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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” February 8, 2012 • Vol. XXV • No. 3 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
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Yancey Truck Centers Acquires Dealership… 8
Cat Forms Alliance With Exodus Machines…8
Carter Mac hin ery Delivers Fi rst CT66 0 in Va. …12
Table of Contents ............4 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................22-24 Attachment Section 25-28
Coble Trench Founder Dies in Plane Crash Tom Coble, founder and president of Greensboro, N.C.-based Coble Trench Safety (CTS), died in a plane crash Jan. 20, 2012, shortly after takeoff from a regional airport in Rainbow City, Ala. Traveling alone, Mr. Coble was flying his L-39 Albatross fighter jet back to Burlington, N.C. His plane, a Czechoslovakian experimental class aircraft, had undergone routine service and maintenance in Gadsen, Ala. Less than a minute after takeoff, the plane caught fire and came down in a wooded, marshy area approximately 2 mi. from the airport. Authorities are Tom Coble investigating the accident; the cause has not yet been determined. Mr. Coble was 58 years old. With more than 42 years of flying experience, he was a well-experienced pilot who owned multiple planes and was happiest when in the cockpit. He often joked with friends and family that he stayed in business to support his flying habit. In 2002, he founded Coble Trench Safety, a regional firm specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment, as well as OSHA-compliant training classes. CTS has 11 branches from Baltimore, Md., to Knoxville, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga. Prior to founding CTS, Mr. Coble established and grew Coble Cranes & Equipment/Coble Rents, a Greensboro, N.C.-based firm he sold in 1999 to a publicly traded company.
A variety of equipment has been used on the Muddy Creek project, including both a Link-Belt and a Kobelco crane to lift and place sections of the bridges.
Muddy Creek Bridge Canada Disappointed Forms Along U.S. 421 see COBLE page 60
By Pipeline Rejection
By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section ....31-40
By Rob Gillies
Parts Section ................43
TORONTO (AP) Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper said he told Barack Obama he was profoundly disappointed after the U.S. president called to tell him the administration rejected a plan to build an oil
Auction Section ......56-63 Business Calendar ........58 Advertisers Index ..........62
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pipeline from Canada to Texas. But the Canadian government expressed optimism the Keystone XL pipeline will ultimately be approved. Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver said it’s clear the process is not yet over and said Canada is hopeful TransCanada’s see PIPELINE page 52
The more than two-year effort to replace the old bridges that carry U.S. Highway 421 traffic over Muddy Creek in Winston-Salem should be finished in late May, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). Begun in January 2010, the Muddy Creek bridge project was designed to replace two older spans that had been carrying up to 51,000 cars per day for decades. The crossing is located on the western edge of see BRIDGE page 48