1
11
THE NEW ENGLAND EDITION
A Supplement to:
95
1
201 16 9
26
2
1 3
91
89
2
95 3
2 2 7
1
93
495
16
89 4
89
FormErly
95
202
7
®
91
9
95
93
2
95 2
93 90
90
7
February 1 2012
95 91
7
3
84
495 6
84
6 195
395
95 91
6
E
q
u
i
P
M
E
N
T
g
u
i
D
E
95
95
Vol. XliX • No. 3
“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your New England states connection • rachel slavid 1-800-225-8448 • kent Hogeboom 1-800-988-1203
kraft Power corporation Perkins Master Service Dealer NJ, MA & NY Engines, Parts & Service
2011 EZ Screen 1200XL New option separate 3 Products
800-969-6121 www.kraftpower.com
GORILLA HAMMER
WANTS YOUR HAMMER REPAIR CALL 888-81-GORILLA (46745)
Kraft Power Corporation
Engines, Parts & Service
800-969-6121 Woburn, MA & Syracuse, NY
Authorized Deutz Distributor
WANTED
6’x5’ Screenbox Works with 1/2 to 1 3/4 Yd. Loaders, 25 H.P. Kohler Diesel Engine, 24” Conveyor Dumps Screened Product 9’ High
$39,500 plus freight. other screeners Available
Argus iNDusTriAl co.
CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT
www.ez-screen.com
Call Lou Giza
866-745-5828
603-595-2090 MULTI MACHINE INC. BEsT WE sTock PricEs ruBBEr TrAcks for over 2,500 Models! some used Tracks Available.
www.foleyengines.com
For more Display/Classified Ads See Page 9 w
• GUARANTEED TO FIT • HIGH QUALITY • FAST SHIPPING
888-888-1248
The company has installed more than 900 septic systems, installed and/or repaired more than 200 water lines and performed excavation site work on more than 1,000 residential and business properties in 15 years.
Miles of Excavating Owner Lives Out Childhood Dream Through His Work By Jay Adams CEG CORRESPONDENT
When Timothy Konowitz was a kid, his hands were attached to Tonka trucks. The sandbox was his oasis to shift, dig through, pile up and haul away. Not much has changed. Konowitz, owner of Miles of Excavating in Wrentham, Mass., is living his childhood dream. The world, and his business, is moving other people’s dirt. “As a kid, I was always playing with Tonka Trucks. I always shoveled people’s walkways to get extra money. In sixth grade, I bought a 1969 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor. It was used and I used it more. I cut neighbors’ lawns, cut everyone’s grass. I bought a little trailer for it and started fixing lawns.” By high school, Konowitz recognized his life’s ambition and laid plans to achieve it. “Back when I was just out of high school, I knew what I wanted to do. I worked for a couple of [local contracting] companies. In 1990, I started by splitting wood and selling
firewood, until I could afford to buy my first dump truck in 1996,” said Konowitz. “I had a full-time job, and would run the truck on the weekends and do deliveries. Soon, my boss said, ‘You’re ready to be on your own.’ I kept saving and saving and saving, and took a loan in 1995 and bought a rubber-tired backhoe from Caterpillar, a John Deere 410. It was used,” he added. “Used,” as in built a few years before, and “used” as in worked out heavily. The dump truck also was very expensive for a young man just starting out. “It took every bit of money that I possessed to buy that thing. I had a note on it for $12,000 and I went on my own to pay it,” said Konowitz. From a Few Feet to “Miles” The one-man, one-truck operation became Miles of Excavating in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, his brother Corey came aboard, along with a good friend. Several laborers for bigger jobs were added, but never more than a see MilEs page 4