Crawler Dozers

Turbid Terrain Tests Crews on Fla.’s SR 26 →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It has been wet work, much wetter than expected. But now that north-central Florida has entered its “dry season,” work on a new overpass to carry Fla. 26 over U.S. 301 and the CSX railroad line in Alachua County is getting more productive, said Southland Construction Inc. project manager Eric Eliason. The Apopka, Fla.-based firm was awarded the $9.96 million contract for the job, which covers 1.75 mi. Click for more...

Florida Paving Company Expands Into Mining Business →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Tough economic times haven’t stopped Don (Rick) Mancil Jr. and Myra Smith from jumping into the material business. In August 2009, the pair took over ownership of the Vero Rock Mine, located in Vero Beach, Fla. “In this economy, you must diversify, and this was the perfect direction for us to go. The location, quality and need drew us to Vero Rock Mine,” said Smith, Vero Rock Mine vice president. Click for more...

Customers Test Drive New John Deere Equipment →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Nortrax held a Dig, Dine & Drive event Dec. 3 in Polk City, Fla. The event kicked off with a presentation on Tier 4 emission standards by John Deere’s Vice President of Service Bill Pyles. The “Dig” portion of the event followed with demonstrations of the new John Deere 672GP motorgrader, 410J tractor loader backhoe, 644K loader, 350D excavator, the 750J dozer and the 764 High Speed dozerAfter enjoying a barbeque lunch, guests then had opportunities to test drive several John Deere pieces of equipment, including the John Deere 764 High Speed dozer, GP series motorgraders, TMC backhoes, K Series loaders, 250 D2 articulated truck, 190 rubber-tired excavator and compaction and milling equipment. Click for more...

PennDOT Begins Replacing ’Seriously’ Deficient Span →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Six Mile Creek Bridge project in Erie County, Pa., is part of Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s Accelerated Bridge Program, which is adding $200 million a year to the mix of federal and state funds the state invests in bridges. In 2009, the overall investment in bridges in Pennsylvania totaled more than $1.6 billion. In spite of nearly tripling spending on bridge repairs over the past seven years, Pennsylvania has the highest number of structurally deficient bridges in the nation, as reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Click for more...

Cat D6C Dozer Fetches $23K at Hunyady Sale in Souderton →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hunyady Auction Company held an auction Nov. 18 in Souderton, Pa. The sale, a complete liquidation of Scholl Brothers Excavating, which recently decided to close after 50 years in business, featured a host of dozers, rubber-tired loaders, vibratory compactors and more. Sale highlights included a 1997 Caterpillar D5C LGP Series III dozer, which went for $13,000; a 1995 Caterpillar D5C Series III dozer, sold for $18,000; and a Caterpillar D6C dozer that fetched $23,000. Click for more...

Deere Dozer Fetches $37K in Minnesota →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Cat Auction Services held a liquidation auction Nov. 18 in Harris, Minn. The sale featured equipment from Arcon Construction, a contractor who is retiring after 59 years in the business. Click for more...

T.J. Campbell Teams Up With Kirby-Smith Machinery →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For practically every new business there’s a visionary, and for paving contractor T.J. Campbell Construction Co., that person was the late Ted Campbell. “He was the dreamer, the motivator and the risk-taker that you have to be to be an entrepreneur in these times,” said Campbell’s wife, Jo Anna Campbell, who initially helped her husband as a bookkeeper and today serves as president of the company. Click for more...

Yancey Bros. Hosts Cat D7E Electric Drive Dozer Demos →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Yancey Bros. Co. recently hosted two demos of the new Cat D7E electric drive dozer. More than 30 contractors turned out at Yancey’s Macon, Ga., location and more than 45 came to the Dacula, Ga., location to see the machine in action and try it for themselves. Bob Powers, a professional demonstrator who works with the marketing group as an application consultant for Caterpillar in East Peoria, Ill., has been traveling the country displaying the features of the new D7E. Click for more...

Sheeting Guide Frame Helps Contractor With Utility Work →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) recently let a job to widen almost 3 mi. (4.8 km) of State Route (SR)-50 in the heart of Orlando, between the SR-417 Toll Road and SR-456. Lane Construction Co., headquartered in Cheshire, Conn., was low bidder on the project. Even though this is primarily a road building project, invariably underground utilities are encountered and need to be diverted, replaced or upgraded in some capacity. Click for more...

The Papé Group Gets Assist on Duck’s New Court →

From Construction Equipment Guide... University of Oregon (UO) basketball fans are eagerly following the progress of the new Matthew Knight Arena, which replaces the affectionately regarded but much outdated McArthur Court. McArthur Court, nicknamed Mac Court and The Pit, is the second oldest on-campus gym in the country, according to UO’s sports history Web site. Built in 1926, the court’s original capacity was 6,000; improvements over the years brought capacity to its current 9,087. Click for more...

’Cane Corridor: Ala. Eyes Another Route Out of Storm’s Path →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Not so long ago, two-lane Baldwin County 181 was a pastoral shortcut for local residents who wanted to avoid the more heavily traveled U.S. 98 and Ala. 59 going north or south. Then subdivisions and businesses began a kudzu-like takeover of former farmland and woods along the country road, increasing traffic to the point of congestion. A four-phase project to widen the roadway — now known as Ala. Click for more...

Case Adds High Performance 650L to Crawler Dozer Line →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Case Construction Equipment added the 650L to its crawler dozer line. The new Case 650L crawler dozer is ideal for residential job sites and confined commercial work areas. The 650L retains the features of the Case crawler dozer line, such as hydrostatic drive, a comfortable operator compartment, two undercarriage options and maintainability. The 650L delivers 74 net hp (55 kW) through a Tier III-certified, four-cylinder, 4.5-L turbocharged Case Family IV engine with electronic fuel injection for maximum fuel efficiency and easier starts in cold weather. Click for more...

Words Into Action: Route 202 Parkway Finally Advances →

After many years of discussion, an ambitious project to ease congestion in Pennsylvania’s densely populated Bucks and Montgomery counties is finally under way with construction of a long-awaited parkway. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has estimated that by 2020 the new highway will be traveled by between 23,700 and 28,300 vehicles dailyCertain changes, however, had to be made before ground could be broken for the project. Click for more...

Dozer Day 2009 Entertains, Educates Nearly 21,000 People →

From Construction Equipment Guide... More than 20,000 visitors attended Dozer Day 2009 at the Halquist Stone Quarry in Sussex, Wis., Sept. 12. FABCO hosts the event, which is located at N51 W23563 Lisbon Road in Sussex. The event raised more than $100,000 for the Hamilton Education Foundation. For more information, visit www.FABCO.com. Click here to see all the pictures:http://issuu.com/constructionequipmentguide/docs/midwest__20/14?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed Click for more...

Topcon Extending the Reach of Technology in Phoenix →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The breadth of global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-enabled machine control applications continues to expand, yielding benefits in the areas of dirtmoving productivity, worker safety and project profitability. A recent bridge-widening project near Phoenix demonstrates the expanding reach of this technology in two respects: grading control for excavators and bridge pier excavations that require deep, narrow cuts with precise slopes. Click for more...

Former Helicopter Pilot Gets Up to Speed With MC2 Dozer →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Spartakoss Valverdini is a retired Marine colonel and a former Apache helicopter pilot. He likes speed…the faster, the better. Speed is not what he expects when working as a finish blade operator in the construction industry. But speed is what he experienced on a John Deere 750J dozer during a recent hands-on demonstration of the fastest machine control technology on the market today. Topcon Positioning Systems’ (TPS) 3D-MC2 technology, according to published information and accounts from end-users, allows a dozer operator to go “twice as fast with twice the accuracy” of a regular 3D-GPS system, and four to five times as fast as a dozer without any machine control system. Click for more...

RDO Integrated Controls to Host Topcon GPS/Machine Control Demonstration →

From Construction Equipment Guide... RDO Integrated Controls will host a Topcon Global Positioning System (GPS) and Machine Control Demonstration on Sept. 23 and 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Roadshow presentation will be begin at 8:30 a.m. at RDO Equipment Co. in Billings, Mont., located at 5221 Midland Road, with a live demonstration starting at 12:30 p.m. at Johnson Lane Materials. This event, sponsored by RDO Integrated Controls and Topcon Positioning Systems, will feature the newest machine control products from Topcon, including the 3D-MC2 system — a high speed machine control product that enables one dozer to do the work of two. Click for more...

Owner-Contractor Teamwork Nearly Halves Project Time →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It used to be that drivers traveling between Tacoma or Gig Harbor and Port Orchard along Washington’s SR 16 had to be especially alert as they approached the community of Burley. The intersection of SR 16 and Burley Olalla Road was this section of highway’s last remaining at-grade intersection, and as such, had a high incidence of severe accidents. So when Tacoma-based contractor Ceccanti Inc. Click for more...

RW Moore Demos New John Deere Dozer, Motorgrader →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Customers and guests visited RW Moore Equipment Company’s John Deere 764 high-speed dozer and 672GP motorgrader demos in June 2009. The demos were held in three North Carolina locations: Wilmington, Greenville and Raleigh. The demos highlighted the features of the new 764HSD and 672GP. Equipment operators tested their skills on the machines and scheduled demos at their own job sites. Robert Griffin of SETWELL in Vanceboro, N.C., who provided the site for the Greenville demo, was impressed with the 764HSD. Click for more...

Komatsu Introduces D375A-6 Dozer →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp.’s D375A-6 crawler dozer, for use in mining and heavy construction applications, is powered by a highly efficient Komatsu SAA6D170E-5 engine with an operating weight of 157,940 lbs. (71,640 kg). The dozer delivers 636 Gross hp (474 kW) at 1800 RPM while maintaining high fuel efficiency and meeting all EPA Tier III and EU stage 3A emissions requirements. Special features of the D375A-6 include:• Productivity PerformanceThe D375A-6 increases net engine output by 85 hp (63 kW) to 610 hp (454.7 kW) at 1800 RPM. Click for more...

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