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Hoffman Equipment Holds Drive-Thru Equipment Show
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offman Equipment hosted a Drive-Thru Equipment Show March 15 at its Marlboro, N.Y., facility. The very well attended event started out with coffee and donuts but the focus soon turned to equipment. Several manufacturer representatives discussed their companies’ various types of equipment. Case displayed the SV300 and TV380 skid steers, which are on New York State contract (Case also has wheel loaders that are available on contract, as well.) Ben Allgyer of the Paladin Group showed off his company’s vulture and ground shark attachments. LeeBoy touted the 8515B Guests check out a LeeBoy paver. paver, which made the company a player on the map with that sized paver. LeeBoy then rolled through ing its members purchasing needs. John Yelt of Dig Safely New York had some encouraging its Force Feed Loader, which the company purchased from Athey in 2001. Guests were allowed to test the equipment, comments on how New York has been digging more safely and experiencing fewer accidents each year. as well. Watters, president and CEO of Hoffman Tim Watters, president and CEO of Hoffman Equipment, Tim Following the Equipment Drive-Thru, Kelly McAllister Equipment, thanks everyone for coming to the Driveof National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) provided a highly and Mark Padoleski of Case discussed the manufacturer’s Thru Equipment Show. informative presentation on bidding and contracts. NJPA a new SiteWatch three-year advanced subscription plan. national municipal contracting agency committed to servic- According to Case, beginning in 2013, select heavy equipment models will come standard with SiteWatch, which, it says, will help to make fleet management easier by providing measurable and actionable information. Case said that two levels of SiteWatch subscriptions will be available: basic and advanced. The SiteWatch server will collect, compile and store 18 months of data, allowing users to analyze trends. Data also can be downloaded and saved in a spreadsheet. A local restaurant catered the event. Guests enjoyed sliced London broil, sausage and peppers, along with meatballs. And finally, Hoffman Equipment raffled off a slew of door prizes that included jackets, sweatshirts, t-shirts and scale models. According to Dave Koch, Hoffman Equipment paving specialist, this year marked the most successful Drive-Thru event, yet, and the company expects it grow in ensuing years. LeeBoy’s Jim Harkins discusses his company’s paving equipment line.
National Joint Powers Alliance Contract Manager Kelly McAllister provides a great presentation about bidding to the crowd.
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John Yelt of Dig Safe New York reminds everyone to think of what’s below the ground.
Mark Padoleski of Case points out the features of the SV300 skid steer.
Patrick Hitpas, director of product support, prepares to give away free items to attendees.
Ben Allgyer of the Paladin Group discusses his company’s line of attachments during the Hoffman Equipment event. Shown here is the Ground Shark extreme duty brush cutter.