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It was a bad break that led to a good break. Lee Collins was playing in a charity softball game, doing what he does best, having fun and helping others, when he broke his foot. He was considered an “insurance liability” and lost his job with the Union. “I was a union equipment operator. I went into a little bit of a hardship after I broke my foot in a charity softball game. Basically, I lost my job, they said I was a liability,” said Collins. “I started my own company about a year ago. I always wanted to do it. I just didn’t have the finances to do it.” With his best foot forward, and the other in a cast, Collins founded Collins & Sons Excavating. The C and S form the
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body of a large earthmover in the company logo. His company is dedicated to his two sons, at ages eight and six, who have been helping dad since they were old enough to walk. Located in bucolic Wales, Mass., Collins who holds nothing back in interviews or at a job site, laughed when told the location wasn’t well known. “You haven’t heard of Wales? Not many people have. They ask me where I live, and I tell them Sturbridge. It saves me a lot of time,” Collins said.
Petrowsky Holds Two-Day Sale in North Franklin, Conn.
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etrowsky Auctioneers held a massive two-day sale at its facility in North Franklin, Conn., June 20 and 21. In addition to a large variety of excavators, loaders, skid steers, trucks and other pieces of earth moving equipment, the sale also included a collection of classic collectible cars from the estate of Allen Jarabek Jr.
(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) see PETrOWSKY page 12
Petrowsky Auctioneers’ permanent sale site in North Franklin, Conn., was specifically designed to provide auction attendees a comfortable, clean atmosphere to purchase additions to their equipment fleets.
Caught in the Pits Collins leaned on 25 years of experience in all facets of the construction industry, and started his company with his wife Alicia. At 16 years old, he started his career operating a loader at Piette Sand and Gravel. But how he got that job after school and on weekends is a tale of turning his young life around. see COllINS page 4