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Jim Maxwell Looks Forward to Growing Chadwick-BaRoss Prior to taking the helm of ChadwickBaRoss as its president on Dec. 14, 2020, Jim Maxwell logged more than three decades of experience in the construction equipment manufacturing and distribution industries. Early in his career, Maxwell worked for Komatsu Corporation for 10 years followed by 23 years with C.N. Wood Equipment, a Komatsu dealer in Massachusetts, where he served in the positions of sales and general manager. While working for Komatsu in the late 1980s, Maxwell was first introduced to Chadwick-BaRoss as its district manager, which began a long term business relationship. His association with ChadwickBaRoss was extremely positive and Maxwell was always impressed with the company, its people, and its values. “In their northern territories, they’ve had a proven track record of success throughout their history with the Volvo product line, and certainly even more so in recent years,” he said. “They’ve proven themselves in Maine and New Hampshire to be a clear market leader.” Now leading Chadwick-BaRoss, he is looking forward to expanding the dealer’s presence and market penetration via the

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manufacturers it represents throughout New England. “When our parent company IKO acquired Chadwick-BaRoss several years ago, there was a vision at that time of taking the model of our northern New England accomplishments and expanding Chadwick-BaRoss’ footprint further into the market,” Maxwell said. “This has been accomplished through acquisition and investment in the Rhode Island and Connecticut markets.”

His vision over the next few years, he said, will be to grow Chadwick-BaRoss’ market share of the earthmoving products that are already being represented in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island while continuing to expand its Volvo operations with more product lines and product support capabilities. “We also will be executing a plan to further develop the aggregate products already represented by Thompson Equipment, most notably, KPI-JCI in the southern New England region,” Maxwell said. “With dense population and pervasive hard rock conditions, the aggregate market in southern New England is very strong. We are confident that by better utilizing the support structure already in place at our southern New England stores, we can dramatically grow our market share on the aggregate side of our business. “The Astec Industries’ Material Solutions combined product offering give us a powerful lineup of portable and stationary crushing and screening plants under KPI-JCI and Telsmith, as well as washing and classifying equipment and material handling solutions to meet the needs of any producer … whether it be a contractor doing portable onsite crushing and recycling or a major

aggregate producer.” Chadwick-BaRoss has locations throughout New England, including Westbrook, Bangor and Caribou, Maine, as well as Chelmsford, Mass., Concord, N.H., West Warwick, R.I., and Oxford, Conn. The Maine and New Hampshire locations focus on the Volvo product offering along with SDLG, Ponsse, Eltec, Holder, and Prinoth, while the locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island represent Takeuchi, Link-Belt, Holder, Prinoth and Bell trucks. Thompson Equipment in Lewiston, Maine, is a member of the Chadwick-BaRoss family of businesses and is a major distributor of KPI-JCI and Telsmith aggregate equipment. Maxwell credits a strong business foundation already in place at Chadwick-BaRoss, which, he believes, will help his team and him to foster even greater success for the longtime equipment dealer. “My predecessors have done an astounding job putting together a team of industry experts who know how to execute a plan,” he said. “It is going to be a pleasure to continue to grow upon the platform that they have built.” For more information, visit www.chadwick-baross.com.  CEG

Conn. Endeavors to Bring State Pier Project On Budget A Connecticut state official involved in planning for the reconstruction project at State Pier in New London said efforts are under way to keep the project on budget. Kosta Diamantis, deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), addressed the Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) in January and fielded questions about the possibility of costs escalating for the $157 million project, which is being funded through a partnership by the state and joint venture partners Eversource and Ørsted. Diamantis said the initial design phase is nearing completion and while estimates are above $157 million, there are sure to be revisions as the process moves forward. “At the end of the day it’s the owners’ responsibility, through the various consultants, to sit down with them and taper where this project needs to be for the purposes imagined by the owners,” Diamantis explained. “We’re still in the estimating phase. There’s nothing definitive at this point.” He said upcoming meetings with Kiewit Corp., the construction manager, will better

separate what is essential versus what is wanted for the project. The OPM was tasked by Gov. Ned Lamont with financial oversight of the port authority in 2019. David Kooris, chairman of the CPA’s board of directors, reiterated that it is working with Omaha, Neb.-based Kiewit to “hone the scope of the project to bring it in line with costs estimates in earlier iterations of this design.” The original estimate for the project was $93 million but by the time a deal was signed, the cost had risen because of alterations made to the design to better accommodate Cross Sound Ferry’s concerns about interference in its waterfront operations. Ørsted and Eversource have committed $77.5 million to the project, and the state and port authority are funding the remainder. “We are in the midst of an in-depth process to bring the project in line with the funds available,” Kooris said. “A lot of people have their sleeves rolled up and are working on it. The idea that there is a new dollar amount is not accurate. There are estimates that continue to be developed.” Kooris said if the project does exceed

$157 million, the onus is on the CPA to seek additional funding from the state. If the state refuses, the CPA is likely to go to Eversource and Ørsted to help fill the gap. If they elect not to add additional funds, Kooris said further efforts will be made to revise the scope of the project to get it in line with available funds. One year ago, the CPA, terminal operator Gateway Terminal, and the joint venture partners finalized a harbor development agreement to redevelop State Pier into a heavy-lift capable port facility and bring hundreds of well-paying jobs to the area. The plans also call for filling in the area between the two existing piers to create additional storage space and will result in three berths. Ørsted and Eversource will lease the pier from pier operator Gateway for a minimum of 10 years to use the facility for the preassembly of wind turbine generators. The joint-venture companies plan to use State Pier to support their planned 704-megawatt offshore wind farm, Revolution Wind and other projects in the planning stages across the northeast.

The projects await approval by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. CPA Executive Director John Henshaw reported in mid-January that cleanup of the site in preparation for construction is expected to get under way by mid-February. He said Kiewit has expressed its desire to be on site by March. The port authority recently approved a new extension to State Pier tenants, including road salt company DRVN, whose massive pile of salt remains at State Pier. A previous extension had given the company until the end of January to sell the salt or forfeit it to the CPA to make way for upcoming construction; it now has until the end of February. “It’s obviously in everyone’s interest to see DRVN successful in selling that salt,” Henshaw said. Commercial fishermen and Skanska, the construction company using the pier as a staging area for work across the river at Electric Boat, also will have additional time. 

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(L-R) are Randy Mace, general manager; Terry Klemanski, inside sales and rental coordinator; and Ryan Kennard, outside sales. WHITED from page 1

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To fill the gap, Whited brought Leigh Dwelley on board. Dwelley has more than 25 years of expeenjoyed a good working relationship over the years rience in construction equipment repairs, including — Bob functions as CEO of the company and being the owner of his own independent repair oversees the financial end of the business; Jon shop. manages the day-to-day operations traveling Whited also has made a substantial investment between each of the company’s four locations. in parts to support the nearly 40 Hyundai machines In 2020, the Whiteds made the decision to add that it put into its inventory. Randy Mace to their staff as general manager. Whited Equipment recognizes that much of Mace brought a diverse background to the compatoday’s construction equipment market is driven ny, most recently as president of Chadwickby rentals and it plans on being a significant player BaRoss, a New England construction equipment in the rental market. The facility at 2160 Hotel distributor, and several decades of previous experiRoad in Auburn contains a significant fleet of ence working both in construction equipment disequipment ready to go to work, and the investment tribution and manufacturing. has been made in the right assortment of attachNot long after Mace joined the operation, the three men came to the joint conclusion that it was Whited Equipment has put more than 40 Hyundai machines in inventory, ments to tackle any job, the company said. Terry Klemanski, who is handling inside sales at time to move on from the RV business: the 2008 all of which are available for rent. the Auburn facility has been with the Whited famrecession had impacted that business dramatically ily for many years. and it had never seemed to completely rebound from that we felt that Hyundai was the best fit for us for a number of “Terry, in fact, retired not long ago and quickly found out reasons,” Mace said. “The quality of the product, the quality period. That decision left an office complex and an equipment of the people and the knowledge that they brought to the that retirement was not for him. So he returned to where he yard available for Whited to expand its operations into table, and the territory that they were looking to fill was a is now, developing a customer base for Hyundai construction equipment,” the company said. another area at the Auburn facility. It was decided to explore good fit for what we were looking to do. Klemanski is not new to Hyundai or construction equip“The territory that Hyundai had available, the nine most the availability of a construction equipment/earthmoving southern and western counties in Maine, put our Auburn ment — years ago, he was the fleet manager of the city of line that could be added to the Whited lineup of products. “Moving in the construction and earthmoving equipment store where we had based our RV operation right in the mid- Auburn, which had Hyundai machines as a part of its equipmarket just really seemed to make sense to us,” Mace said. dle of the territory. It was a perfect match and we are current- ment lineup. “We were very happy with the Hyundai product when I “We took a hard look at who our existing customer base was ly equipping our Saco, Maine, facility to also work as a sales was with the city of Auburn,” Klemanski said. and saw that we were already doing business with a lot of and service center for Hyundai. In addition to handling inside sales, Klemanski also is “We look at Hyundai and are confident that they bring to companies that purchase construction and earthmoving the table the right combination of products to address the coordinating rentals. equipment. Ryan Kennard, who is handling outside sales for the “We have a thriving business with contractors who pur- excavating, municipal, landscaping/compact equipment and chase dump trucks and many other types of vehicles from us forestry markets in the state of Maine. With twenty-two full- Hyundai product at Whited Equipment, has previous experiand we do very well in the logging industry. Certainly, size excavators, eight compact excavators, five rubber-tired ence working as branch manager for an equipment distribumunicipalities purchase both trucks and heavy equipment. excavators and fifteen wheel loader models, they have the tor and working in sales for a large equipment rental house. “I’m very impressed with Whited Equipment’s philosoWe already have an infrastructure in place to service these right size machines for virtually any application.” Servicing and supporting the customer is critically impor- phy of taking care of their customers and the inventory that customers and most importantly we already have a reputathey are supporting my efforts with is impressive,” Kennard tion with these consumers as a good company to do business tant at Whited Equipment. At the Auburn facility, it has 15 technicians, and at the said. “A large variety of models that Hyundai has available with.” After an extensive search, Whited Truck entered into an Saco facility it has 10 who are highly skilled in many aspects is very impressive and certainly makes my job a lot easier. agreement with Hyundai Construction Equipment and of diesel engine and hydraulic repairs and they are now Right now, some dealers are having difficulty getting prodbeing trained by Hyundai in whatever other areas they need uct, but we have made a very big investment in inventory.” formed a new division — Whited Equipment. For more information, visit www.whitedtruck.com.  “After looking at everything that was available out there, to be cross-trained.

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Norman Vincent Joins Northland JCB as Service Manager in Mass. Norman Vincent has joined Northland JCB as service manager in Wilmington, Mass. Vincent has with more than three decades of heavy diesel repair and maintenance experience. He started out working as a hands-on mechanic and held that position for 17 years while gaining extensive knowledge in diesel engine technology and repair standards and techniques. After 17 years as a mechanic, Vincent was promoted to management where he successfully managed numerous shops and locations. Vincent also holds an EPA license for transport refrigeration and a Class A commercial driver’s License. “I take pride in my strong and positive rapport I develop with customers as well as with my leaders and subordinates. I’m a firm believer that communication is the key to a good relationship in all facets of life,” Vincent said. 

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to their fleets under certain conditions. “We started to find rental opportunities with power companies up and down the Atlantic Coast region,” he said. “Of course, one of the real attractions to these machines is their ability to work in very wet areas. As word got out of our significant inventory of these machines, we started to see a lot of environmental contractors reaching out to us for rentals. It seems as though the more these machines are seen, the more unique applications have devel- Tibbits Equipment Services Inc. is noted for its oped. very clean fleet of late-model zero tail swing “We had a number of them end up excavators with hammers. working in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina doing levee work. They conditions developed. Here in the northeast were the perfect carrier to drive out onto a that can make up about six months of the levee to spin around, drop its load and back rental season.” There was a tremendous amount of motiout again. It’s almost as if it was designed vation for Brian Tibbits to figure out a way exactly for that job. “There really was just one drawback to to improve the traction of the machines in these machines, particularly with our north- the crawler carrier rental fleet. It took a number of attempts in attacking eastern rentals — they are absolutely horrible in the ice and snow. The traction was so the problem from different angles, but eventerrible that companies like the utility firms tually they came up with exactly the right that worked on hills had to immediately solution — a product that is developed, return the machines as soon as ice and snow owned, manufactured and marketed by

Tibbits Equipment Services called the KWIK KLEET traction cleat. “The KWIK KLEET traction cleats, which is a registered trademark, are a set of studded steel bars that clip individually and horizontally to the track system of the crawler carrier,” said Tibbits. “The number of steel bars used may vary by the conditions that you’re working in.” Coming up with the precise configuration of the steel bars and the steel alloy was a trial and error process. “In ice or frozen mud, you want the cleats to grip well but release if needed”, said Tibbits. “If they are frozen into a wet surface and don’t release when needed, you could actually have damage to the undercarriage as a result. The type of steel alloy is critical. If it has no give, you could damage the undercarriage … and too much give, it won’t work. These were all things that we had to experiment with over several years of trial and error. We also had to develop a way for the tracks to be easily added or removed depending on weather conditions. “We have a system now where two people can install a set in about 30 minutes using an electric-powered impact wrench and a 15/16–in. wrench.” Today, Tibbits Equipment Services has 25

to 30 excavators and crawler carriers in its fleet, and with the addition of the KWIK KLEET traction cleat rental utilization is way up, Tibbits said. Tibbits Equipment Services also is noted for its very clean fleet of late-model zero tail swing excavators with hammers. Currently, the company has 16 hammer-ready excavators in its fleet. Tibbits also keeps 30 to 40 hydraulic hammers in its rental and sales inventory for its fleet and for customers who have a carrier but need a hammer. “We always keep backup hammers and carriers in inventory in case something goes down,” he said. “We understand the value of a contractor’s time, and we do everything possible to make sure that our customers never get left hanging. “All of our machines are late model, low hour with excellent reliability,” he added. “So, often using a well-worn excavator with a well-used hammer doesn’t pay off. By maintaining a good-looking late-model fleet for both our carrier trucks and excavators with hammers we have preserved a good reputation and a great rate of return business.” For more information, visit www.tibbitseq.com.  CEG

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NEW ENGLAND SUPPLEMENT ADVERTISER INDEX ARGUS INDUSTRIAL COMPANY ....................................1 EQUIP-SALE AND LEASING CORP ..............................10 EQUIPMENT EAST ........................................................1,5 FOLEY INC - WORCESTER ............................................1 GORILLA HAMMERS........................................................1 H O PENN MACHINERY CO INC ..................................11 HYUNDAI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT....................13 J R VINAGRO CORPORATION........................................1 M G EQUIPMENT ............................................................1 NORTHLAND JCB/ALTA EQUIPMENT ..........................16 POWERSCREEN NEW ENGLAND ..................................9 ROCK & RECYCLING EQUIPMENT LLC ........................7 ROGERS BROTHERS CORPORATION ........................15 SHAWMUT EQUIPMENT CO INC ..................................12 T-QUIP SALES & RENTAL INC ........................................8 THE N.I.C.E. COMPANY ..................................................8 THE W. I. CLARK COMPANY ..........................................2 TIBBITS EQUIPMENT SERVICES INC ............................1 TYLER EQUIPMENT CORPORATION ............................3 The Advertisers Index is printed as a free editorial service to our advertisers and readership. Construction Equipment Guide is not responsible for errors or omissions.

Developer Proposes $75M Ski Resort for Moosehead A Knox County, Maine, developer and Louisiana nonprofit are proposing to build a year-round resort with new ski lifts, a hotel, marina, condominiums and more at the site of a longtime ski area overlooking Moosehead Lake that has fallen into disrepair. The $75 million investment would create 300 to 400 jobs and result in $2.9 million annually in property Steve Levesque taxes in Piscataquis County, one of Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp. Maine’s poorest and least populous counties. The developer, Perry Williams of Spruce Head, and Provident The ski area could be ready to open in Resources Group of Baton Rouge, La., are asking Piscataquis County’s three commis- winter 2022 with the hotel, lodge, brew pub sioners to sign a letter in support of the proj- and other amenities opening the following year. The developers estimate that 100 of the ect. Commissioners received an update on the new jobs would be full-time. Approximately project Jan. 19 and plan to sign the letter at 120 people would be hired during the construction phase, they added. their Feb. 2 meeting. The ski resort’s redevelopment has long Provident would work with Williams’ company, Big Lake Development LLC, to been key to the Moosehead Lake area’s ecosecure financing for the project through nomic revitalization. “There are a lot of employment opportubonds issued by the Finance Authority of nities for Piscataquis County residents,” said Maine next summer. The Moosehead Lake Ski Resort would Commissioner Wayne Erkkinen of replace the Big Squaw Mountain Ski Resort, Hartford’s Point Township. “It will be good whose owner was sued by the state in 2016 for the county. We wish them well.” “We don’t see any downside to this projfor failing to maintain the property. The name of the mountain where the resort is ect,” added Commissioner Andrew Torbett located was changed years ago to Big Moose of Atkinson. The project has garnered support from the Mountain, but not the resort name. “Squaw” is a derogatory term for Native American Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp. and the Eastern Maine women. In December, Superior Court Justice Development Corp., according to Steve William Stokes ordered the former owner to Levesque, president of the Moosehead Lake repair and restore the ski mountain, ski lifts organization. “It’s certainly an economic game changer and other resort property to the condition they were in when he bought it 25 years ago. for the county,” he said. “It’s a challenge to Instead, the owner agreed to sell the property find economic opportunities for the region, to the developers, according to information but we see the resurgence and the redeveloppresented to the county commissioners at ment of the mountain as a key opportunity to their recent meeting. The closing on the stabilize the economy of the area.” Provident Resources Group has helped property could happen this spring. Since 2013, a nonprofit group has leased fund projects in 21 states, but this is the first the lower ski lift, trails and lodge and offered it will help finance in Maine, according to skiing there, but the ski lift serving the Steve Hicks, company president and chief mountain’s upper trails hasn’t run since executive officer. Founded in 2000, 2004, when it failed and injured four people. Provident works with towns, cities, counties The new development group’s plan calls and states to provide resources for economic for a four-season resort that would include development efforts that benefit those entinew chairlifts, a new base lodge and brew ties without further burdening taxpayers. The group has never financed a ski resort pub, a 60-room hotel, expanded and improved trails, snowmaking equipment, an before but is supporting the development of outdoor skating rink and a 150 to 200-slip large water park recreation projects in two marina on Moosehead Lake. In addition, the other states, Hicks said. “We will be the entity incurring the debt,” resort would include 108 condominiums, 315 townhouses and 60 single-family he explained. “The county will have no financial responsibility for the project.”  homes.

“It’s certainly an economic game changer for the county.”

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