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Rockbusters Hold Biggest Show Yet Thousands Come to Richmond to See Vintage Heavy Iron Move the Earth and the Spirit
By Jay Adams
CEG CORRESPONDENT
They really don’t make ’em like they used to. Where else could you see an 82year-old move the earth for hours on end for three backbreaking days and not run out of gas? This deserved national recognition. Oh, wait, it got it. The octogenarian in question was a 1928 Wilford Model B shovel owned by Ted Valpey III of Holliston, Mass., who brought his prized heavy iron beast to be the featured vehicle at the 25th Annual Historical Construction Equipment Photo courtesy of Gary Munsey of New England Rockbusters Association’s (HCEA) A lineup of antique shovels attack the dirt pile at the HCEA National Convention. National Convention and The shovels came from all over the northeast including (L-R) the Bay City Model 20 shovel owned by Lynn Burdick, Endicott, N.Y.; and the Lorain Model L80J owned by Exhibition. The international event — JV III Construction, Rocky Hill, Conn. hosted by the Northeast Siochio said the Northeast Chapter Rockbusters Regional Chapter — enterwas the largest of the nation’s 17 tained thousands Sept. 10 to 12 at the HCEA chapters, with just fewer than Washington County Fairgrounds in 500 members. Richmond, R.I. It was a tremendous weekend for He Digs Digging action verbs — digging, dozing, gradOne of those members is the coloring, loading, shoveling, hauling, pulling ful Mike Trotto, 75, of Shrewsbury, and scraping. Mass., whose Worcester Sand & Entire hills were excavated. Boulders Gravel Company will celebrate its were split. Antique tractors, run by Photo courtesy of Gary Munsey of New England Rockbusters 100th year in 2011. antique men, showed young whipperGary Osborne from Norwell, Mass., Trotto stood near the 1928 Wilford snappers how things used to be done. “It’s basically a Fordson Tractor with has a full blade of loam as he oper- with admiration, reminiscing about the John Mulcahy’s beautifully equipment he used to run. a Ford motor. Wilford stands for William ates restored 1954 Allis Chalmers model “I have a 1952 10B Bucyrus Shovel Ford, Henry Ford’s son,” said Sam HD9B bulldozer at the HCEA 25th Siochio, president of the Northeast Annual Convention. The working Erie I have been running since I was a Rockbusters for the last three years. show had the task of removing a kid,” said Trotto. “It feels great (to “Behind it is a Euclid twin engine bull- hill and expanding parking facili- run). I feel like a kid again. It feels, dozer. I love the old equipment and I ties for the Washington County see ROCKBUSTERS page 4 really enjoy the people involved with it.” Fairgrounds.