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June 23, 2012 • Vol. IXX • No. 13 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
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First of Three US 31 Projects Moves Forward By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
Patten CAT Names Serio to New Position...22
Manitowoc Opens Product Cent er...34
Subcontractor Poindexter Excavating works on removing peat from the limits of the US 31 right of way. Depths reaching 38 ft. (11.6 m) of peat were encountered, where extensive de-watering had to be performed. Rit chie Br os. Hol ds Sal e in No vi.. .90
Table of Contents ................4 Attachment Section ....35-39 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................41-51 Recycling Section ........65-79 Auction Section ..........84-93 Business Calendar ............88 Advertisers Index ..............94
US 31 is undergoing three major reconstruction projects from Indianapolis to the Michigan state line. These three targeted areas are highly congested, which often leads to an increase in accidents. The first of the three projects is centered around the city of Kokomo in Howard County. The US 31 Kokomo project is a new four-lane divided limitedaccess rural freeway that encircles Kokomo, in Howard County, to the east. The 13-mi. (20.9 km) project begins just south of the Tipton/Howard County line and ends about one mile north of the US 31/US 35 intersection. The project also involves building six new interchanges. The current US 31 facility represee PROJECT page 28
AEM Applauds Senate Upon Introduction of Clean Russia PNTR Legislation Following news that the Senate has moved forward and introduced a clean bill to grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) President Dennis Slater issued the following statement: “I commend Senators Max Baucus, John Kerry, John Thune and John
McCain on their hard work and bipartisan cooperation to advance efforts to approve PNTR status for Russia. It is vital that U.S. workers and manufacturers have the same opportunities as other countries to benefit from normal trade relations with the world’s 11th largest economy. see AEM page 64
Enterprise, via the 747 SAC, took off from Dulles on April 27 for its final home in New York City and landed at JFK International Airport. At the same time, the CC 2800-1 crane components were derigged and loaded onto trucks and trailers heading for New York.
Terex Forever Linked With Shuttle History For the Space Shuttle Discovery, it was a journey of nearly 150 million miles that ended at Washington Dulles International Airport. Discovery’s maiden voyage was made on Aug. 30, 1984, and it flew 39 successful missions into space over its 27-plus years of service. It was the most traveled and storied of all the space shuttles in NASA’s fleet. On April 17, 2012, Discovery made its final voyage atop its Boeing 747 Shuttle Aircraft Carrier (SAC) with much fanfare from onlookers and local, national and international media. Reports focused on its final flight and place in space exploration history. Battered and scorched from dozens of space missions, Discovery replaced the pristine Space Shuttle Enterprise at the Smithsonian Institution’s James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Before being towed from Dulles to its final exhibit place, Discovery had to be hoisted from its carrier and its landing gear lowered into place one final time. How is the shuttle removed from its 747 SAC perch when it’s not at a space center? That is where the mainsee SHUTTLE page 32