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United Construction & Forestry Holds Grand Opening
United Construction & Forestry (UCF) held a grand opening celebration May 16, 2025, of its new stateof-the-art facility in Hermon, Maine.
The Hermon facility marks a significant milestone in United Construction & Forestry’s mission to serve customers across seven counties in the Greater Bangor, Maine, region.
Located at 603 Colebrook Road in Hermon, the new facility boasts a 40,000-sq.-ft. showroom with office space, along with 8,000 sq. ft. of expanded storage; an expanded footprint and more. This setup enables the Hermon store to work on multiple large machines at once, minimizing customer wait times and enabling customers to get back to their projects faster, according to the company.
The new Hermon location offers a diverse offering of fleet and rental equipment including compact excavators, skid steers, crushers and pavers from John Deere, Wirtgen Group, Vogele and Morbark.
“This new store and service center have had a dramatic impact on how effectively all of our departments are able to service our customers, and in particular, the parts and service department,” said Nick Labun, service manager of the new facility. “In the old facility, we had six service bays. We now have 13 along with a dual overhead crane system versus our previous single overhead crane. This has dramatically increased our service capabilities.”
According to Labun, UCF’s shop employees appreciate the state-of-the-art exhaust
that gives the service reps immediate access to all required lubricants, and it accurately measures the amount of fluids dispensed.”
“And our parts department has dramatically more space to inventory parts for all the brands that we represent,” he added. “It’s nearly three times the size of our previous parts warehouse capability.”
system that has been put in place.
“Sensors in our roof detect when there are excessive emissions that, when activated, remove the offending emissions and circulates new air into the shop,” he said. “Also, each service bay has an automated lubricant dispensing system
For quarries, recyclers and demolition contractors, Kleemann boasts some of the most advanced technology available in the industry.
In addition, the company now has a cold storage area for keeping attachments and similar items out of the weather and a wash bay has been added, which collects and recycles the water used during the wash process so the water can be used.
“United Construction & Forestry also has invested in an advanced hose department that allows us to quickly manufacture any hydraulic hose for any piece of machinery that our customer may be looking for,” said Labun. “All of this has tremendously increased our efficiency and has improved the working environment for our employees.”
The grand opening celebration in conjunction with the Northern Loggers Show featured an opportunity to view new equipment from their various suppliers, door prizes, food, beverages and live music. CEG (All photographs in this article are Copyright 2025 Construction Equipment Guide. All Rights Reserved.)
United Construction & Forestry represents John Deere forestry equipment for its long-established customer base of Maine loggers.
For paving contractors, United Construction & Forestry offers Wirtgen pavers and Hamm compaction equipment.
A significant inventory of John Deere crawlers, excavators and loaders are available to meet customers’ excavating and material handling needs.
United’s expanded parts department at its Hermon, Maine, location includes three times the previous available warehouse space.
The new facility features 13 service bays, which allows the company to significantly increase service capability.
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Sales Auction Co. Holds Auction for Paganelli Construction
(L-R) are Manny Goncalves, Caracas Construction, Ludlow, Mass.; Mark Granger, Baltazar Contractors, Ludlow, Mass.; and Paul Baltazar, Baltazar Contractors, Ludlow Mass.
Sales Auction Company conducted a Two-Day Complete Retirement Dispersal Auction on June 12–13, 2025, on behalf of Paganelli Construction Company in Windsor Locks, Conn.
The extensive inventory showcased equipment and trucks that reflected Gary Paganelli’s 40 years of quality workmanship and dedicated ownership. The auction drew heightened interest, with 988 lots offered, 1,007 online bidders, and 408 on-site bidders participating.
“Sales Auction Company was proud and honored to serve as auction managers for the Two-Day Complete Retirement Dispersal Auction of Paganelli Construction Company—one of the most respected and revered names in the area contracting industry,” said Sam Sales of Sales Auction Company.
(All photographs courtesy of Sales Auction Company.)
see PAGANELLI page 10
Greg LaMay (L) and (R) Robert Udall, LaMay & Sons of Huntington, N.Y., check out a 2003 Kenworth roll-off truck.
Rows of quality equipment await the start of the auction action.
Sam Sales (on the phone assisting customers) and Kevin Teets, auctioneer, keep the sale running smoothly.
Online and onsite bidders vied for an extensive inventory of equipment from Paganelli Construction Company.
Jason Stribling and Richard Smith take bids for
excavator.
Paganelli Construction Retires After 40 Years in Industry
PAGANELLI from page 8
Here is a lineup of trucks bearing the Paganelli “Signature of Quality Guarantee” that went on the auction block.
Mike DeMarco (L), operator, and Joe Liquori, both of Liquori Sand & Gravel.
Josh Suchocki (L) and Tim Suchocki, Suchocki & Son, Old Lyme, Conn., were in the market for compaction equipment.
Tony Montano of A. Montano Equipment Company, Saugerties, N.Y., looks over a 2005 Peterbilt water truck.
(L-R): Mike Samek, Samek Trucking, Warren, Mass.; Paul Les, RB Enterprises, Ludlow, Mass.; and Adam Skowyra, RB Enterprises, looking to buy dump trucks, adding they liked the quality of the trucks.
(L-R): Joe Heron, Arrowhead Iron Heavy Equipment, Woodbury, Conn.; Jay Bennette, HL Bennette Jr. Inc., Southbury, Conn.; and Dale Hardisty, Asphalt Repair Solutions, Oxford, Conn., measuring up the lowbeds.
Connecticut’s roads are considered among the nation’s poorest in terms of quality, according to data collected by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) but assessing the state’s true standing of road quality may be more complicated than that.
The FHWA’s Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) ranks Connecticut as being the fifth worst state for road conditions, news that came as a shock to Eric Jackson, the executive director of the Connecticut Transportation Institute.
“There’s a lot of different reasons that may play into it, but I wouldn’t necessarily put Connecticut, as you know, one of the worst states,” he told CT Insider for a June 17, 2025, news article.
For one, it was important to acknowledge the factors around the data, Jackson said. The state annually collects data on its roadways, which he said can skew the rankings.
“So sometimes, [with] a lot of these lists, you end up … either high up on the list, or it makes you look worse than you are because the state is actually collecting more data than [from] other states,” he said. “So, we have more information that’s available on the condition of our roadways than maybe some of the other states have.”
According to data from the Bureau of Transportation, part of the federal Department of Transportation (USDOT), around 2,100 mi. of Connecticut’s roads are classified as poor.
Among the roads on the list that have the worst segments in Connecticut are Cross Street and Wilton Avenue in Norwalk; State Street and Perkins Street in Meriden; and Main Street in Hartford, according to data from the HPMS.
The state’s road quality assessment is based on the 2023 dataset of the HPMS. A spokesperson of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) said that the federal system’s data “is not ideal for comparison, especially when just one subset of one factor is used due to differences in collection methods, network composition and size of network.”
Winter Weather Always Plays Havoc With Connecticut Roads
Even so, Jackson acknowledged to CT Insider that there are a number of challenges that the state faces when it comes to its roadways, such as location and weather.
“One of the other things that obviously works against Connecticut is we are in the Northeast,” he said, adding that the state must deal with rougher winter weather conditions than many places in the Midwest and South.
According to the Bureau of Transportation data, Alabama is ranked as
the state with the highest percentage of roads considered “good.” In fact, almost all of the states with the top rankings are located in the Midwest or the South.
Jackson added that Connecticut’s winter is “very tough on the roadways” as water can get inside their cracks and freeze, causing the fissures to expand and eventually destroy the pavement.
“That’s where you get a lot of the potholes that come in. So, that’s kind of working against us as well,” he said. “I don’t see Connecticut as any worse than any of the other Northeast states that have to deal with a similar type of weather.”
Rising Roadway Maintenance Costs Are Huge Challenge
Regardless of where Connecticut’s true ranking actually lies, poor road quality on any level does not come without a price. Substandard road conditions are costing Americans an average of $1,400 annually in operating costs and lost time, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Whether issues with tires, suspension or alignment play a part, a survey of hundreds of car repair shops and service centers across the country found that a majority of respondents reported an increase in the number of vehicles needing repairs due to poor road conditions in their area, according to reporting by Hearst Television’s National
Investigative Unit.
“Driving on deteriorated roads costs Connecticut motorists $2.2 billion a year — $841 per driver — in the form of additional repairs; accelerated vehicle depreciation; and increased fuel consumption; and tire wear,” according to a May 2025 report by TRIP, a nonprofit national transportation research group.
But while roadway quality is costing drivers more, it also is costing additional money to maintain the roads themselves.
“Construction cost inflation, the erosion of motor fuel taxes due to inflation, improved fuel efficiency and the adoption of hybrid and electric vehicles threaten the state’s ability to keep pace with growing transportation needs,” according to TRIP.
“The Federal Highway Administration’s national highway construction cost index, which measures the rate of inflation in labor and materials cost, increased 45 percent from the beginning of 2022 through the second quarter of 2024.”
Many states and municipalities are struggling with how to keep funding road maintenance and improvement while budgets are strained, Jackson told CT Insider.
“Basically, asphalt is a petroleum product, so as the price of gasoline increases, the price of the black, sticky stuff inside the pavement also increases. So, we’re seeing increases in cost to be able to put the asphalt
down on the roadway,” he said. “Everything’s getting more expensive these days and the payment and labor to put it down is the same.”
That can lead to differences in road quality between states as well as between the local and the state roads, CT Insider noted. The state transportation agency maintains 3,728.86 mi. of roads, whereas the state’s hundreds of towns maintain 17,470.46 mi., according to CTDOT’s spokesperson.
Even though local roads typically have lower traffic volume and take longer to wear out, when public works funding is cut in a town budget, it impacts a municipality’s ability to pave and improve its streets.
“The budgets that people are voting on have a direct impact on how well their roads are maintained, and how well during wintertime those roads are plowed or salted, and that … really impacts the longevity and quality of the roadways town by town,” Jackson said. “And the state also faces funding challenges as well.”
The road quality data largely takes its cue from the International Roughness Index (IRI), which measures the road surface conditions. IRI data does not include other roadway assessment factors, like rutting and cracking, added CTDOT’s spokesperson. In addition, some of that data dates back several years, and roadway changes and improvements may have occurred since then.
An aerial photo of a Connecticut highway interchange. CT.gov photo
New UCF Location Serves Hermon, Surrounding Areas
The new facility offers a massive cold storage building for attachments and parts that do not require an environmentally controlled area.
The new facility features a dual overhead crane system with more than twice the previous facility’s capacity.
The tool room provides technicians with access to specialized tooling required for service and repair work.
The company served a hearty barbecue dinner to guests during the event.
Seen here is the new conference room for vendor and customer meetings.
Guests arriving for the evening festivities were presented with door prizes compliments of United Construction & Forestry’s various vendors.
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Nick Labun, service manager of United Construction & Forestry, demonstrates the new hydraulic hose department capable of creating hoses and couplings for any make or model machine.
The new facility offers a training center equipped with all necessary technology to present product information and training in a classroom setting.
Live entertainment was provided by United Construction & Forestry.
Seen here is the environmentally friendly wash bay.
Each service bay features exhaust collection and lubricant dispensers.
Expo Draws 7,000 Attendees From Across New England
Olli Tiainen of Ponsse describes the new advanced technology now available from Ponsse and Chadwick BaRoss, Ponsse’s New England dealer.
Milton CAT is the Weiler dealer in New England and New York. Chris Milton (L), president of Milton CAT, and Pat Weiler, founder of Weiler, were showing customers the latest equipment,
Scott (L) and Gabe Guimond of National Attachments, Gorham, Maine, demonstrated a large selection of specialized excavator attachments for the forestry industry.
United Ag & Turf, United Construction & Forestry Name Aaron Raap as New CEO
United Ag & Turf and United Construction & Forestry — fast-growing John Deere dealerships with 51 locations across the Northeast — recently appointed Aaron Raap as its new CEO.
Of the total locations, 14 serve the construction and forestry markets, while the remaining 41 support John Deere’s agricultural and turf segments (four of the stores are full line, serving both sides of the business.)
The companies operate in New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. The construction division primarily consists of former Nortrax Equipment and Schmidt Equipment locations.
Raap, a Midwest native, most recently held a leadership position at Brandt Holdings, a major John Deere distributorship serving the Dakotas and western Minnesota. He also brings prior experience from a Caterpillar dealership, where he gained additional valuable knowledge of the construction industry.
& Forestry — fast-growing John Deere dealerships with 51 locations across the Northeast — recently appointed Aaron Raap as its new CEO.
Relocating from the Midwest to the Northeast marked both a professional and personal milestone for Raap. Over the past few years, he built a relationship with Kirk Fernandez, chairman of the board of United Ag & Turf/United Construction & Forestry, during various industry events. The decision to accept the CEO role was further influenced by the fact that Raap’s wife is originally from Connecticut.
In an interview with Construction Equipment Guide (CEG), Raap emphasized John Deere’s momentum across its key markets, particularly in construction equipment.
“With the acquisition of Wirtgen, John Deere distributors have a tremendous opportunity to offer world-class paving, compaction, and aggregate solutions,” Raap said. “Whether in agriculture or construction, John Deere is consistently proactive — always looking to enhance service quality and improve product offerings. This broader product portfolio strengthens our support for core customers and ensures contractors can rely on a single source for comprehensive solutions.”
Raap also noted the company’s continued investment in infrastructure as it expands across the Northeast. United recently opened a facility in Hermon, Maine, and added new locations in Clifton Park, N.Y., and Pembroke, N.H.
When asked about his vision for the role, Raap said, “One of my top priorities is eliminating barriers for both our employees and our customers. If we empower our employees to take care of the customer, everything else follows. Providing the right tools and support for our team is key to customer satisfaction — and that, in turn, leads to strong financial health.”
He also addressed the growing scale of the dealership’s operations:
“Size is increasingly essential to a dealership’s success,” he said. “The costs associated with supporting this industry — employees, facilities, technology — have risen significantly. To stay competitive, a dealership needs purchasing power and infrastructure. As we grow our footprint and expand our customer base, we’re better positioned to meet the needs of both our employees and customers.”
For more information, visit www.unitedagandturf.com/
EXPO from page 1
Frank Martin Sons Inc. featured Hitachi and Tigercat and at its display.
United Ag & Turf and United Construction & Forestry photo United Ag & Turf and United Construction
New England Manufacturers, Dealers Well Represented
FAE is a manufacturer of specialized attachments, including mulcher attachments, that are a must for forestry and land clearing. (L-R) are Jonathan Rakestraw, Adrian Majka and Chris Esselburn, all of FAE.
United Construction & Forestry Showcases John Deere Harvester
During the Northern Logger Show in Bangor, Maine, Kevin Fowler, United Construction & Forestry representative, pointed out some of the features and uses of the John Deere 1270H rubber-tired harvester.
The John Deere harvester by design fells trees, delimbs the tree and processes logs to the specific length required, whether it’s 8-ft., 12-ft., or 16-ft. lengths.
The 1270H utilizes the latest version of TimberMatic H-16 to adjust how it cuts and processes each tree by species using optimization software that can be adjusted according to assortment values, maximizing the return on each tree.
According to Fowler, the John Deere harvester is most typically used in planta-
tion wood harvesting, thinning operations or in selective cut situations.
In Maine, the tree harvesting industry is represented by a large variety of trees, including but not exclusive to pine, fur, hemlock and a variety of hardwoods.
Fowler also explained that for today’s market, John Deere puts a heavy emphasis on the design of its harvesting machines for operator comfort to include improved visibility and a hydraulic leveling cab. This allows operators to always be able to view the work they’re doing from the optimal viewing angle and do so with reduced fatigue due to interior upgrades.
For more information, visit construction.unitedequip.com/ CEG
A Weiler K560 knuckleboom loader was used at the Miton CAT/Weiler exhibit area for the loader competition with proceeds going to Log a Load for Kids.
Northern Logger
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Kevin Fowler points out the features and uses of the John Deere rubber-tired harvester at the United Construction and Forestry exhibit at the Northern Logger Show in Bangor, Maine.
Rourke Bridge Replacement to Improve User Safety, Efficiency
announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
BRIDGE from page 1
River,” said Paul Pedini, senior vice president of operations of Skanska USA Civil.
“Skanska looks forward to helping design and build another essential piece of infrastructure that will enhance the transportation experience of the local community.”
The project consists of a new seven-span bridge, intersection reconstruction at both ends of the new bridge, bicycle and pedestri-
an accommodations, as well as stormwater infrastructure improvements, highway lighting, landscaping and utility relocations. The existing bridge will remain open for use until the completion of the new structure. Upon opening of the new bridge, the existing bridge will be demolished.
The project began in May 2025, with completion expected by spring 2030.
For more information, visit www.skanska.com/
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Loggers Expo Features Inside, Outside Displays, Demos
EXPO from page 18
(L-R): Bryan Morris, Tom Barry and Joe Barry had a strong presence at the show to promote Barry Equipment’s new location in Gorham, Maine.
Barry Equipment Highlights New Facility at Expo
Equipment took advantage of this year’s event to highlight its new facility located in Gorham, Maine, at 72 Olde Canal Way.
Barry Equipment took advantage of this year’s event to highlight its new facility located in Gorham, Maine, at 72 Olde Canal Way.
Barry Equipment has been selling to contractors and foresters in Maine since 1985 and its new facility was added to the company’s other locations to enhance support to customers in Maine.
“One of our main objectives with our new Gorham, Maine, location is to grow our customer base among contractors who may not have previously been familiar with our excavating and paving product lines,” said John Barry, vice president of Barry Equipment. “We have long had a
good customer base within the forestry industry, and this also gives us the opportunity to better support them.”
Barry Equipment broke ground on the new facility in early 2024. The facility is now occupied and open for business.
Located on 12 acres of land, the 10,000-sq.-ft. facility will offer all sales, parts, service and support for the manufacturers that Barry Equipment represents, including DEVELON, Sakai compaction equipment and Astec Industries brands, which include Peterson, RoadTec and Carlson.
For more information, visit www.barryequipment.com/ CEG
Chadwick-BaRoss Touts Ponsse Forestry Equipment at Logger Expo
Among the featured items at the Chadwick-BaRoss display at the Northern Logger show was the Ponsse line of timber harvesters.
Ponsse recently released the new Scorpion King harvester and although one was not available at the show, a Maine logging company recently purchased one
Among other upgrades, the new Scorpion King features a stronger boom that allows a larger harvester head to be used.
Among the featured items at the
The crane of the new Ponsse is attached to the cabin of the machine, which is called a rotating cabin. This allows operators to always face what they are cutting, greatly improving visibility and comfort. Because good operators are hard to find, operator comfort is more important than ever in helping employers keep their workforce. This feature is especially important in a state like Maine where trees are often harvested in overgrown areas and visibility is particularly challenging.
Ponsse also has committed to leading the industry in digital technology by dedicating many resources to data gathering and automation. The company’s automation systems allow it to track production, fuel consumption, travel distances as well as the location of the machine and its maintenance needs.
Ponsse’s harvester head was another point of interest at the show. In a region like Maine, where there is a diverse and wide variety of trees, traditional logging requires the use of different harvester heads per tree type. However, Ponsse’s head has been engineered to be used in multiple applications, resulting in a significant saving to the owner in both investment and time.
With locations in Westbrook, Bangor and Caribou, Chadwick-BaRoss has a long history of serving the Maine logging industry and offers provides service and support for a large variety of logging, construction and municipal equipment. For more information, visit www.chadwick-baross.com/ CEG
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ChadwickBaRoss display at the Northern Logger show was the Ponsse line of tree harvesters.
Between Komplet and McCloskey, Rock and Recycling offers crushers and conveyors to meet any need — large or small.
At the Chadwick-BaRoss exhibit (L-R) are Cole Leavitt, Chadwick-BaRoss and Tarmo Saks, Tim Gafner, Olli Tiainen and Samuel Vidgren, all of Ponsse.
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