Off-Highway Trucks

Service Trucks Keeping Up With Technological Advances →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The past years have seen a tremendous change in the quality and technology of construction equipment. The same thing has happened to the trucks that are used to service the equipment out in the field. The biggest change in service trucks can be seen in the cranes, said Brian Glover, president of Tampa Crane & Body. “Their capacity and reach have grown, but the biggest change is the use of FM radio remote controls,” he said. Click for more...

Route 22 Project Under Way After 40 Years of Planning →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Environmental and historic issues are at the forefront of a road reconstruction project currently under way near Lewistown, PA. After 40 years in the planning stages, the road is finally becoming a reality, and is scheduled for completion by fall 2008. The contract called for the construction of a 6.65-mi. (10.7 km), four-lane limited access highway through a narrow river valley while maintaining traffic for an arterial highway link in Central Pennsylvania. Click for more...

J&J Truck Equipment Adds Ryan Hauger to Sales Team →

From Construction Equipment Guide... J&J Truck Equipment, a division of Somerset Welding & Steel, has announced the appointment of Ryan Hauger as truck equipment representative. His territory is eastern Pennsylvania. He will be responsible for increasing truck equipment sales and providing product support and service to existing and new customers. Hauger served as marketing manager of a foundation waterproofing company and as and as an assistant manager of a rental store. Click for more...

MT’s Damaged Beartooth Highway Reopens →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Hurricane Katrina will long be remembered for the toll it took on the United States’ infrastructure. But nature also took its wrath out in another, much less publicized location. On May 19 and 20 five mud and debris slides severely damaged Beartooth Highway (Highway 212), a two-lane road that connects Red Lodge, MT, with Yellowstone National Park. According to the Montana Department of Transportation’s (MDT) Web site, this road is essential to the livelihood of Red Lodge because 200,000 tourists travel it from Memorial Day to Labor Day every year. Click for more...

Deere Trucks Sludge Through Soggy FL Developments →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Following Hurricane Charlie in 2004, a real-estate boom left developers with the challenge of plotting new subdivisions in previously uninhabitable land. With lowlands soggier than ever from 155 mph horizontal hurricane-style rains, experienced contractors like Halifax Paving of Ormond Beach, FL, bought 20 new John Deere 250D articulated dump trucks to accommodate the wet topography. “We hauled with four-wheel-drive trucks until we got tired of getting stuck. Click for more...

Volvo’s A30D Articulated Truck Shines During Test →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Contractor David Ceccanti isn't one to mess around. So when it came time for Ceccanti Inc. to add a new articulated hauler to its fleet, he decided he needed to comparison shop. Side-by-side comparisons are easy if you're talking about coffee pots or computers; not so easy when you're buying a 30-ton truck. Ceccanti worked with equipment dealers serving the Puget Sound area to put together an aggressive rental program, through which he and his firm's operators could run trucks from top equipment manufacturers sequentially on the same residential development project. Click for more...

Slater & Diehl in Transport Business for the Long Haul →

Jerry Diehl Jr. still plays with trucks — they’re just a lot bigger now. The little kid making truck noises and pushing diecast, scale model tractor-trailers across the living room floor near Hatfield, PA, is now a well-spoken, entrepreneur using big rigs to pull construction equipment across real roads. “If it’s big and ugly, we’ll haul it,” said Diehl Jr., co-founder of Slater & Diehl Equipment Transport Inc. Click for more...

Cross Pipeline Looks to Moxy Trucks to Increase Earthmoving Capacity →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Faced with moving approximately 200,000 cu. yds. of dirt at a 50-acre subdivision in Grayson, GA, the crew at Cross Pipeline Inc. knew they needed more trucks. As a result, the firm ended up bringing on two extra Moxy MT31 trucks. The machines were the first two delivered to a job site from the Lawrenceville, GA-based Stafford Tractor Company since it took on the Moxy line. The contractor had previously purchased two Link-Belt 460 excavators and a Vibromax 605PD compactor from Stafford Tractor. Click for more...

Twin Bridges Will Mark First Time PA Uses Precast Concrete Segmental Method →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Twin bridges now under construction across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, PA, are the first to be built in the Commonwealth using the precast concrete segmental method. The two spans will replace a 55-year-old bridge owned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC). Detailed studies carried out as part of the PTC’s long-term program of improvements showed that re-decking the current bridge at this site would be too expensive. Click for more...

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers Names Director of Asian Sales →

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers, a division of Somerset Welding & Steel Inc., and a leading manufacturer of dump bodies, trailers, and specialty truck equipment, has announced the appointment of Mike Long as director of Asian Sales. In this capacity, Long will be responsible for overseeing J&J’s interests in the Asian market and will promote and sell dump truck bodies, trailers and specialized truck equipment to mining, construction and oil companies. Click for more...

Briggs Equipment Staff Learns About Case Artic Trucks →

From Construction Equipment Guide... It’s easier to sell equipment if you know its ins and outs. For that reason, approximately 30 Briggs Equipment salespeople converged in Charlotte, NC, for a day-long session with Case Construction Equipment personnel to learn about the new 40-ton articulated trucks unveiled at this year’s ConExpo in Las Vegas. Case Marketing Manager David Wolf said the 335 and 340 models offer a wider rear frames than its competitors. Click for more...

Klein Lube Truck Drives S. American Mining Op →

From Construction Equipment Guide... A mining company in South America is using large shovels and off-highway trucks to remove overburden at a vast mine in Columbia. Due to the size of the mine and the distance to the service centers, servicing these machines efficiently presented a real challenge. The company had been using pull-behind trailers for fuel and lubricants, but due to the terrain and the maneuvering room, this process quickly became very inefficient. Click for more...

New Jersey’s Jesco Adds 14 New Water Trucks to Rental Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In an effort to provide for its customers’ needs, New Jersey equipment dealer Jesco is constantly upgrading its rental fleet to offer the most up-to-date equipment. Recently, Jesco added 14 water trucks to further expand on its rental fleet. Whether it is for safety or by law, the water trucks will help suppress dust and increase health and visibility. The 2,000-gal. (7,571 L) capacity aluminum tanks are mounted on non-CDL 2005 Freightliner automatic transmission trucks. Click for more...

Tracey Road Equip., TAT Truck Named LBX Distributors →

From Construction Equipment Guide... LBX Company LLC, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, has announced the appointment of Tracey Road Equipment Inc. and TAT Truck & Equipment as authorized dealers of these products. Tracey Road Equipment Inc. will cover upstate New York in the northern, central and southern tier and northeast Pennsylvania. Tracey Road is headquartered at 6803 Manlius Center Rd., East Syracuse, NY, with branch offices in Binghamton, and Watertown, NY, and can be reached at 800/872-2390 or by visiting www.traceyroad.com. Click for more...

Nextran-Orlando’s Focus on Mack Trucks Aids Customers →

From Construction Equipment Guide... No matter which direction a person looks while on the Orlando lot at Nextran Truck Center, the view will look the same. They’re surrounded by Mack class 8 trucks. Tom Dreiling, general sales and finance manager, said the focus on just one segment of the over-the-road market exemplifies the company’s motto: “In constant pursuit of perfection. One customer at a time.”“This specialization allows us to become business partners with our customers,” he said. Click for more...

Overweight Trucks Tearing Up State’s Roadways →

From Construction Equipment Guide... RALEIGH, NC (AP) More than two years ago, state legislators put the Highway Patrol in charge of policing overweight trucks. The result has been more overweight trucks tearing up the state’s highways, according to a newspaper report. The decision to take the responsibility from the Division of Motor Vehicles as well as laws passed by legislators to allow heavier trucks has meant millions of tax dollars each year going to expensive road repairs, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported. Click for more...

Hitachi Drives Lattimore Operations in TX →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In a world dominated by publicly owned ready-mix and aggregate companies, Lattimore Materials is a thriving, family-owned business. But don’t equate “family owned” with “small.”Headquartered in McKinney, TX, Lattimore is one of the top three ready-mix producers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The company owns 19 ready-mix plants, and seven sand, gravel and rock mining operations in north Texas and southern Oklahoma. Click for more...

Five Star Equipment Beefs Up Its Service Truck Fleet →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Five Star Equipment is a full service John Deere, Hitachi, Timberjack and Euclid dealer and when it came time to add new service vehicles to its fleet, not just any truck would do. The company has Deere- and Hitachi-certified technicians and it wanted service vehicles that would complement its ability to offer the best service possible. With equipment getting larger, and customers traveling farther from their home base, Five Star wanted to bring its shops to the customers and service their equipment in the field. Click for more...

Komatsu America Moves Artic Truck Production to Tennessee →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Komatsu America Corp. moved the production of its 30- to 40-ton (27- to 36-t) articulated truck from Mooka, Japan, to Chattanooga, TN, in January. Joining production of Komatsu’s mid-size excavator line at the Chattanooga facility are the HM300-1, HM350-1 and HM400-1 articulated trucks used in earthmoving, road construction and quarry applications. The truck line was moved to Chattanooga to better serve Komatsu’s North American customers, said Steve Moore, product manager of trucks of Komatsu America Corp. Click for more...

Reputation for Quality Work Keeps Harrisburg Firm Busy →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When John Hockenberry started Mainline Excavating in June of 2000, he had one employee other than himself and just a couple of small machines. But Hockenberry never had any doubt as to whether or not his company would be successful. “I was a fairly young guy, but I’d worked for other contractors long enough to see what you had to do to make it in this business,” said Hockenberry. “One, you’ve got to be in an area where there’s work being done —- and there’s a lot of work in and around Harrisburg [PA]. Click for more...

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