
Rigid dump trucks built in Scotland have for the past seven years played a role in keeping pace with international demand for some of the world’s lowest sulphur coal, from the Pasir coal mine in Kalimantan, Indonesia, where annual output in 2001 is set to reach 10 million tons (9 million t)....
Sat May 20, 2000
’Monster Truck’ Stomps More Lime Out of Nevada Quarry
Chemical Lime, one of largest producers of industrial lime in the world, is dramatically stepping up its Nevada production requirements. With the decision to increase production from 810,000 metric tons to 3 million metric tons (900,000 tons to 3.3 million tons), Chemical Lime decided it was time to call in a monster truck – a Cat 775D quarry truck....
Sat April 22, 2000
Kids Look to Future With Career Days
Thousands of students recently were introduced to the exciting career opportunities within the construction industries.
Approximately 3,200 career and technology students from 45 schools representing 32 independent school districts were transported out to the Eagle Mountain Lake Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Field Day site....
Mon December 04, 2000
Monroe Truck Hosts Russian Visitor
Monroe Truck Equipment, Monroe, WI, recently hosted a visitor from Russia who spent three days shadowing a variety of employees from different areas of the company in manufacturing, sales, accounting and purchasing....
Bill Caton - Wed January 26, 2000
Contractor Uses New Paving Technique to Keep on Truckin’
Jack’s Truck Stop in Cullman, AL, got a new concrete parking lot recently, but the usual forms, concrete finishers and carpenters were nowhere to be seen.
The six-acre parking lot was made using roller compacted concrete, a process which utilizes asphalt paving machines and dump trucks instead of ready-mix trucks and finishing crews.
This revolutionary new way to place concrete was selected as the optimum method for expanding the truck stop....
Wed November 08, 2000
Moxy MT36 Demo Truck Hits the Dirt in Massachusetts
The Moxy MT36 demo truck was recently hauled up to Goodall and Sons Tractor, Westboro, MA, because Carl Goodall, owner, wanted to see how the truck ran.
John McCourt Construction Co, a large company in the Boston area, agreed to demo the truck....
Wed November 08, 2000
Moxy MT36 Tackles Tough West Virginia Mountains
Recently, Brian Leatherman, salesman, of Anderson Equipment Co., Charleston, WV, rented his first MT36 to Black Diamond Construction. The truck was placed at Pine Ridge Coal Company in Van, WV.
The owner of the coal company had originally seen the MT36 on display at ConExpo....
Sat December 02, 2000
Round Mountain Strikes Gold With Cat Truck Fleet
The Round Mountain Gold Smoky Valley Common operation in central Nevada is one of the largest open-pit, heap-leaching gold mines in the world. The mine now moves about 300,000 tons (270,000 t) of material each day with a fleet of Caterpillar trucks — some of which have powered through as many as 98,192 operating hours....
