Mon November 19, 2007
Contractor Takes a Peek at John Deere AutoLoad Scraper
At first, change can be intimidating for some. But Alan Cawthon is glad he made the leap. The owner of Alan Cawthon Inc. — dba Peek Grading — based in Jackson, Ga., Cawthon used to have his crews working with open bowl ejector scrapers pushed by bulldozers....
Bruce Schreiner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu November 22, 2007
Construction Begins on New Skyscraper in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Developers of Louisville’s next skyscraper are getting a groundbreaking as flamboyant as the 62-story Museum Plaza that someday will dominate the city’s skyline. Forget the typically staid ceremony in which dignitaries dig up bits of soil....
Frank Hartzell - Tue October 02, 2007
Earthquake-Proof Skyscrapers to Crown San Francisco Skyline
Since the Gold Rush of 1849, San Francisco has often been a ground-breaking place, capable of launching some spectacular hits, in more ways than one. There was the building of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1936, the Counterculture of the 1960s and then, of course, Barry Bonds....
Thu September 06, 2007
Competing Plans Unveiled for New Downtown Skyscraper
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Architects unveiled three competing plans for a new downtown skyscraper and transit hub that would be the West Coast’s tallest building. “Today is an historic day,” Mayor Gavin Newsom said as he pulled away a black cloth covering the three elaborate models at a City Hall ceremony Aug....
Wed June 20, 2007
John Deere’s Open Disc Scraper Brake
John Deere’s heavy-duty, open disc scraper brake option for 18- and 21-cu. yd. (13.7 and 16 cu m) scrapers provides stopping power on inclines. “Our new scraper brakes are ideal in mining applications or other jobs that require transporting on inclines,” said Kent Stickler, product consultant, scraper tractors and scrapers, John Deere Construction & Forestry Company....
Lori Lovely - Wed January 03, 2007
V3 Companies Builds Tollway Through Illinois
Winter won’t stop work on the Illinois Tollway’s construction of a 12.5-mi. (20 km), three-lane extension of the North-South Tollway from where Interstate 355 ends at Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) through Will County to Interstate 80....
Sun September 10, 2006
Ashland Earthmovers Unleash Compact, Powerful 25SS Scraper
Ashland Earthmovers announced the April 2007 release of the 25SS track loader scraper. The scraper is designed for small sites and will move three to four times the payload of ordinary buckets while taking on most of the extra weight, according to the manufacturer....
Frank Hartzell - Mon October 30, 2006
Dry River Unplugged as Wet Winter Looms
Inside one of the largest and least known engineering wonders of California, a race has been under way since late summer. It’s more than a race to scrape 1 million cu. yds. of mud out of the Yolo Bypass in a two-month window ending in November....
Thu June 01, 2006
Lubbock Company’s New Scraper a Real Humdinger
Formed in October 2004, Humdinger Equipment Ltd. continued a rich history of scraper manufacturers that call Lubbock, TX, home. Five industry experts founded the company with the main purpose of producing a world-class pull scraper, a goal achieved when the Humdinger H619 arrived in September 2005....
Giles Lambertson - Mon May 15, 2006
Industry Begins Grappling With Rising Fuel Costs
Rising fuel prices are pressuring the industry to turn away from — or at least to modify — some traditional business assumptions, yet so far the arc of the industry’s response has been pretty gentle....
