Off-Highway Trucks Articles : Aggregate Equipment Guide

John Deere Dump Trucks Provide Higher Productivity →

From Construction Equipment Guide... John Deere’s 250D, 300D, 350D and 400D articulated dump trucks (ADTs) feature numerous design improvements that deliver a high horsepower-to-weight ratio. Other enhancements increase operator comfort and fuel efficiency while lowering maintenance cost, according to the company. “Our focus when developing these ADTs was lowering the overall operating cost,” said Chris Maifield, product marketing manager, John Deere Construction & Forestry Company. Click for more...

Caterpillar F-Series Trucks Deliver Performance, Productivity, Reliability, Control →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The Caterpillar 773F, 775F and 777F off-highway trucks incorporate many new features to enhance performance, productivity and reliability, as well as operator comfort and control, according to the manufacturer. Each of the trucks has a new engine and radiator, enhanced transmission and brakes, and a new cab and operator station. The new trucks offer improved access for operators and service personnel. Click for more...

Oshkosh Truck to Acquire Iowa Mold Tooling Company →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Oshkosh Truck Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc., a leader in field service vehicles and truck-mounted cranes, through a merger. IMT is a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies Ltd. The all-cash deal is valued at $131 million. The acquisition is the second announced in fiscal 2006 to support Oshkosh Truck’s diversification strategy in the commercial specialty truck industry. Click for more...

Lancaster Development Muscles Up With New Volvo Trucks →

From Construction Equipment Guide... When people approach the 60-year mark, they are referred to as “senior citizens.” When a company approaches the 60-year mark, it can be referred to a “seasoned company.” One such “seasoned” company is Lancaster Development located in upstate New York. Lancaster Development was founded in western New York State in 1947 by Gus Galasso. At first, the company took the baby steps of starting with small jobs. Click for more...

I-80 Job on Track, Despite Undercutting →

From Construction Equipment Guide... The 7-mi. (11.3 km) refurbishment of I-80 between Yarnell and Bellefonte in Pennsylvania is running on schedule, despite extensive undercutting because of clay and other fine materials. The project began on Feb. 28, 2005, with the westbound lanes and is expected to wrap up by Nov. 22, 2006, with the completion of the eastbound lanes. “This section of I-80 was built in mid- to late-60s. The original embankment fills were constructed mostly of rock until the last few feet to subgrade. Click for more...

Trucks Roll Down Ramp to Work on Freedom Tower →

From Construction Equipment Guide... NEW YORK (AP) After spending months wrangling for control of buildings and money at ground zero, politicians and a private developer gathered April 25 as excavation trucks rolled out to mark the beginning of construction of the Freedom Tower, the symbolic skyscraper designed to replace the destroyed World Trade Center. Hours after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owned the trade center, approved a broad new deal with developer Larry Silverstein that changes timelines and rebuilding strategies for lower Manhattan, Silverstein announced Wednesday, April 26, that construction crews would report to the site the next morning. Click for more...

Texas Gravel Company Supplies Material for State’s Largest Projects →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Some of the world’s biggest construction contractors operate on the high plains around Dallas-Fort Worth. Their high-rise buildings, six-lane concrete ribbons and soaring bridges only get built if there is a reliable supply of concrete, rock and sand. Filling that need is a longstanding passion for John Victor Lattimore Jr. and his family-run materials company. Lattimore Materials Company (LMC) is one of the few privately-held ready-mixed concrete operations in the industry. Click for more...

Trucks Roll Down Ramp to Begin Work on Freedom Tower →

From Construction Equipment Guide... NEW YORK (AP) After spending months wrangling for control of buildings and money at ground zero, politicians and a private developer gathered April 25 as excavation trucks rolled out to mark the beginning of construction of the Freedom Tower, the symbolic skyscraper designed to replace the destroyed World Trade Center. Hours after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owned the trade center, approved a broad new deal with developer Larry Silverstein that changes timelines and rebuilding strategies for lower Manhattan, Silverstein announced Wednesday, April 26, that construction crews would report to the site the next morning. Click for more...

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers Achieves NTEA MVP Status →

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers, a division of Somerset Welding & Steel Inc., and a manufacturer of dump bodies, trailers, and specialty truck equipment, has achieved Member Verification Program (MVP) status through the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA). The NTEA developed the MVP to meet its key strategic objectives of building better partnerships between distributors and manufacturers, and suppliers and customers. Click for more...

Lowe’s Distribution Center Project Fast Tracked →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Rockford Blacktop Construction Company, one of the oldest and largest contractors in northern Illinois, is fast tracking a challenging site development project for a large distribution center by applying its full-service capabilities. A division of William Charles Ltd., Rockford Blacktop Construction was founded in 1942 and focuses on earthmoving and asphalt paving projects as well as aggregate and asphalt production. Click for more...

Riverside Providing New Sand for North Topsail Beach →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Riverside Sand Co. Inc. of Wallace, NC, has added two new JCB 722 trucks to its equipment fleet this year and has been keeping them rolling at full speed. They’ve proven useful in the sand quarry’s latest mission — to supply 55,000 cu. yds. of sand for a beach renourishment project. The material will be used to replace the berms along a 7- to 8-mi. stretch of North Topsail Beach between Wilmington and Jacksonville, NC. Click for more...

MD Property Proves to Be Worth Its ’Wait’ in Sand, Gravel →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Thousands upon thousands of years ago, eroded material from the Appalachian Mountains was carried down the Potomac River and deposited throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. One such deposit area in what is now Prince George’s County, MD, near Washington, D.C., is known as the Brandywine formation. It contains a rich concentration of that eroded material, which over the years has become sand and gravel. Click for more...

Landirr Adding 5th Golf Course to The Villages →

From Construction Equipment Guide... With a population of more than 50,000 and the expectation of another 5,000 more, one of the fastest growing “active adult communities” in the country is doing the obvious — adding a golf course. Construction of The Villages, FL, started 25 years ago, but work hasn’t ended on the largest single-site real estate development in the United States. Landirr Inc. of Sanford, FL, which specializes in golf courses and recreational facilities, is building the course — its fifth just within The Villages. Click for more...

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...